Attribute Data Type:
Attribute Default Value:
Attribute Group:
Attribute Purpose:
Attribute Inherited from Preferences?
Attribute UI-configurable?
Attribute Read-Only?
Attribute Intrinsic?
Attribute First Added:
Attribute Altered:
set [other set-type attributes]
(not set - empty string)
References [other References Group attributes]
Data synch
No
No
No
No
Baseline
9.1.0
Used for Bookends reference import. Maps to RIS data tag 'AU'.
From v9.1.0, $Authors is a List-type attribute rather than a Set. This is to avoid the listing being re-ordered alphabetically, now that the sorting of Sat-type attributes is more aggressive in v9+. That is unhelpful if the authors of academic papers have been listed in order of appearance of the paper. If author names are entered in first name(s)→last name order, default (Set) alphabetical listing will use first name.
To purge possible duplicates now $Authors is a List, consider a stamp using the list.unique operator:
$Authors = $Authors.unique;
But, be aware this will impose an alphabetical sort.