A Multi-match Approach to the Author Uncertainty Problem

Match field	Original dataset size	Reduced dataset size	Percent reduction
Source	4,810	3,560	26%
Affiliation	4,810	4,147	14%
Web of Science Category	4,810	4,173	13%
Co-authors	4,810	4,175	13%
Title	4,810	3,794	21%
ISSN	4,810	3,555	26%
Publication Year	4,810	4,349	10%
Cited References	4,810	4,347	10%
Email	4,810	3,349	30%
All of the above	4,810	2,894	40%

Match field	Original dataset size	Reduced dataset size	Percent reduction
Co-authors	23,298	8,527	63%
Source	23,298	14,174	39%
Affiliation (Organization Only)	23,298	20,867	10%
Title	23,298	4,978	79%
ISSN	23,298	14,762	37%
1st Author	23,298	14,791	37%
ORCID iD	23,298	3,288	86%
Researcher ID	23,298	2,903	88%
Web of Science Category	23,298	21,906	6%
Publication Year	23,298	23,094	1%
Country	23,298	23,044	1%
All of the above	23,298	2,319	90%

	Porter	Wang	Park
Top 3 list reduction match	Source (34%), Co-authors	Email (30%), Source	Researcher ID (88%),
fields	(32%) and ISSN (31%)	(26%), ISSN (26%)	ORCID (86%), Title (79%)
Original dataset size	3,617	4,810	23,298
Total list reduction	52%	40%	90%
Number of true positives lost	1	5	0

Match field	Original dataset size	Reduced dataset size	Percent reduction
Source	3,617	2,377	34%
Co-authors	3,617	2,465	32%
Title	3,617	2,826	22%
ISSN	3,617	2,486	31%
Publication Year	3,617	2,905	20%
Affiliation	3,617	NA	NA
Cited References	3,617	NA	NA
Email	3,617	NA	NA
All of the above	3,617	1,750	52%

Publication timeframe:: 4 times per year
Journal Subjects:: Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Project Management, Databases and Data Mining