diff --git a/claims/claim-utils/service/searchCrossref.service.ts b/claims/claim-utils/service/searchCrossref.service.ts
index 526a5f96..16372b61 100644
--- a/claims/claim-utils/service/searchCrossref.service.ts
+++ b/claims/claim-utils/service/searchCrossref.service.ts
@@ -78,12 +78,18 @@ export class SearchCrossrefService {
       if (item.author) {
         entity.result.authors = [];
         for (let j = 0; j < item.author.length; j++) {
-          entity.result.authors.push(item.author[j].family + ", " + item.author[j].given);
+          let author = this.parseName(item.author[j]);
+          if(author) {
+            entity.result.authors.push(author);
+          }
         }
       }
       if (item.editor) {
         for (let j = 0; j < item.editor.length; j++) {
-          entity.result.editors.push(item.editor[j].family + ", " + item.editor[j].given);
+          let editor = this.parseName(item.editor[j]);
+          if(editor) {
+            entity.result.authors.push(editor);
+          }
         }
       }
       results.push(entity);
@@ -93,4 +99,23 @@ export class SearchCrossrefService {
 
   }
 
+  private parseName(authorObj) : string {
+    let author: string = "";
+    if(authorObj.hasOwnProperty("family")) {
+      author += authorObj.family;
+    }
+    if(authorObj.hasOwnProperty("family") && authorObj.hasOwnProperty("given")) {
+      author += ", ";
+    }
+    if(authorObj.hasOwnProperty("given")) {
+      author += authorObj.given;
+    }
+
+    if(!author && authorObj.hasOwnProperty("name")) {
+      author += authorObj.name;
+    }
+
+    return author;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/claims/claim-utils/service/searchDatacite.service.ts b/claims/claim-utils/service/searchDatacite.service.ts
index 887b6a7e..fa8dfbae 100644
--- a/claims/claim-utils/service/searchDatacite.service.ts
+++ b/claims/claim-utils/service/searchDatacite.service.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ export class SearchDataciteService {
         entity.result.authors = [];
         for (let j = 0; j < item.attributes.author.length; j++) {
           const author = item.attributes.author[j];
-          entity.result.authors.push((author.family) ? author.family + ', ' + author.given : author.literal);
+          if(author.family || author.literal) {
+            entity.result.authors.push((author.family) ? author.family + (author.given ? ', ' + author.given : '') : author.literal);
+          }
         }
       }
       results.push(entity);