Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Journal of Forest, Soil and Erosion

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The result was delete. Secret ^account 03:33, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

International Journal of Forest, Soil and Erosion[edit]

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Rather new journal. No independent sources, not indexed in any selective database. Does not meet WP:GNG or WP:NJournals. Randykitty (talk) 14:53, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. It's taken me a while to get there, but I now agree that, at present, this journal does not meet the notability criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia. I would encourage interested editors to check again in a year or two to see if there are any changes in this regard. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 13:57, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. New publication, founded in 2011. According to International Union of Soil Science, it's an open-access journal, contrary to assertions of peer review. Not indexed in any mainstream databases yet. I don't see indications that it's notable per Wikipedia criteria (WP:Notability, etc.). --Orlady (talk) 05:49, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, not notable, appears to be self-published by the journal's editor. Hairhorn (talk) 14:55, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Two notes on the above: i) 'Open access' does not connote lack of peer-review; rather it means that the journal available to readers without a subscription fee. This journal does appear to be peer-reviewed. ii) Self-published seems somewhat relative, too; the journal is apparently not sponsored by an institution or organization, nor published by a publishing house; it does seem to have a full complement of editorial board members, however. I don't disagree with the recommendations, but think it important to 'assume good faith' with publications as well as their editors. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 18:31, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as it's a young journal whose notability is not yet established. Additionally, there have been a handful of academic publications from Iran recently nominated for AfD due to notability issues, so this could be a part of some sort of Wiki-wide trend. MezzoMezzo (talk) 09:50, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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