Parsing author name groups in non-standardized format

A computer system for parsing author names in a document, the system comprising:

• a scanner with a digital processor, the scanner configured to:
• electronically scan a document that contains an author name text string, the author name text string comprising a set of initials, one or more surnames, and punctuation, and the author name text string comprising at least one author name in non-standardized format;
• identify a character sequence in the document as potentially being the author name text string, wherein the identifying is based on:
• (i) a sequence of title-case words, capital letters, and punctuation in the character sequence, and (ii) the character sequence ending with a recognized indicator;
• and
• a parser with a digital processor, the parser configured to:
• parse the identified character sequence and determining whether the identified character sequence is the author name text string, wherein the parsing and determining comprises:
• updating the identified character sequence by converting any punctuation or whitespace between terms in the character sequence to single space character, and
• determining whether one or more author names are contained in the updated character sequence by identifying a pattern of surname and set of initials in the updated character sequence, such that an author name in non-standardized format in the document is identified and output in standardized format.