Generate author information within a document

Plume provides several methods to generate author information directly within an R Markdown or Quarto document. This is a convenient solution when you don't need preformatted reports.

In some cases, Plume gives you greater control over the formatting of author information, as it supports features not available in PlumeQuarto.

Notes

new_plume() is an alias for Plume$new().

Super classes

plume::NameHandler -> plume::PlumeHandler -> plume::StatusSetter -> plume::StatusSetterPlume -> Plume

Methods

Public methods

• Plume$new()

• Plume$get_author_list()

• Plume$get_affiliations()

• Plume$get_notes()

• Plume$get_orcids()

• Plume$get_contact_details()

• Plume$get_contributions()

• Plume$clone()

Inherited methods

• plume::PlumeHandler$data()
• plume::PlumeHandler$get_plume()
• plume::PlumeHandler$get_roles()
• plume::PlumeHandler$print()
• plume::PlumeHandler$roles()
• plume::StatusSetter$set_corresponding_authors()
• plume::StatusSetterPlume$set_main_contributors()

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Method new()

Create a Plume object.

Usage

Plume$new(
  data,
  names = NULL,
  roles = credit_roles(),
  symbols = plm_symbols(),
  credit_roles = FALSE,
  initials_given_name = FALSE,
  dotted_initials = TRUE,
  family_name_first = FALSE,
  distinct_initials = FALSE,
  interword_spacing = TRUE,
  orcid_icon = icn_orcid(),
  by = NULL
)

Arguments

data

A data frame containing author data.

names

A vector of key-value pairs specifying custom names to use, where keys are default names and values their respective replacements.

roles

A vector of key-value pairs defining roles where keys identify role columns and values describe the actual roles to use.

symbols

Symbols, as defined by plm_symbols(), used to link authors to their metadata. Special Markdown characters are automatically escaped internally.

credit_roles

It is now recommended to use roles = credit_roles() to use the Contributor Roles Taxonomy.

initials_given_name

Should the initials of given names be used?

dotted_initials

Should initials be dot-separated?

family_name_first

Should literal names show family names first?

distinct_initials

If TRUE, will expand identical initials with additional letters from the last word of their respective family name until initials are unique. Initials of authors sharing the exact same name will remain in the short form.

interword_spacing

Should literal names use spacing? This parameter is only useful for people writing in languages that don't separate words with a space such as Chinese or Japanese.

orcid_icon

The ORCID icon, as defined by icn_orcid(), to be used. Only supported in R Markdown.

by

A character string defining the default variable used to assign specific metadata to authors in all set_*() methods. By default, uses authors' id.

Returns

A Plume object.

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Method get_author_list()

Get the list of authors.

Usage

Plume$get_author_list(suffix = NULL, format = deprecated())

Arguments

suffix

A character string defining the format of symbols suffixing author names. See details.

format

Please use the parameter suffix instead.

Details

suffix lets you choose which symbol categories to suffix authors with, using the following keys:

• a for affiliations

• c for corresponding authors

• n for notes

• o for ORCID icons (only supported in R Markdown)

The order of the keys determines the order of symbol types. For example, "ac" shows affiliation ids first and corresponding author mark second, when "ca" shows corresponding author mark first and affiliation ids second. Use "," to separate and "^" to superscript symbols.

Set to NULL or "" to list authors without suffixes.

Returns

A character vector.

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Method get_affiliations()

Get authors' affiliations.

Usage

Plume$get_affiliations(superscript = TRUE, sep = "")

Arguments

superscript

Should affiliation ids be superscripted?

sep

Separator used to separate affiliation ids and affiliations.

Returns

A character vector.

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Method get_notes()

Get authors' notes.

Usage

Plume$get_notes(superscript = TRUE, sep = "")

Arguments

superscript

Should note ids be superscripted?

sep

Separator used to separate note ids and notes.

Returns

A character vector.

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Method get_orcids()

Get authors' ORCID.

Usage

Plume$get_orcids(compact = FALSE, icon = TRUE, sep = "")

Arguments

compact

Should links only display the 16-digit identifier?

icon

Should the ORCID icon be shown? This is only supported in R Markdown.

sep

Separator used to separate authors and their respective ORCID.

Returns

A character vector.

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Method get_contact_details()

Get the contact details of corresponding authors.

Usage

Plume$get_contact_details(
  template = "{details} ({name})",
  email = TRUE,
  phone = FALSE,
  fax = FALSE,
  url = FALSE,
  sep = ", ",
  format = deprecated()
)

Arguments

template

A glue specification that uses the variables name and/or details.

email, phone, fax, url

Arguments equal to TRUE are evaluated and passed to the variable details. By default, only email is set to TRUE.

sep

Separator used to separate details items.

format

Please use the parameter template instead.

Returns

A character vector.

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Method get_contributions()

Get authors' contributions.

Usage

Plume$get_contributions(
  roles_first = TRUE,
  by_author = FALSE,
  alphabetical_order = FALSE,
  literal_names = FALSE,
  divider = ": ",
  sep = ", ",
  sep_last = " and ",
  dotted_initials = deprecated()
)

Arguments

roles_first

If TRUE, displays roles first and authors second. If FALSE, roles follow authors.

by_author

Should roles be grouped by author?

alphabetical_order

Should authors be listed in alphabetical order? By default, lists authors in the order they are defined in the data.

literal_names

Should literal names be used?

divider

Separator used to separate roles from authors.

sep

Separator used to separate roles or authors.

sep_last

Separator used to separate the last two roles or authors if more than one item is associated to a role or author.

dotted_initials

Please use the dotted_initials parameter of Plume$new() instead.

Returns

A character vector.

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

Plume$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Examples

# Create a Plume instance
aut <- Plume$new(encyclopedists)

# Set the desired corresponding authors, using
# authors' id by default
aut$set_corresponding_authors(1, 4)

# Listing authors, followed by affiliation ids
# and the corresponding author mark:
aut$get_author_list("^a,c^")
#> Denis Diderot^1,\*^
#> Jean-Jacques Rousseau^2^
#> François-Marie Arouet^2^
#> Jean Le Rond d'Alembert^1,3,\*^

# Or maybe with the corresponding author mark
# coming before affiliation ids:
aut$get_author_list("^c,a^")
#> Denis Diderot^\*,1^
#> Jean-Jacques Rousseau^2^
#> François-Marie Arouet^2^
#> Jean Le Rond d'Alembert^\*,1,3^

# Getting more author metadata
aut$get_affiliations()
#> ^1^Université de Paris
#> ^2^Lycée Louis-le-Grand
#> ^3^Collège des Quatre-Nations

aut$get_contributions()
#> Supervision: D.D. and J.L.R.d'A.
#> Writing - original draft: D.D., J.-J.R., F.-M.A. and J.L.R.d'A.

# Use `symbols` to change the default symbols.
# E.g. to use letters as affiliation ids:
aut <- Plume$new(
  encyclopedists,
  symbols = plm_symbols(affiliation = letters)
)

aut$get_author_list("^a^")
#> Denis Diderot^a^
#> Jean-Jacques Rousseau^b^
#> François-Marie Arouet^b^
#> Jean Le Rond d'Alembert^a,c^

aut$get_affiliations()
#> ^a^Université de Paris
#> ^b^Lycée Louis-le-Grand
#> ^c^Collège des Quatre-Nations

# It is also possible to output contributions in the
# active voice
aut <- Plume$new(
  encyclopedists,
  roles = c(
    supervision = "supervised the project",
    writing = "contributed to the Encyclopédie"
  )
)
aut$get_contributions(roles_first = FALSE, divider = " ")
#> D.D. and J.L.R.d'A. supervised the project
#> D.D., J.-J.R., F.-M.A. and J.L.R.d'A. contributed to the Encyclopédie