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459:: Miller seems to be a useful expert on unusual crops for small farmers (see the link to permaculture interview) altho he clearly is in it for the consulting money, and he may possibly be useful to people interested in mysticism, biodynamics, psychedelics, etc. But he is a total kook in his garbled comments on science (such as audible holographic effects from the genetic sequences on chromosomes). He is most definitely NOT a biophysicist, and I am removing that category from the page. 337:: I think H-indices and other bibliometrics shouldn't by themselves should not be indicators of notability or the "worth" of anyone who publishes; ideally, literature should be weighed, not merely counted, as expressed by some ad hoc ratio or other number. In the event that H-indices are at all considered, they should be taken for what they're worth as well as with a grain of salt. Hopefully, this makes some sense; I know this is a poorly written comment. -- 548:(the article portrays him as an academic but gives no evidence that he actually is one) but appears to fall far short of that bar too. Finally, more as a comment: I'm a little surprised that this was relisted. Three delete opinions (over that of the nominator) with some discussion but no dissent seems pretty clear to me. — 197:
The subject of the article is not notable as, after considerable effort to find something, there is essentially limited to no coverage of the subject. Of the few sources that do exist, even fewer, if not all, are in some manner unreliable, if not completely non-useful resources (given the lack of
394:: Thanks for explaining the H-index in the context of Knowledge. I mightn't have formulated my thoughts too clearly, haha; but, as one who works with literature and research, now and then, even high H-indices aren't necessarily good evidence of notability. -- 370:
of non-notability. So if I translate Xxanthippe's comment correctly (and note that it wasn't a !vote), it says that the citation record for Miller does not provide evidence that he satisfies PROF#1. Nothing more. After all, he might simply meet
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impartiality and (excessive) bias). The existence of this may be for a promotional (or some such) purpose(s), and the page history may suggest potential editorial bias as well.
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I found some books on Amazon, but nothing via Google scholar. Nothing in EBSCO either. Not notable enough due to lack of independent secondary sources to pass
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of non-notability. In you hypothetical example, someone with an h-indew of 1 can still be notable. But it doesn't work the other way around: a high index
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overview of their contributions, and no good sources are visible here such as (if they existed) would let him pass
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researchers such as he appears to be need high-quality mainstream sourcing in order to provide an adequately
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Every number has to be taken in its context. As I said above, a low index is not
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to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
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We use citation counts and h-indexes the other way around: if they are
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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