Hence it is clear that manual intervention based on human knowledge is required to perfect algorithmic results. With very common family names, typical in Asia, more liberal algorithms result in mistaken merges.Īutomatic normalization of author names is not exact.
Many bibliographic records have only author initials. The more conservative the merging algorithms, the more bits of evidence are required before a merge is made, resulting in greater precision but lower recall of works for a given Author Profile.
Over time, the contents of the Author Profile page may expand at the direction of the community. The Author Profile Page supplies a quick snapshot of an author's contribution to the field and some rudimentary measures of influence upon it. Coverage of other publishers generally starts in the mid 1980's. Coverage of ACM publications is comprehensive from the 1950's.