Zemede Asfaw

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Zemede Asfaw is a scholar working on Plant Science, Forestry and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Zemede Asfaw has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Plant Science, 74 papers in Forestry and 24 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Zemede Asfaw's work include African Botany and Ecology Studies (74 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (68 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (23 papers). Zemede Asfaw is often cited by papers focused on African Botany and Ecology Studies (74 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (68 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (23 papers). Zemede Asfaw collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, Belgium and United States. Zemede Asfaw's co-authors include Ensermu Kelbessa, Zerihun Woldu, Mirutse Giday, Patrick Van Damme, Ermias Lulekal, Sebsebe Demissew, Thomas Elmqvist, Tigist Wondimu, Mesfin Tadesse and Beyene Petros and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Zemede Asfaw

131 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: An ethnobotanical study

2009 363 citations Zemede Asfaw, Zerihun Woldu et al. profile →
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local people in Habru District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

2024 48 citations Zemede Asfaw, Ermias Lulekal et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine profile →

Peers

Zemede Asfaw

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Mirutse Giday Ethiopia

Ensermu Kelbessa Ethiopia

Tilahun Teklehaymanot Ethiopia

Alfred Maroyi South Africa

Chandra Prakash Kala India

John R. S. Tabuti Uganda

Ermias Lulekal Ethiopia

Ana Maria Carvalho Portugal

Cassandra L. Quave United States

Adeyemi O. Aremu South Africa

Mirutse Giday Ethiopia

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430 ×0.7

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492 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Zemede Asfaw

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zemede Asfaw

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20 of 20 papers shown

Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2025). Ethnobotany of vascular plants use, conservation and management practice in the homegardens by the people of Dawuro in Southwestern Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 21(1). 3–3. 3 indexed citations

Woldu, Zerihun, et al.. (2025). Predicting the invasion potential of two alien plant species (Parthenium hysterophorus L., Asteraceae and Salvia tiliifolia Vahl, Lamiaceae) under the current and future climate change scenarios in Ethiopia. Ecological Processes. 14(1).

Mattalia, Giulia, Alex C. McAlvay, Irene Teixidor‐Toneu, et al.. (2024). Cultural keystone species as a tool for biocultural stewardship. A global review. People and Nature. 7(5). 947–959. 10 indexed citations

Bekele, Tamrat, et al.. (2024). Study of the Soil Seed Bank Composition in Arjo-Diga Humid Afromontane Forest under Different Land Use Types and Its Implications for the Restoration of Degraded Lands in Western Ethiopia. International Journal of Ecology. 2024. 1–11. 4 indexed citations

Lulekal, Ermias, Morgan Ruelle, Nigist Asfaw, et al.. (2023). The potential of Ethiopian medicinal plants to treat emergent viral diseases. Phytotherapy Research. 38(2). 925–938. 5 indexed citations

Feyissa, Tileye, et al.. (2023). On-farm diversity, use pattern, and conservation of enset (Ensete ventricosum) genetic resources in southern Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 19(1). 2–2. 7 indexed citations

Nebiyu, Amsalu, Zemede Asfaw, Morgan Ruelle, et al.. (2022). Diversity of farmers’ varieties of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in northeastern and southwestern Ethiopia. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 46(5). 650–671. 2 indexed citations

Borrell, James S., Mark Goodwin, Guy Blomme, et al.. (2020). Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative. Plants People Planet. 2(3). 212–228. 71 indexed citations

Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2020). Richness, distribution and conservation status of medicinal plants in Tiyo District, Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies. 8(4). 275–285. 4 indexed citations

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Petros, Beyene, et al.. (2018). Medicinal plants used by traditional healers to treat malignancies and other human ailments in Dalle District, Sidama Zone, Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 14(1). 15–15. 120 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Zemede. (2018). Enset ( Ensete ventricosum , Musaceae) ethnobotany: research status, gaps and key messages. 17(1). 51–62. 4 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2018). Review of Antimalarial, Pesticidal and Repellent Plants in The Ethiopian Traditional Herbal Medicine. 3(3). 21–45. 10 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2016). A review on taxonomic and use diversity of the family Amaranthaceae in Ethiopia. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies. 4(2). 185–194. 5 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2016). Cordia africana (Boraginaceae) in Ethiopia: A review on its taxonomy, distribution, ethnobotany and conservation status. International Journal of Botany Studies. 1(2). 38–46. 15 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2015). Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local communities of Minjar-Shenkora District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies. 3(6). 1–11. 51 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2014). Ethnobotanical Study of Traditional Medicinal Plants in and Around Fiche District, Central Ethiopia. 6(4). 154–167. 120 indexed citations

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Addis, Getachew, Zemede Asfaw, & Zerihun Woldu. (2013). The Role of Wild and Semi-wild Edible Plants to Household Food Sovereignty in Hamar and Konso Communities, South Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 11. 251–271. 14 indexed citations

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Demissew, Sebsebe, Christian Brochmann, Ensermu Kelbessa, et al.. (2011). The Ethiopian Flora Project:a springboard to other projects. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2011). Variation of indigenous botanical knowledge versus social characteristics between the Afar and Oromo nations in and around the semi-arid Awash national park, Ethiopia. 2(1). 75–90. 7 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Zemede, et al.. (2009). The diversity of food and medicinal plants in the homegardens of Sabata town, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia.. 8(1). 31–51. 3 indexed citations

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