| Quantifying the domestic market in herbal medicine in Benin, West Africa D Quiroz, A Towns, SI Legba, J Swier, S Brière, M Sosef, T van Andel Journal of Ethnopharmacology 151 (3), 1100-1108, 2014 | 109 | 2014 |
| Prioritizing West African medicinal plants for conservation and sustainable extraction studies based on market surveys and species distribution models TR Van Andel, S Croft, EE Van Loon, D Quiroz, AM Towns, N Raes Biological Conservation 181, 173-181, 2015 | 102 | 2015 |
| Traditional medicine and childcare in Western Africa: mothers’ knowledge, folk illnesses, and patterns of healthcare-seeking behavior AM Towns, S Mengue Eyi, T van Andel PloS one 9 (8), e105972, 2014 | 98 | 2014 |
| A billion cups: The diversity, traditional uses, safety issues and potential of Chinese herbal teas Y Fu, J Yang, AB Cunningham, AM Towns, Y Zhang, H Yang, J Li, X Yang Journal of ethnopharmacology 222, 217-228, 2018 | 93 | 2018 |
| Local plant names reveal that enslaved Africans recognized substantial parts of the New World flora TR Van Andel, CIEA van ‘t Klooster, D Quiroz, AM Towns, S Ruysschaert, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (50), E5346-E5353, 2014 | 85 | 2014 |
| Volume, value and floristic diversity of Gabon׳ s medicinal plant markets AM Towns, D Quiroz, L Guinee, H de Boer, T van Andel Journal of Ethnopharmacology 155 (2), 1184-1193, 2014 | 66 | 2014 |
| Wild plants, pregnancy, and the food-medicine continuum in the southern regions of Ghana and Benin AM Towns, T Van Andel Journal of ethnopharmacology 179, 375-382, 2016 | 59 | 2016 |
| Traditional, indigenous, or leafy? A definition, typology, and way forward for African vegetables AM Towns, C Shackleton Economic Botany 72 (4), 461-477, 2018 | 52 | 2018 |
| “The medicine from behind”: The frequent use of enemas in western African traditional medicine T Van Andel, S Van Onselen, B Myren, A Towns, D Quiroz Journal of ethnopharmacology 174, 637-643, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
| Comparing local perspectives on women’s health with statistics on maternal mortality: an ethnobotanical study in Bénin and Gabon AM Towns, T van Andel BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 14 (1), 113, 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
| Consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on medicinal plant selection: plant use for cultural bound syndromes affecting children in Suriname and Western Africa T Vossen, A Towns, S Ruysschaert, D Quiroz, T van Andel PLoS One 9 (11), e112345, 2014 | 30 | 2014 |
| Evidence in support of the role of disturbance vegetation for women’s health and childcare in Western Africa AM Towns, S Ruysschaert, E van Vliet, T van Andel Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 10 (1), 42, 2014 | 28 | 2014 |
| Promoting Gender Equity in Livelihoods Projects: Practitioners’ Perspectives Through the Lens of a Socio-ecological Model R Serra, M Kendall, A Towns, J Hummer Progress in Development Studies 23 (1), 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| Cultivated, caught, and collected: defining culturally appropriate foods in Tallé, Niger AM Towns, D Potter, S Idrissa Development in Practice 23 (2), 169-183, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| Fertility and fontanels: Women’s knowledge of medicinal plants for reproductive health and childcare in western Africa A Towns | 9 | 2014 |
| Gynaecological, andrological and urological problems: an ethnopharmacological perspective T Andel van, H Boer de, A Towns Ethnopharmacology, 199-212, 2015 | 8 | 2015 |
| Upholding ethical accountability in ethnobotany and ethnobiology research I Vandebroek, JR Stepp, R Kunwar, N Hilgert, MT Pulido Silva, AH Ladio, ... Springer Nature, 2025 | 7 | 2025 |
| Research translation for international development: A literature review and framework for evidence use and partner engagement L Riddering, A Towns, P Brunese, Y Yih Progress in Development Studies 24 (3), 268-286, 2024 | 6 | 2024 |
| Ethnobotany and Food Sovereignty among the Songhai People of Niger: Species, Local Knowledge, and Implications for Sustainable Rural Development AM Towns University of California, Davis, 2010 | 2 | 2010 |
| Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly. A Towns ECONOMIC BOTANY 76 (1), 124-124, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
Tinde van Andelsernior researcher at Naturalis; Prof. History of Botany and gardens, Leiden UniversityVerified email at naturalis.nl
