Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yevhen Chernenko

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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:37, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yevhen Chernenko

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While accomplished, doesn't meet WP:GNG, and can't see where he meets any of the requirements of WP:NACADEMIC. Initially, according to Google scholar, he has a citation count of "0", which is not what one would expect of "an internationally renowned expert on Scythian archaeology". Was deprodded, with an explanation on the article talk page. However, there are two issues with the explanation, first, it claims that the worldcat link shows that he is widely cited. Unless I'm reading it wrong (which is always a possibility), it doesn't show that. It does show how many of his works are in different libraries around the world. Even if I'm incorrect and the publication timeline is quotations, that's still not a very high citation count. Second I did the same search using the name variants on the talk page, and while I did not get zero citations, the high was 25, with most in the 5-10 range. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ukraine-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:08, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of archaeology-related deletion discussions. Krakkos (talk) 12:21, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Central Asia-related deletion discussions. Krakkos (talk) 12:21, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:NACADEMIC (1). Historian Renate Rolle notes that Chernenko's "large-scale investigations" have led to important new developments in the study of Scythian warfare.[1] Chernenko's work is cited extensively in numerous quality sources, such as The Cambridge Ancient History.[2][3] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krakkos (talk • contribs)
Keep. Google Scholar and citation metrics aren't good tools for assessing the notability of a scholar who primarily worked a) in the humanities b) in Russian and Ukrainian and c) before the internet. But Chernenko still has a high h-index for archaeology and multiple works cited over 100 times. WorldCat is more useful – we often use library holdings as an indicator of notability in monograph-heavy fields, and Chernenko's works are widely held in libraries around the world. On top of that you have the sources given by Krakkos above and many additional sources in Russian citing his work [4][5]. Altogether I would say this is a clear pass of WP:PROF#C1. – Joe (talk) 11:28, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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