Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shervin Assari


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The result was   delete. Missvain (talk) 07:49, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Shervin Assari

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No exceptional notability exhibited. Was formerly listed for speedy deletion but I removed it thinking this venue would be better. seicer &#x007C;  talk  &#x007C;  contribs  04:54, 7 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete: spammy, non-notable topic. Q VVERTYVS (hm?) 13:44, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete. He appears to be a soft-money researcher rather than a tenure-track faculty member, and his citation record is not yet strong enough for a pass of WP:PROF. Ordinary society memberships are not any special honor and the one society fellowship he lists is of an obscure Iranian society whose standards I'm not familiar with. So I don't think he passes any WP:PROF criterion. And as the previous comment says, this is written in a highly promotional way that would need severe trimming if it were to be kept. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:43, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - as per nominator --My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 20:24, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons mentioned by user:David Eppstein. BakerStMD T&#124;C 21:22, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * Do not Delete Not fully agree with reasons mentioned above by user:David Eppstein. Almost every claim about Assari is supported by strong citations. His name is associated with the most prestigious award in the field of epidemiology provided by American College of Epidemiology. He is the founding editor of a peer review journal, he has received outstanding reviewer award from Elsevier, he sits on editorial board of more than 10 journals, his h index is almost 20. Among 31,000 peer reviewers, he is ranked 4. He is not tenured yet, but he is published more than average professors in this country. He has been awarded a very prestigious fellowship. He is also a Fellow of SAPHIR, an academic organization. Finally, he is on the board of directors of American College of Epidemiology, the most prestigious organization in Epidemiology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rob.Mick.Jackson (talk • contribs)  — Rob.Mick.Jackson (talk •


 * Comment While the roles and awards you mention may be well documented, they do not seem to rise to the level of notability required at WP:PROF. For example, the UNHIDE project of which he is the founder appears to just be the website for his research effort. All assistant professors and even most graduate students and post-docs are the authors of manuscripts and are asked to review articles for journals. Similarly, membership in academic organizations and sitting on the boards of such organizations is not particularly notable. The University of Michigan lists him as a post-doc, which is a far cry from the full-professorship required for notability. BakerStMD T&#124;C 17:11, 12 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Do not DeleteReferences are valid.I can remove the bit of article for Value finding.Shervin Assari Known for Iranians.Rigard--MohandesWiki 10:48, 11 February 2015 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by MohandesWiki (talk • contribs)


 * Do not Delete Unfortunately I should disagree with most points made by Bakerstmd. You mentioned "All assistant professors and even most graduate students and post-docs are the authors of manuscripts and are asked to review articles for journals". They publish and review, right. They do publish, but do they publish 100 PubMed Peer review manuscripts? They do review, but do they review 170 manuscripts for more than 40 journals? Assari has received the outstanding reviewer award from Elsevier. He has been ranked 5th most active peer reviewer of the world. Are you saying Assari's work does not meet criteria for WP:PROF, but the same document says being a Fellow, being on the Board of Directors of important academic organizations, and being an Editor of top journals are some of the criteria. Assari has secured a Fellow status from a prestigious national society (SAPHIR).  In addition, the Research Fellowship awarded to Assari is exclusively limited to the U.S. citizens (see the Cornely Fellowship Eligibility at CRECH, School for Public Health, University of Michigan). He is the only non-U.S. citizen who has received such a prestigious Fellowship. How many "assistant professors" have published 160 peer review manuscripts, have an h index of 18, have been ranked #5 among 30,000 reviewers, and are section editor of multiple journals in PubMed? How many assistant professors vote for the most prestigious epidemiology award in the U.S.?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rob.Mick.Jackson (talk • contribs) 22:58, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
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