Generate compact reference ID (YYYYLNameFirstThreeWords) for REFERENCE_ID in References table

Creates a compact reference identifier by combining the publication year, first author's last name, and the first three words of the title in PascalCase.

Usage

generate_reference_id(date, author, title)

Arguments

date

Integer or character. Publication year (e.g. 2018).

author

Character. Semicolon-separated author list in "Last, First" format. Only the first author's last name is used (truncated to 10 alphanumeric characters).

title

Character. Publication title. The first three words are extracted and converted to PascalCase.

Value

Character string with format YearLastnameTitleWords, e.g. "2018Last1AStudyOf".

See also

Other generate_id: abbreviate_string(), generate_protocol_id(), generate_sample_id_with_components(), protocol_id_regex(), sample_id_regex()

Other reference: example_references_tibble(), initialise_references_tibble()

Examples

generate_reference_id(
  date = 2018,
  author = "Last1, First1; Last2, First2",
  title = "A study of recent developments in the field"
)
#> [1] "2018Last1AStudyOf"
# Returns: "2018Last1AStudyOf"