NCBIで運営されている文献データベースPubMedの各フィールドとそれを用いた条件指定の方法について。
NCBIヘルプページの訳です。
このフィールドで検索するための様式は次の通りです。 姓(last name)+空白+名(first name)最初2文字以内+省略接尾辞(ピリオド) 可能なら姓の後のピリオドとコンマを除く全てが対象になります。 (例:fauci as or o'brien jc jr) イニシャルと接尾辞は検索の際省略されます。
PubMed automatically truncates on an author's name to account for varying initials, e.g., o'brien j [au] will retrieve o'brien ja, o'brien jb, o'brien jc jr, as well as o'brien j. To turn off this automatic truncation, enclose the author's name in double quotes and tag with [au] in brackets, e.g., "o'brien j" [au] to retrieve just o'brien j.
Searching by full author name for articles published from 2002 forward is also possible, if available. Full names display in the FAU field on the MEDLINE display format. Various limits on the number of authors included in the MEDLINE citation have existed over the years (see NLM policy on author names).