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A selection of relevant journals
- Journal of Ethnobiology
- Economic Botany
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine – open access
- Ethnobotany research and applications – open access
- Human Ecology – z.T. open access
- Social Science & Medicine
- Biodiversity and Conservation – z.T. open access
- Environment, Development and Sustainability
- Etnobiología (revue en espagnol de l’Asociación Etnobiológica Mexicana)