Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ousseina Alidou
Of the 9 criteria listed in , none is concerned with publications or the number of libraries holding the publications. Criteria 3 concerns being an elected member of a "highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association". Neither the African Studies Association or the Center for African Studies at Rutgers meets this criteria. The best argument put forward (IMHO) is for Criteria 1 - that Ousseina has made "a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources". Espresso Addict states that her book is well cited and AbstractIllusions states that she is https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%22Ousseina+Alidou%22&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5 "name-dropped" in Google Scholar. It is difficult to measure whether someone has made a significant impact in their area of expertise. Another editor has stated "Some good cites on GS but with an h-index of 8 probably " and that begs the question of what h-index would put her over the line? The index works properly only for comparing scientists working in the same field and given that Ousseina is working in a relatively small field, perhaps an h-index of 8 is good enough? Perhaps
— User:Xxanthippe, 17:54, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
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