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Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
74
Citations
19310
World Ranking
1123
National Ranking
14

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 355 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque is affiliated with the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. They have produced research primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing notably across various subfields such as Plant Science, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research engages deeply with topics including:

  • Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond

Frequent publication venues for Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque's work include:

  • Ethnobiology and Conservation
  • Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
  • Ethnobotany Research and Applications
  • Economic Botany
  • PLoS ONE

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into academic research at local and global scales," 2021, Regional Environmental Change
  • "Reshaping the future of ethnobiology research after the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Nature Plants
  • "The effect of water deficit stress on the composition of phenolic compounds in medicinal plants," 2020, South African Journal of Botany
  • "Biodiverse food plants in the semiarid region of Brazil have unknown potential: A systematic review," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Hunters' preferences and perceptions as hunting predictors in a semiarid ecosystem," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including:

  • Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior
  • Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves
  • Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros
  • Joelson Moreno Brito de Moura
  • Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob

Their work reflects an integration of ethnobiological perspectives with environmental and social considerations. The focus on ethnobotanical studies and medicinal plants intersects with broader concerns for conservation, biodiversity, and regional cultural dynamics, particularly within Latin America.

Best Publications

  • Medicinal plants of the caatinga (semi-arid) vegetation of NE Brazil: a quantitative approach.

    Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros;Alyson Luiz S. de Almeida;Júlio Marcelino Monteiro

  • Knowledge and use of medicinal plants by local specialists in an region of Atlantic Forest in the state of Pernambuco (Northeastern Brazil)

    Luiz Rodrigo Saldanha Gazzaneo;Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena;Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque

  • Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque;Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha;Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena;Rômulo Romeu Nobrega Alves

  • Re-examining hypotheses concerning the use and knowledge of medicinal plants: a study in the Caatinga vegetation of NE Brazil.

    Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque

  • Medicinal and magic plants from a public market in northeastern Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Júlio Marcelino Monteiro;Marcelo Alves Ramos;Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim

  • Conhecimento botânico tradicional e conservação em uma área de caatinga no estado de Pernambuco, Nordeste do Brasil

    Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Laise de Holanda Cavalcanti Andrade

  • Taninos: uma abordagem da química à ecologia

    Julio Marcelino Monteiro;Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Elcida de Lima Araújo;Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim

  • Evaluating Two Quantitative Ethnobotanical Techniques

    Ulysses P. Albuquerque;Reinaldo F. P. Lucena;Júlio M. Monteiro;Alissandra T. N. Florentino

  • Caatinga revisited: ecology and conservation of an important seasonal dry forest.

    Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Elcida de Lima Araújo;Ana Carla Asfora El-Deir;André Luiz Alves de Lima

  • Use patterns and knowledge of medicinal species among two rural communities in Brazil's semi-arid northeastern region.

    Julio Marcelino Monteiro;Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins-Neto;Elcida Lima de Araújo

  • Structure and floristics of homegardens in Northeastern Brazil

    U.P. Albuquerque;L.H.C. Andrade;J. Caballero

  • Is the use-impact on native caatinga species in Brazil reduced by the high species richness of medicinal plants?

    Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Rosilane Ferreira de Oliveira

  • Use of plant resources in a seasonal dry forest (Northeastern Brazil)

    Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Laise de Holanda Cavalcanti Andrade;Ana Carolina Oliveira de Silva

  • Does the local availability of woody Caatinga plants (Northeastern Brazil) explain their use value

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena;Elcida de Lima Araújo;Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque

  • The Use of Medicinal Plants by Migrant People: Adaptation, Maintenance, and Replacement

    Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros;Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros;Gustavo Taboada Soldati;Nélson Leal Alencar;Nélson Leal Alencar;Ina Vandebroek

  • Burning biodiversity: Fuelwood harvesting causes forest degradation in human-dominated tropical landscapes

    Maria Joana Specht;Severino Rodrigo Ribeiro Pinto;Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque;Marcelo Tabarelli

  • The Inclusion and Selection of Medicinal Plants in Traditional Pharmacopoeias—Evidence in Support of the Diversification Hypothesis

    Nélson Leal Alencar;Thiago Antonio de Sousa Araújo;Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim;Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque

  • How ethnobotany can aid biodiversity conservation: reflections on investigations in the semi-arid region of NE Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque;Thiago Antonio de Sousa Araújo;Marcelo Alves Ramos;Viviany Teixeira do Nascimento

  • Use and knowledge of fuelwood in an area of Caatinga vegetation in NE Brazil.

    Marcelo Alves Ramos;Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros;Alyson Luiz Santos de Almeida;Ana Lícia Patriota Feliciano

  • Can wood quality justify local preferences for firewood in an area of caatinga (dryland) vegetation

    Marcelo Alves Ramos;Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros;Alyson Luiz Santos de Almeida;Ana Lícia Patriota Feliciano

  • A comparison of knowledge about medicinal plants for three rural communities in the semi-arid region of northeast of Brazil.

    Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida;Marcelo Alves Ramos;Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim;Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque

Frequent Co-Authors

Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves
Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves State University of Paraíba
Ana H. Ladio
Ana H. Ladio National University of Comahue
Victoria Reyes-García
Victoria Reyes-García Autonomous University of Barcelona
David S. Ludwig
David S. Ludwig Boston Children's Hospital
Felipe P. L. Melo
Felipe P. L. Melo Federal University of Pernambuco
Rainer W. Bussmann
Rainer W. Bussmann Ilia State University
Edwin L. Cooper
Edwin L. Cooper University of California, Los Angeles
Norberto Peporine Lopes
Norberto Peporine Lopes Universidade de São Paulo
Tinde van Andel
Tinde van Andel Naturalis Biodiversity Center
John T. Arnason
John T. Arnason University of Ottawa

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