A person's name suffix is not handled properly if the name is specified as a single string.
As per the documentation, the format of a name with a suffix should be written as last name, given name, suffix. However, this results in incorrect formatting in multiple bibliography styles, unlike explicitly marking the suffix with subfields:
The bibliography file
stewart1:
type: Thesis
author: Stewart, Thomas W., Jr.
date: 2000
title: "Mutation as morphology: Bases, stems, and shapes in Scottish Gaelic"
place: Columbus, OH
publisher: The Ohio State University
genre: dissertation
stewart2:
type: Thesis
author:
name: Stewart
given-name: Thomas W.
suffix: Jr.
date: 2000
title: "Mutation as morphology: Bases, stems, and shapes in Scottish Gaelic"
place: Columbus, OH
publisher: The Ohio State University
genre: dissertationproduces two different bibliography items, with only the latter being correct (in this case, using "mla" style, but the same occurs with other citation styles, e.g. "apa" or "ieee"):
rather, it seems to me that formatting the author name as last name, suffix, given name produces the correct name formatting in most styles, so this might just be a documentation issue.
A person's name suffix is not handled properly if the name is specified as a single string.
As per the documentation, the format of a name with a suffix should be written as
last name, given name, suffix. However, this results in incorrect formatting in multiple bibliography styles, unlike explicitly marking the suffix with subfields:The bibliography file
produces two different bibliography items, with only the latter being correct (in this case, using
"mla"style, but the same occurs with other citation styles, e.g."apa"or"ieee"):rather, it seems to me that formatting the author name as
last name, suffix, given nameproduces the correct name formatting in most styles, so this might just be a documentation issue.