bibliometrix (version 5.2.0)

findAuthorWorks: Find Author's Co-authored Works

Description

Searches for an author's name in a bibliometric dataframe and returns the DOIs and author positions of their co-authored works.

Usage

findAuthorWorks(author_name, data, partial_match = TRUE, exact_match = FALSE)

Value

A data.frame with columns:

• doi: DOI of the work

• author_position: Numerical position of the author in the author list

• total_authors: Total number of authors in the work

• all_authors: Complete list of authors for reference

• matched_name: The exact name variant that was matched

Arguments

author_name

Character. The author's name to search for (case-insensitive)

data

Data.frame. The bibliometric dataframe with AU and DI columns

partial_match

Logical. If TRUE, allows partial name matching (default: TRUE)

exact_match

Logical. If TRUE, requires exact name matching (default: FALSE)

Author

Your Name

Details

The function searches through the AU column which contains author names separated by semicolons. It identifies the position of the target author and returns comprehensive information about each matching work.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Find works by "ARIA M"
works <- findAuthorWorks("ARIA M", M)

# Find works with exact matching
works_exact <- findAuthorWorks("PESTANA MH", M, exact_match = TRUE)

# Find works with partial matching disabled
works_full <- findAuthorWorks("MASSIMO ARIA", M, partial_match = FALSE)
}