inst/doc/parsing-author-names.R

In bibnets: Importing, Constructing, and Exporting Bibliometric Networks

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knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>"
)
library(bibnets)

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parse_names(c("Saqr, Mohammed", "Lopez-Pernas, Sonsoles"))

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parse_names(c("Saqr, Mohammed", "WANG Y", "Mohammed Saqr"))

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parse_names("Wang Yong", surname_first = "yes")   # force surname-first
parse_names("WANG Y",    surname_first = "no")    # force given-first

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parse_names(c("van der Berg, Jan", "Smith, John, Jr.",
              "DE LA CRUZ, ANA", "VAN DER BERG J"))

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parse_names(c("WHO Collaborating Group", NA, ""))

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nm <- c("Saqr, Mohammed", "van der Berg, Jan", "Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Jose")
data.frame(
  first_last    = parse_names(nm),
  last_initials = parse_names(nm, format = "last_initials"),
  last          = parse_names(nm, format = "last")
)

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x <- parse_names(c("van der Berg, Jan", "Smith, John, Jr."))
attr(x, "parts")

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papers <- data.frame(id = c("P1", "P2", "P3"), stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
papers$authors <- list(
  c("Saqr, Mohammed", "Lopez, Ana"),
  c("SAQR M",         "Lopez, Ana"),
  c("Saqr, Mohammed", "Chen, Wei"))
papers$authors

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papers$authors <- lapply(papers$authors, parse_names,
                          format = "last_initials")
papers$authors

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parse_names(c("WANG Y", "AYALA-ROMERO JA"))

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net <- author_network(papers, type = "collaboration")
net

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class(net)
is.data.frame(net)

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net$from <- as.vector(parse_names(net$from, format = "last"))
net$to   <- as.vector(parse_names(net$to,   format = "last"))
net