How can I add the “and” between authors?

Gokmen_ARSLAN · October 30, 2017, 10:03am

I want to add the “and” between author names. For example,

Author1 and author……
Author1, author2, and author3….

How can I make this?

Thank you in advance.

Gökmen

astevens · October 30, 2017, 3:23pm

Where would you like the “and” to appear between author names? On the journal article page that end users see? On the journal table of contents page that end users see? Or somewhere else?

Thanks,
Amanda Stevens
Public Knowledge Project Team

Gokmen_ARSLAN · October 30, 2017, 3:32pm

I want to add between writers of article, like see the image
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astevens · October 30, 2017, 5:34pm

I think you can change this by modifying the table of contents template (templates/issue/issue.tpl).

Best,
Amanda Stevens
Public Knowledge Project Team

Gokmen_ARSLAN · October 30, 2017, 5:55pm

I use the OJS 3.1.
Where is the issue.tpl?

I didnot find under tambles.

thanks.

astevens · October 31, 2017, 12:54am

You can find it in the folder templates/frontend/pages.

Best,
Amanda Stevens
Public Knowledge Project Team

Gokmen_ARSLAN · October 31, 2017, 10:13am

Is it?
Adsız

What should I make here?

Best,
Gökmen

ctgraham · October 31, 2017, 12:39pm

This is actually coming from the Article::getAuthorString() method, as called here:

github.com

pkp/ojs/blob/ojs-stable-3_1_0/templates/frontend/objects/article_summary.tpl#L41-L43


		<div class="authors">
			{$article->getAuthorString()|escape}
		</div>

Article::getAuthorString() is implemented in Submission::getAuthorString():

github.com

pkp/pkp-lib/blob/ojs-stable-3_1_0/classes/submission/Submission.inc.php#L265-L300


	/**
	 * Return string of author names, separated by the specified token
	 * @param $lastOnly boolean return list of lastnames only (default false)
	 * @param $nameSeparator string Separator for names (default comma+space)
	 * @param $userGroupSeparator string Separator for user groups (default semicolon+space)
	 * @return string
	 */
	function getAuthorString($lastOnly = false, $nameSeparator = ', ', $userGroupSeparator = '; ') {
		$authors = $this->getAuthors(true);

		$str = '';
		$lastUserGroupId = null;
		$author = null;
		$userGroupDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('UserGroupDAO');
		foreach($authors as $author) {
			if (!empty($str)) {
				if ($lastUserGroupId != $author->getUserGroupId()) {
					$userGroup = $userGroupDao->getById($lastUserGroupId);
					if ($userGroup->getShowTitle()) $str .= ' (' . $userGroup->getLocalizedName() . ')';
					$str .= $userGroupSeparator;

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This method supports a second parameter which you could use to change the separator in all instances. It looks from your initial question that you only want to add the “and” before the last author. You will need familiarity with Smarty / PHP, and comfort managing local code changes over the long term, to make this change.