Talk:Todd McGowan

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Comment: This is also not adequately sourced; some of the sources are superfluous, most are incorrectly presented, and the SoundCloud and YouTube links to his podcast and his YouTube channel shouldn't be used as sources at all. There is some advice on sourcing at User:Bonadea/Draft submission checklist – see in particular the "Relevance" and "Formatting / presentation" sections. bonadea contributions talk 13:17, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Although I agree that the sourcing isn't superb, McGowan clearly meets WP:ACADEMIC notability criteria, in particular the first criterion. He has eight published monographs with over a hundred citations (exceptionally high for literature/film, where the single highest journal H-index is 67), several of which have been translated into other languages, and a cursory search reveals dozens of syllabi at other institutions where one or more of his works are required reading. 25Means (talk) 19:29, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I have removed sourcing to Youtube and SoundCloud, as per bonadea suggestions, and since I wasn't able to find better sourcing, 25Means would you be able to provide the some of the sources which you mention about the notability criteria and citations, or other things which you might think would be helpful? Khashmashi (talk) 5:48, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi there! I would suggest you take a look at reviews of his monographs in scholarly journals, as well as critical essays reviewing his work as a whole. I think scholarly journals are generally going to be your best bet for determining the extent of the reception of an academic. I got my claims about citations from checking Google Scholar! And as for the notability criteria I was using, they're listed under WP:ACADEMIC. If you want any help fleshing this article draft out, I can perhaps spare some time in the next few weeks to get it over the line. 08:34, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Comment: In line with WP:ACADEMIC notability criterion and 25Means, suggestion here's what I found:
1. As per semantic SEMANTIC SCHOLAR, Todd McGowan has over 1000 citations and h-index of 16 overall: https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/T.-Mcgowan/26651335 2. As per Google Scholar, the single highest cited work is "The Real Gaze: Film Theory after Lacan" with more than 500 citations: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=todd+mcgowan&btnG= 3. As per WP:ACADEMIC#Citation_metrics guidelines, I checked one of the author's work and it's available in more than 1300 featured libraries in the US alone according to: https://www.worldcat.org/title/915471362, similarly available works include: https://www.worldcat.org/title/876415477, https://www.worldcat.org/title/140253224 and https://www.worldcat.org/title/915471362.
bonadea would you mind taking another look?
Khashmashi (talk) 16:01, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: According to https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Real-Gaze, McGowan's book, "The Real Gaze", has been the Winner of the 2008 Gradiva Award, Theoretical Category, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.
And, according to https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-End-of-Dissatisfaction, the author's other work "The End of Dissatisfaction", has been Winner of the 2004 Gary Olson Award for best book in cultural theory presented by JAC.
Comment: The book, "Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution", has been reviewed on Hegel Bulletin, https://doi:10.1017/hgl.2020.10, and on Continental Thought and Theory. The book, "Enjoying What We Don't Have" has been reviewed on Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society: https://doi.org/10.1057/pcs.2015.48.someones (talk) 09:51, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]