Author disambiguation and publication assignment

US9928291B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ResearchGate GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Häusler · Berlin, DE
• Viacheslav Zholudev · Berlin, DE
• Horst Fickenscher · Berlin, DE
• Stephen Mansfield · Berlin, DE
• Mark Howard-Banks · Berlin, DE
• Eduardo Ojeda · Berlin, DE
• Vincenz Priesnitz · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/243
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein are computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically disambiguating author names for a plurality of publications so as to create clusters of author name mentions that are with high probability associated with a single author identity for each cluster. Also described are systems and methods for assigning the clusters to respective unique author identities, automatically and/or based on human input (e.g., as received from authors, co-authors, or administrative curators).