author_unique: Create unique author ID

In rOpenGov/bibliographica: Bibliographic Data Analysis

Create unique author ID

Description

Form unique author identifiers by combining name and life years

Usage

author_unique(df, format = "last, first", initialize.first = FALSE)

Arguments

df	data.frame with fields "author_name", "author_birth", "author_death"
format	name format ("last, first" or "first last")
initialize.first	Convert first names into initials. Useful for removing duplicates when the name list contains different versions with both full name and the initials. Use of the life year fields helps to avoid mixing identical abbreviated names.

Value

Character vector of unique author IDs

Author(s)

Leo Lahti [e-mail]

References

See citation("bibliographica")

Examples

## Not run: a <- author_unique(df)

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