Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:56, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan

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I don't see any indication that the subject's work is widely cited enough to meet WP:NACADEMIC, nor does there appear to be enough independent coverage in reliable sources to meet WP:GNG. The subject has a profile on ResearchGate which claims 5 published papers and 37 citations (which would mean a maximum h-index of 5, a rather low number), and a Google Scholar search does not turn up any better-cited works. It's not impossible that there are some papers that aren't being properly indexed by either of those sites, but I was unable to find anything by doing an internet search of the subject's name. The "South Asia Research and Information Institute" that the article credits the subject with founding similarly seems to have had no significant impact. signed,Rosguill talk 22:59, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - non-notable; promotional article. Joshua Jonathan  - Let's talk!  02:11, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 11:44, 2 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete on account of subject failing WP:NACADEMIC. There are a few citations in some books' bibliographies and little else. This is a propping up exercise, more than anything, with possibly a WP:COI issue. --The Gnome (talk) 12:53, 6 March 2019 (UTC)


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