process_author_name {rscopus}

Process Author Name

Description

Process author ID and names for generic use

Usage

process_author_name(au_id = NULL, last_name = NULL,
  first_name = NULL, affil_id = NULL, api_key = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE, headers = NULL)

Arguments

au_id

Author ID number. Overrides any first/last name argument

last_name

last name of author

first_name

first name of author

affil_id

ID of affiliation (optional)

api_key

Elsevier API key

verbose

Print diagnostic messages

headers

Headers passed to add_headers, passed to GET

Value

List of first/last name and author ID

Note

This function is really to avoid duplication