Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorenzo Iorio
Many of the prior arguments for keeping are weak, as they're based essentially on . Let me provide a more objective argument on the basis of citations. WoS shows 93 peer-reviewed papers, with citations 31, 30, 24, 23, ... for an h-index of 13. I know this can be considered a borderline number, but I will further point out that almost all his papers have a very small author list (lots are just single-authored by him), so it's a safe assumption that these represent ''his'' contributions, rather than just a "coattail notability". Second, the citation numbers do not decay very quickly, e.g. the 20th highest paper still has 9 citations and the 60th highest still has 1 citation. Consequently, his overall body of scientific work has had a demonstrable impact. For those who want to double-check, the WoS query I used was "Author=(Iorio L*) Refined by: Subject Areas=(ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS OR PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY OR PHYSICS, NUCLEAR OR PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS OR PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL) Timespan=All Years. Databases=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI". Respectfully
— User:Agricola44, 15:55, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:OTHERSTUFF (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)