Parse the Author field from a DESCRIPTION file into a person object
Value
A character vector, or a list of character vectors of length equals
to the length of author_string
Examples
# Read from a DESCRIPTION file directly
utils_description <- system.file("DESCRIPTION", package = "utils")
utils_authors <- read.dcf(utils_description, "Author")
parse_authors(utils_authors)
#> [1] "R Core Team" "contributors worldwide"
# Read from a database of CRAN metadata
cran_epidemiology_packages$Author |>
parse_authors() |>
unlist() |>
unique() |>
sort()
#> [1] "A. Riebler"
#> [2] "Aaron A. King"
#> [3] "Abdoelnaser Degoot"
#> [4] "Abdoelnaser M. Degoot"
#> [5] "Adam J Kucharski"
#> [6] "Adam Kucharski"
#> [7] "Adam Omidpanah"
#> [8] "Adrian Prodan"
#> [9] "Adrien Le Guillou"
#> [10] "Ahmad Rabiee"
#> [11] "Ahmad family = Rabiee"
#> [12] "Alan C. Hindmarsh"
#> [13] "Albert Y. Kim"
#> [14] "Alex Richard Cook"
#> [15] "Alex W. Friedrich"
#> [16] "Alex Welte"
#> [17] "Alexander D. Becker"
#> [18] "Alexander Kowarik"
#> [19] "Alexander W. Friedrich"
#> [20] "Alexandre Courtiol"
#> [21] "Alexis Robert"
#> [22] "Alexis Vittengl"
#> [23] "Ali Ezzat"
#> [24] "Allison Cheung"
#> [25] "Amanda Dobbyn"
#> [26] "Amit Sandhel"
#> [27] "Andrea Riebler"
#> [28] "Andreas Handel"
#> [29] "Andree Valle-Campos"
#> [30] "Andrew Azman"
#> [31] "Andrew Johnson"
#> [32] "Andrew P. Norgan"
#> [33] "Aniko Szabo"
#> [34] "Anita Williams"
#> [35] "Anne Cori"
#> [36] "Annick Lenglet"
#> [37] "Anthony Underwood"
#> [38] "Anton Mymrikov"
#> [39] "Ariana Wijermans"
#> [40] "Arthur Allignol"
#> [41] "Attractive Chaos"
#> [42] "Avery McIntosh"
#> [43] "Bankolé Ahadzie"
#> [44] "Bart C. Meijer"
#> [45] "Ben Listyg"
#> [46] "Bendix Carstensen"
#> [47] "Bernard Rosner"
#> [48] "Bertrand Sudre"
#> [49] "Bhanu N. M. Sinha"
#> [50] "Bhanu Sinha"
#> [51] "Bin Li"
#> [52] "Bob Gray"
#> [53] "Brian J. Knaus"
#> [54] "Brian Knaus"
#> [55] "Brian McKay"
#> [56] "Bruce E. Kendall"
#> [57] "Bruce Kendall"
#> [58] "Bubacarr Bah"
#> [59] "C. Lang"
#> [60] "Caitlin Collins"
#> [61] "Cari Van Schalkwyk"
#> [62] "Carl A. B. Pearson"
#> [63] "Carles Breto"
#> [64] "Carles Bretó"
#> [65] "Carles Martinez Breto"
#> [66] "Casper J. Albers"
#> [67] "Chad Klumb"
#> [68] "Charles Reynard"
#> [69] "Charlie Whittaker"
#> [70] "Chase Golden"
#> [71] "Chris Groendyke"
#> [72] "Chris Hartgerink"
#> [73] "Christian E. Galarza"
#> [74] "Christian F. Luz"
#> [75] "Christian Lang"
#> [76] "Christine Casey"
#> [77] "Christophe Fraser"
#> [78] "Christopher Endres"
#> [79] "Christopher J. Endres"
#> [80] "Christopher Jarvis"
#> [81] "Cici Chen"
#> [82] "Clement W. Ulrich"
#> [83] "Cleve Moler"
#> [84] "Cody Dailey"
#> [85] "Cord Heuer"
#> [86] "Corinna Glasner"
#> [87] "Cristiano Santos"
#> [88] "D. Sabanés Bové"
#> [89] "Damjan Manevski"
#> [90] "Daniel C. Reuman"
#> [91] "Daniel Maillard"
#> [92] "Daniel May"
#> [93] "Daniel Pfeffer"
#> [94] "Daniel Sabanes Bove"
#> [95] "Daniel Sabanés Bové"
#> [96] "Daniel Wollschlaeger"
#> [97] "Daniel Wollschlaeger User"
#> [98] "Dao Nguyen"
#> [99] "David Ardia"
#> [100] "David Clayton"
#> [101] "David Hunter"
#> [102] "David R. Hunter"
#> [103] "David Smith"
#> [104] "David Welch"
#> [105] "Deepayan Sarkar"
#> [106] "Denis Haine"
#> [107] "Denis Laloe"
#> [108] "Dennis Souverein"
#> [109] "Dirk Schumacher"
#> [110] "Dmytro Mykhailenko"
#> [111] "Dominique Pontier"
#> [112] "Dustin Tingley"
#> [113] "E. S. Venkatraman"
#> [114] "Eamon B. O'Dea"
#> [115] "Eamon O'Dea"
#> [116] "Ed Ionides"
#> [117] "Edouard F. Bonneville"
#> [118] "Eduard Grebe"
#> [119] "Edward L. Ionides"
#> [120] "Edwin Van Leeuwen"
#> [121] "Elisabeth Dahlqwist"
#> [122] "Elizabeth Rogawski McQuade"
#> [123] "Emanuele Guidotti"
#> [124] "Emily Beylerian"
#> [125] "Emma Mendelsohn"
#> [126] "EpiForecasts"
#> [127] "Eric Brown"
#> [128] "Eric H. L. C. M. Hazenberg"
#> [129] "Ernst Hairer"
#> [130] "Erwin E. A. Hassing"
#> [131] "Erwin E.A. Hassing"
#> [132] "Esa Laara"
#> [133] "Esa Läärä"
#> [134] "Esther Kissling"
#> [135] "European Union"
#> [136] "Evan Sergeant"
#> [137] "Fabio Demarqui"
#> [138] "Federico Calboli"
#> [139] "Finlay Campbell"
#> [140] "Flavio Finger"
#> [141] "Francisco Orchard"
#> [142] "Francois Balloux"
#> [143] "Frédéric Michaud"
#> [144] "Geoff Jones"
#> [145] "George D. Byrne"
#> [146] "Gerry Tonkin-Hill"
#> [147] "Guy Baele"
#> [148] "Gwen Knight"
#> [149] "Haixiang Zhang"
#> [150] "Hamada S. Badr"
#> [151] "Hao Zhu"
#> [152] "Harry Gibson"
#> [153] "Hein Putter"
#> [154] "Helen Wearing"
#> [155] "Henok Woldu"
#> [156] "Hilmarie Brand"
#> [157] "Howard Burkom"
#> [158] "Hugo Gruson"
#> [159] "Hü¾\u008d¦\u0098¼hle"
#> [160] "Imperial College of Science"
#> [161] "Isaac Chun-Hai Fung"
#> [162] "Isaac Fung"
#> [163] "Ismail Ahmed"
#> [164] "Isobel Blake"
#> [165] "Ivana Rodriguez Ewerlöf"
#> [166] "J Miettinen"
#> [167] "J Pitkaniemi"
#> [168] "Jake Stockwin"
#> [169] "Jakob Schumacher"
#> [170] "James M. Azam"
#> [171] "James Munday"
#> [172] "Janetta Skarp"
#> [173] "Jarrett Byrnes"
#> [174] "Javier Sanchez"
#> [175] "Jean Pierre Decorps"
#> [176] "Jeffrey Eaton"
#> [177] "Jen Rozier"
#> [178] "Jennifer F. Bobb"
#> [179] "Jeno Reiczigel"
#> [180] "Jessica Grembi"
#> [181] "Jim Robison-Cox"
#> [182] "Jing Ma"
#> [183] "Jo van Schalkwyk"
#> [184] "Joana Gomes Dias"
#> [185] "Joe Hickson"
#> [186] "Joel Hellewell"
#> [187] "Johann Popp"
#> [188] "John Rossow"
#> [189] "Jon Wakefield"
#> [190] "Jonas Salm"
#> [191] "Jonathan A. Polonsky"
#> [192] "Jonathan M. Olate"
#> [193] "Jonathon Marshall"
#> [194] "Joonas Miettinen"
#> [195] "Jorge Chavarro"
#> [196] "Jose E. Lozano"
#> [197] "Jose E. Lozano Alonso"
#> [198] "Joshua W. Lambert"
#> [199] "Judith M. Fonville"
#> [200] "Juliane Manitz"
#> [201] "Juliet R.C. Pulliam"
#> [202] "Jun Cai"
#> [203] "Justin Lessler"
#> [204] "K Seppa"
#> [205] "Karim Mané"
#> [206] "Karline Soetaert"
#> [207] "Karri Seppa"
#> [208] "Katayoun Moazami-Goudarzi"
#> [209] "Katelyn Gostic"
#> [210] "Katharine Sherratt"
#> [211] "Kazuki Yoshida"
#> [212] "Kentaro Hirose"
#> [213] "Kevin Spiegel"
#> [214] "Kevin Weiss"
#> [215] "Kevis Weiss"
#> [216] "Kiesha Prem"
#> [217] "Klaus Schliep"
#> [218] "Kosuke Imai"
#> [219] "Kristjan Eldjarn"
#> [220] "L. Held"
#> [221] "LSHTM"
#> [222] "Laha Ale"
#> [223] "Lampros Bouranis"
#> [224] "Lander Willem"
#> [225] "Lang"
#> [226] "Laura Espinosa"
#> [227] "Lei Liu"
#> [228] "Leonhard Held"
#> [229] "Li Wang"
#> [230] "Libor Morkovsky"
#> [231] "Liesbeth C. de Wreede"
#> [232] "Liesbeth de Wreede"
#> [233] "Lifang Hou"
#> [234] "Linda R. Petzold"
#> [235] "Lindsay V. Clark"
#> [236] "Lloyd Chapman"
#> [237] "London School of Hygiene"
#> [238] "Lopaka Lee"
#> [239] "Lore Merdrignac"
#> [240] "Lozano Jose E."
#> [241] "Luke Keele"
#> [242] "M Rantanen"
#> [243] "M. Hofmann"
#> [244] "M. Höhle"
#> [245] "M. Hü¾\u008d¦\u0098¼hle"
#> [246] "M. Paul"
#> [247] "M. Salmon"
#> [248] "M. Virtanen"
#> [249] "Maelle Salmon"
#> [250] "Marcelo Ponce"
#> [251] "Margot Einoder-Moreno"
#> [252] "Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar"
#> [253] "Maria Noremark"
#> [254] "Maria Prieto Gonzalez"
#> [255] "Marie- Pauline Beugin"
#> [256] "Marie-Pauline Beugin"
#> [257] "Mark Clements"
#> [258] "Mark Jit"
#> [259] "Mark Myatt"
#> [260] "Mark Stevenson"
#> [261] "Marta Fiocco"
#> [262] "Martina Morris"
#> [263] "Martyn Plummer"
#> [264] "Matheus Costa"
#> [265] "Mathew Jay"
#> [266] "Mathias Hofmann"
#> [267] "Matthew J. Ferrari"
#> [268] "Matthijs S. Berends"
#> [269] "Matti Rantanen"
#> [270] "Mauricio van den Berg"
#> [271] "Maëlle Salmon"
#> [272] "Medicine"
#> [273] "Michael A Rotondi"
#> [274] "Michael DeWitt"
#> [275] "Michael Hills"
#> [276] "Michael Hoehle"
#> [277] "Michael Höhle"
#> [278] "Michael Lavine"
#> [279] "Michael P. Fay"
#> [280] "Michael P. Fay User"
#> [281] "Michaela Paul"
#> [282] "Michelle Ross"
#> [283] "Mikael Moise"
#> [284] "Mikko Virtanen"
#> [285] "Minh Trinh"
#> [286] "Mohammed Ali"
#> [287] "Morgane Vallee"
#> [288] "Nagendra Singanallur"
#> [289] "Neil M. Ferguson"
#> [290] "Nianqiao Ju"
#> [291] "Nicholas G. Reich"
#> [292] "Nick Golding"
#> [293] "Niel Hens"
#> [294] "Nikos Bosse"
#> [295] "Nistara Randhawa"
#> [296] "Nuredin Mohammed"
#> [297] "Oliver Watson"
#> [298] "Ottar N. Bjornstad"
#> [299] "P. Alex Demarsh"
#> [300] "Paola Sebastiani"
#> [301] "Paul"
#> [302] "Paul Bastide"
#> [303] "Paul Mee"
#> [304] "Paula Moraga"
#> [305] "Pavel Dimens"
#> [306] "Pavol Bauer"
#> [307] "Pawel Piatkowski"
#> [308] "Peter Dutey-Magni"
#> [309] "Peter Ellis"
#> [310] "Peter Li"
#> [311] "Peter N. Brown"
#> [312] "Peter Solymos"
#> [313] "Petra Bäumler"
#> [314] "Philippe Lemey"
#> [315] "Pierre Nouvellet"
#> [316] "Pierre-Yves Boelle"
#> [317] "Pietro Coletti"
#> [318] "Pietro Monticone"
#> [319] "Pratik Gupte"
#> [320] "Pratik R. Gupte"
#> [321] "Qingyuan Zhao"
#> [322] "Qingzhao Yu"
#> [323] "R Core Team"
#> [324] "R. Woodrow Setzer"
#> [325] "RJ Ewing"
#> [326] "Rami Krispin"
#> [327] "Rebecca DeCamp"
#> [328] "Reshma Kassanjee"
#> [329] "Rich FitzJohn"
#> [330] "Rich Fitzjohn"
#> [331] "Riebler"
#> [332] "Rob Deardon"
#> [333] "Robert Gentleman"
#> [334] "Robin Eriksson"
#> [335] "Robin Thompson"
#> [336] "Rogier P. Schade"
#> [337] "Rolina van Gaalen"
#> [338] "Roman Lustrik"
#> [339] "Ron Thornton"
#> [340] "Ronald B. Geskus"
#> [341] "Ronald Galiwango"
#> [342] "Ronald Geskus"
#> [343] "Rosalind Eggo"
#> [344] "Ross Lazarus"
#> [345] "Ryan Kyle"
#> [346] "S. C. Kou"
#> [347] "S. Meyer"
#> [348] "S. Steiner"
#> [349] "Salil Goyal"
#> [350] "Salla E. Toikkanen"
#> [351] "Sam Abbott"
#> [352] "Sam Clifford"
#> [353] "Samuel Jenness"
#> [354] "Sang Woo Park"
#> [355] "Sangeeta Bhatia"
#> [356] "Sarah Connor"
#> [357] "Sarah Pirikahu"
#> [358] "Sarah V Leavitt"
#> [359] "Sebastian Funk"
#> [360] "Sebastian Lequime"
#> [361] "Sebastian Meyer"
#> [362] "Shaoqian Ma"
#> [363] "Shaoyang Ning"
#> [364] "Shawnee Anderson"
#> [365] "Shi Zhao"
#> [366] "Shihao Yang"
#> [367] "Shikun Li"
#> [368] "Simon Cauchemez"
#> [369] "Simon Daniel"
#> [370] "Simon Dellicour"
#> [371] "Simon Firestone"
#> [372] "Simon Frost"
#> [373] "Simon N. Wood"
#> [374] "Sina Solaimanpour"
#> [375] "Sinead E. Morris"
#> [376] "Skye Bender-deMoll"
#> [377] "Sofia Ny"
#> [378] "Sophie Meakin"
#> [379] "Spencer Hall"
#> [380] "Stefan Engblom"
#> [381] "Stefan Steiner"
#> [382] "Stefan Widgren"
#> [383] "Stefan Widgren Maria Noremark"
#> [384] "Stefano Ongarello"
#> [385] "Stephen P. Ellner"
#> [386] "Steve Ellner"
#> [387] "Steven G. Johnson"
#> [388] "Steven M. Goodreau"
#> [389] "Steven P. Millard"
#> [390] "Suzanne Keddie"
#> [391] "T. Correa"
#> [392] "Technology"
#> [393] "Telmo Nunes"
#> [394] "Teppei Yamamoto"
#> [395] "Thais Correa"
#> [396] "The R Core Team"
#> [397] "Thibaut Jombart"
#> [398] "Thijs Janzen"
#> [399] "Thomas Crellen"
#> [400] "Thomas Czernichow"
#> [401] "Thomas Mollet"
#> [402] "Thomas Obadia"
#> [403] "Thomas Petzoldt"
#> [404] "Thomas Rosendal"
#> [405] "Tiago Maié"
#> [406] "Tim Lucas"
#> [407] "Tim Russell"
#> [408] "Tim Taylor"
#> [409] "Tobias Erik Reiners"
#> [410] "Tomas Aragon"
#> [411] "Tomas J. Aragon"
#> [412] "Tomas J. Aragon Developer"
#> [413] "Tommi Karki"
#> [414] "Tropical Medicine"
#> [415] "V. Wimmer"
#> [416] "V. Wimmer. A few code segments are modified versions of code by The R Core Team"
#> [417] "VP Nagraj"
#> [418] "Valentin Wimmer"
#> [419] "Vineetha Warriyar K. V"
#> [420] "Vineetha Warriyar K. V."
#> [421] "Vineetha Warriyar. K. V"
#> [422] "Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong"
#> [423] "Vladimir Mikryukov"
#> [424] "Waleed Almutiry"
#> [425] "Wei Wei"
#> [426] "Weihuang Wong"
#> [427] "Weiliang Qiu"
#> [428] "Wes Hinsley"
#> [429] "Xavier Didelot"
#> [430] "Yinan Zheng"
#> [431] "Yongyou Zhang"
#> [432] "Youcef Saad"
#> [433] "Yuanwei Xu"
#> [434] "Yuruo Li"
#> [435] "Yusuke Asai"
#> [436] "Zhian N. Kamvar"
#> [437] "data.org"
#> [438] "odepack authors"