Talk:Andy Miah

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Readers at UK universities = US lecturers, US Assistant Professors and are rarelysometimes notable. The most likely claim to notability is his editorships, which need to be checked. DGG 05:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I have edited the list of publications (etc) to reduce the vanity factor, and advised the author on his home page to add some third party references.

I am not entirely sure that every journal listed as being a peer-reviewed journal actually is peer-reviewed.

The impact factor of the one he listed is pretty low--halfway down the JCR scale is not very impressive.

DGG 01:34, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

It's not that relevant, because the outcome of the AfD won't depend on this, but my understanding is that Assistant Professor (as opposed to Associate Professor) is a junior position in US universities. Reader is a very senior position in the UK/Commonwealth system, which has fewer people (proportionally) than the US with full professorial rank. E.g. Richard Dawkins was a Reader for some time before an externally funded professorial chair was created for him. Metamagician3000 23:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)