Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Economy and Finance


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The result was   no consensus. WP:NPASR. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 09:41, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Economy and Finance

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Non-notable journal. Despite what is claimed on its homepage, not included in the Science Citation Index Expanded (see http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/). No independent sources, not indexed in any selective major database. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG. Randykitty (talk) 20:59, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
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 * Comment From the Journal-Impact-Factors.doc document downloadable on this ISI page, the journal has an impact factor of 1.087 (under the title "ECONOMY AND FINANCE") as of Feb 2013. Per item 2 in the section WP:NJournals, the existence of this impact factor from ISI would seem to indicate that the journal is notable. But I don't know how this squares with the journal's absence from the Science Citation Index Expanded Source Publication. --Mark viking (talk) 22:46, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Mark, I don't know what's going on either. However, I'm quite sure that "isisjournalsearch.com" has nothing to do with ISI (note that the URL -and website- say "ISIS", not "ISI"). This journal is not in the JCR, hence it has no Thomson Reuters impact factor. I can't imagine that TR would not include an economics journal with an effective IF of 1. So where this "impact factor" comes from or how it was calculated remains unclear. I agree that if this were indeed an ISI IF, that would make the journal absolutely notable. --Randykitty (talk) 08:39, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for helping sort this out. I was misled by the title in the web page, "ISI - Journal List". But you are correct, this is nothing official from ISI. The uncertain origin of this impact factor means we should probably discount its contribution toward notability. --Mark viking (talk) 16:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J04n(talk page) 10:16, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep I can't see any harm in this article staying up. Is there a Russian page it could go on, or link to as a redirect?Sophiahounslow (talk) 07:59, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment If an article could "do harm", then it would be a CSD, not an AfD. Having a bio of my gardener does no harm, but isn't very encyclopedic either. If "no harm in staying" were an argument at AfDs, then we could basically stop having them. --Randykitty (talk) 09:02, 9 April 2013 (UTC)


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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   18:14, 12 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete I looked again and failed to find independent sources. With the above mentioned impact factor of dubious origin, I cannot find any notability criteria in WP:GNG or WP:NJournals that the journal satisfies. This suggests deletion, with no prejudice to re-creation if the journal eventually gains notability. --Mark viking (talk) 18:41, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
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