Deletion of Katsunori Wakabayashi

Comment: Meets  criterion #1 (significant impact in scholarly discipline, broadly construed), primarily based on the citation impact of his two top cited papers – 402 and 216 cites in GS, of which he is second and first author, respectively. The overall picture is a bit borderline, with a grand total of 981 citations and an h-index of 10 in GS. Still, one single paper with more than 400 citations is impressive
Stance: keep
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Comment: The award from the notable organization Physical Society of Japan would on its face satisfy the standards of 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO)

Comment: I must point out that the article is a little deceptive in that under the heading "Books" there are only book chapters by the subject, rather than whole books. I'll fix that. However, if the citation numbers given in the article can be confirmed, it would seem that the subject might well pass  criterion 1
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)

Comment: First ten cites in GS are his so he passes rof #1, but in a much narrower field than is usual for candidates here
Stance: keep
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