JabRef version

5.15 (latest release)

Operating system

Windows

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• I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Description

While testing JabRef author parsing using parameterized JUnit tests, I observed inconsistent parsing behaviour for certain non-Latin scripts.

Chinese and Cyrillic author names are parsed correctly into familyName and givenName components, but Hindi and Arabic names are interpreted as namePrefix values instead of familyName.

Reproducible Example

Input: हिंदी, परीक्षण

Observed result:

• namePrefix = हिंदी
• familyName = null

Input: العربية, اختبار

Observed result:

• namePrefix = العربية
• familyName = null

Comparison

The following inputs parse correctly:

• 王, 伟
• Иванов, Алексей

Expected Behaviour

All comma-separated author names using the format:
Lastname, Firstname

should be parsed consistently regardless of script.

Environment

• JabRef version: latest master branch
• Java version: 21
• Testing framework: JUnit 5 parameterized tests

Additional Notes

The issue was observed during automated parameterized testing of AuthorList.parse() behaviour.

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