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| Journal of Ethnopharmacology | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Ethnopharmacology |
| Discipline | Ethnopharmacology |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| History | 1979–present |
Journal of Ethnopharmacology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research on traditional medicinal practices, natural product chemistry, pharmacology, and ethnobotany. Founded in the late 20th century, the journal bridges communities of scholars working in fields associated with World Health Organization, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Smithsonian Institution, Conservation International, and regional research institutes across India, China, Brazil, United States, and South Africa. Contributions often connect field studies from regions such as Amazon River, Himalayas, Sahara Desert, Andes Mountains with laboratory investigations at institutions like Harvard University, University of Oxford, National Institutes of Health, Max Planck Society, and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The journal was established amid rising international interest in traditional medicines influenced by conferences and networks including United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, World Health Assembly, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Early editors and contributors drew on expertise from organizations such as Royal Society, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), and universities like University of California, Berkeley, University of Tokyo, University of São Paulo, University of Cape Town, and Monash University. Over its history the journal has tracked developments related to policy initiatives from Nagoya Protocol, debates around intellectual property at World Intellectual Property Organization, and collaborative programs with UNESCO and national bodies including Department of Biotechnology (India), National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development.
The journal covers interdisciplinary work connecting ethnobotany and pharmacognosy with clinical pharmacology and natural product chemistry, engaging researchers from Kew Royal Botanic Gardens collaborators, field projects in Peru, Madagascar, Vietnam, Mexico, and laboratory groups at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Karolinska Institutet, and Scripps Research. Typical topics include phytochemical isolation with techniques developed at facilities like Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory, bioassay-guided fractionation relevant to drug discovery programs at GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Novartis, and ethnographic documentation aligned with curation standards of the British Museum, Natural History Museum, London, and Smithsonian Institution. The journal also publishes reviews that engage frameworks from International Society of Ethnobiology, policy analyses referencing Nagoya Protocol, and methodological advances influenced by laboratories such as Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology.
Published by Elsevier, the journal operates a monthly schedule with editorial leadership drawn from universities and research institutes including University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore, University of São Paulo, University of Melbourne, and Johns Hopkins University. The editorial board has contained scholars affiliated with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Indian Council of Medical Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and European Medicines Agency. Peer review procedures parallel standards used by journals like Nature Medicine, The Lancet, Science Translational Medicine, and PLOS ONE. The publisher’s production and distribution infrastructures interface with indexing services such as Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed Central, and academic platforms maintained by CrossRef and ORCID.
The journal is listed in major bibliographic databases and citation indexes recognized by institutions like Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier B.V.; it appears in repositories and services comparable to Medline, Embase, CAB Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, and Chemical Abstracts Service. Coverage enables citation tracking in tools associated with Google Scholar, bibliometrics utilized by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, and research assessment frameworks at universities such as University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.
Scholarly reception situates the journal among specialty outlets alongside titles like Phytomedicine, Journal of Natural Products, Economic Botany, and Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. Its articles have informed drug discovery projects at companies like AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and contributed to conservation policy discussions at IUCN and Convention on Biological Diversity. Citation metrics and impact indicators have been analyzed in bibliometric studies by groups at University of Leiden, University College London, Karolinska Institutet, and École Normale Supérieure.
Notable contributions include surveys of traditional remedies from regions such as Yunnan, Kerala, Amazonas (Brazilian state), and Sichuan that cross-reference chemical characterizations performed at Scripps Research Institute, Rothamsted Research, and Max Planck Society laboratories. Special issues have assembled work around themes tied to international events and organizations like World Health Assembly sessions on traditional medicine, symposia associated with International Society of Ethnobiology meetings, and collaborative collections linked to programs by World Health Organization and UNESCO. High-impact reports published in the journal have later been cited in policy documents from World Health Organization, patent filings evaluated by World Intellectual Property Organization, and reviews in outlets such as Nature Reviews Drug Discovery and The Lancet.
Category:Pharmacology journals