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Hosea Nelson

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Professor of chemistry at Caltech with an h-factor of 26, 3K citations and no major peer awards. He works in a medium citation area, so these low numbers fail WP:NPROF by some distance; I confess that his citations and record is surprising for a full prof at Caltech. The Packard Foundation lists some starter grants such as Sloan but also nothing major. No SIGCOV beyond routine announcements of talks etc. Ldm1954 (talk) 13:15, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Chemistry, and California. Ldm1954 (talk) 13:15, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
• Delete. A promising career, but he's not there yet. Nearly all of his well cited publications have more than three authors, so his personal contribution is hard to assess. The awards mentioned are the sort of thing one mentions when there is nothing more impressive. Athel cb (talk) 13:50, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

• Delete. This reads more like a job Résumé, The only indication I see of his age is, "He was a finalist for the 2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists"— Maile (talk) 22:02, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
• Delete: Does not meet GNG as all of the sources about him are not independent of his input (profiles at his places of work and several interviews). As for meeting NPROF, arguments against meeting that guideline have already been provided convincingly by Ldm1954. -- Reconrabbit 13:37, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

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