Inconsistent presentation of author names
Hello.
Related to this post:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/74979/merge-inconsistently-named-authors
Depending on the style of the journal, an author with the full name Random Academic Scholar might have published as:
Random A. Scholar
Random Scholar
R.A. Scholar
R. A. Scholar
R. Scholar
If one standardizes author names in their database, such that all references for Random Academic Scholar are entered in full, then is it possible to follow the requirement to list references exactly as they appear on the publication, as detailed here for APA? I suppose not?
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2017/05/whats-in-a-name-inconsistent-formats-and-name-changes.html
Relatedly, if not the full name, then the preferred format a database entry is:
Scholar, R A
over
Scholar, RA
with periods:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/11127/will-zotero-automatically-put-periods-on-initials-if-the-style-requires-it
or without?
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/76298/stripping-author-middle-name-periods-when-adding-to-library
Thanks very much.
Related to this post:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/74979/merge-inconsistently-named-authors
Depending on the style of the journal, an author with the full name Random Academic Scholar might have published as:
Random A. Scholar
Random Scholar
R.A. Scholar
R. A. Scholar
R. Scholar
If one standardizes author names in their database, such that all references for Random Academic Scholar are entered in full, then is it possible to follow the requirement to list references exactly as they appear on the publication, as detailed here for APA? I suppose not?
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2017/05/whats-in-a-name-inconsistent-formats-and-name-changes.html
Relatedly, if not the full name, then the preferred format a database entry is:
Scholar, R A
over
Scholar, RA
with periods:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/11127/will-zotero-automatically-put-periods-on-initials-if-the-style-requires-it
or without?
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/76298/stripping-author-middle-name-periods-when-adding-to-library
Thanks very much.
We'd generally recommend going with either the full names or full first name plus middle initial throughout. (For APA, those two are equivalent, of course).
And yes, we'd recommend a space between initials if you don't have a first name.
http://worldcat.org/identities/ ...