Douglas Sharon

5.1k total citations
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Douglas Sharon is a scholar working on Plant Science, Complementary and alternative medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas Sharon has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Douglas Sharon's work include Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (18 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (7 papers) and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (7 papers). Douglas Sharon is often cited by papers focused on Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (18 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (7 papers) and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (7 papers). Douglas Sharon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Peru and Bolivia. Douglas Sharon's co-authors include Rainer W. Bussmann, Ashley Glenn, Donald Joralemon, Andrew Townesmith, Alyse Kuhlman, Don Handelman, Ana Maria Jones, Ina Vandebroek, Karen Meyer and Kamron Pourmand and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ethnopharmacology, The American Journal of Surgery and Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.

In The Last Decade

Douglas Sharon

34 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Douglas Sharon United States 15 804 389 283 204 152 34 1.2k
Joabe Gomes de Melo Brazil 14 820 1.0× 352 0.9× 182 0.6× 146 0.7× 204 1.3× 18 1.2k
H. De Wet South Africa 17 768 1.0× 310 0.8× 170 0.6× 217 1.1× 169 1.1× 37 1.2k
Robin Taylor Canada 12 604 0.8× 319 0.8× 141 0.5× 153 0.8× 182 1.2× 27 939
Chusie Trisonthi Thailand 13 758 0.9× 308 0.8× 165 0.6× 128 0.6× 160 1.1× 24 971
Claudia Weimann Germany 5 962 1.2× 418 1.1× 165 0.6× 197 1.0× 121 0.8× 5 1.1k
Nina L. Etkin United States 20 747 0.9× 274 0.7× 187 0.7× 274 1.3× 171 1.1× 40 1.5k
Bosch Van Oudtshoorn South Africa 10 1.0k 1.3× 434 1.1× 160 0.6× 262 1.3× 318 2.1× 10 1.7k
Olayiwola Akerele Switzerland 7 600 0.7× 244 0.6× 212 0.7× 260 1.3× 259 1.7× 11 1.1k
Eliana Rodrigues Brazil 21 670 0.8× 231 0.6× 186 0.7× 174 0.9× 153 1.0× 62 1.0k
Gerhard Prinsloo South Africa 16 673 0.8× 244 0.6× 159 0.6× 198 1.0× 335 2.2× 81 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Douglas Sharon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas Sharon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas Sharon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sharon, Douglas. (2019). Sacred Sanpedro in ethnoarchaeological context. Ñawpa Pacha. 39(1). 77–120. 3 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., Ashley Glenn, Douglas Sharon, et al.. (2011). Toxicity of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Northern Peru. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 137(1). 121–140. 140 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., Ashley Glenn, & Douglas Sharon. (2010). Healing the body and soul: Traditional remedies for "magical" ailments, nervous system and psychosomatic disorders in Northern Peru. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 4(9). 580–629. 16 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., Ashley Glenn, & Douglas Sharon. (2010). Antibacterial activity of medicinal plants of Northern Peru - can traditional applications provide leads for modern science?. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 9(4). 742–753. 28 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., Gonzalo Rodolfo Malca Garcia, Ashley Glenn, et al.. (2010). Minimum inhibitory concentrations of medicinal plants used in Northern Peru as antibacterial remedies. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 132(1). 101–108. 179 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W. & Douglas Sharon. (2009). Naming a phantom – the quest to find the identity of Ulluchu, an unidentified ceremonial plant of the Moche culture in Northern Peru. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 5(1). 8–8. 14 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W. & Douglas Sharon. (2009). Shadows of the colonial past – diverging plant use in Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 5(1). 4–4. 29 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., Ashley Glenn, Karen Meyer, et al.. (2009). Antibacterial activity of medicinal plants of northern Peru - Part II. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 16(1). 93–103. 10 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., Ashley Glenn, Karen Meyer, et al.. (2009). Phytochemical analysis of peruvian medicinal plants. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 16(1). 105–110. 12 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W. & Douglas Sharon. (2009). Markets, Healers, Vendors, Collectors: The Sustainability of Medicinal Plant Use in Northern Peru. Mountain Research and Development. 29(2). 128–134. 23 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., Douglas Sharon, & Jennifer Ly. (2008). From Garden to Market? The cultivation of native and introduced medicinal plant species in Cajamarca, Peru and implications for habitat conservation. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 6. 351–351. 13 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., et al.. (2007). Health for sale: the medicinal plant markets in Trujillo and Chiclayo, Northern Peru. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 3(1). 37–37. 74 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W., et al.. (2007). Blending Traditional and Western Medicine: Medicinal plant use among patients at Clinica Anticona in El Porvenir, Peru. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 5. 185–185. 38 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W. & Douglas Sharon. (2006). Traditional medicinal plant use in Loja province, Southern Ecuador. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2(1). 44–44. 71 indexed citations
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Sharon, Douglas, et al.. (2006). The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta. 11 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Rainer W. & Douglas Sharon. (2006). Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2(1). 47–47. 266 indexed citations
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Sharon, Douglas & James E. Brady. (2003). Mesas & Cosmologies in Mesoamerica. 3 indexed citations
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Sharon, Douglas, et al.. (1980). El chamán de los cuatro vientos. Siglo Veintiuno Editores eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Sharon, Douglas, et al.. (1979). Wizard of the Four Winds: A Shaman's Story. The American Indian Quarterly. 5(3). 259–259. 35 indexed citations

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