Author Database
Description
The author database was created by combining author information from MARC 100 (main authors) and MARC 700 (added authors) fields. Authors were identified primarily through Asteri authority identifiers when available. Records lacking authority identifiers were retained using harmonized author names.
The resulting database represents unique authors appearing in the Fennica dataset and serves as a foundation for author-level analyses and metadata enrichment. Author records were enriched using information obtained from Kanto authority data, including birth and death years, profession, language, country, field of activity, place associations, and related persons. Additional variables include inferred gender, publication activity measures, and the number of Fennica records associated with each author.
Publication activity was calculated from publication years recorded in Fennica and includes the first observed publication year, last observed publication year, mean publication year, and activity span.
Complete Dataset Overview
Unique authors: 358717.
Authors with Asteri identifier: 130886 (36.5%).
Authors without Asteri identifier: 227831 (63.5%).
Authors with birth year information: 109987.
Authors with death year information: 20351.
Authors with calculated age: 18999.
Authors with gender information: 331459.
Authors with profession information: 61396.
Authors with field of activity information: 75103.
Authors with language information: 45307.
Authors with country information: 13325.
Authors with place information: 13958.
Top Authors’ names
| Topelius, Zacharias |
1669 |
0.11 |
| Jansson, Tove |
1505 |
0.10 |
| Meller, Leo |
1457 |
0.10 |
| Cupido |
1373 |
0.09 |
| Waltari, Mika |
1137 |
0.07 |
| Runeberg, Johan Ludvig |
1062 |
0.07 |
| Cartland, Barbara |
920 |
0.06 |
| Aho, Juhani |
754 |
0.05 |
| Niukkanen, Laila |
707 |
0.05 |
| Luther, Martti |
664 |
0.04 |
| Kivi, Aleksis |
655 |
0.04 |
| Andersen, H C |
637 |
0.04 |
| Leino, Eino |
609 |
0.04 |
| Roberts, Nora |
605 |
0.04 |
| Salt, Vanessa |
584 |
0.04 |
| Uus-leponiemi, Tuula |
581 |
0.04 |
| Parvela, Timo |
553 |
0.04 |
| Porthan, Henrik Gabriel |
533 |
0.03 |
| Paasilinna, Arto |
523 |
0.03 |
| Lindgren, Astrid |
515 |
0.03 |
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Authors 1809-1917
Unique authors 1809-1917: 11303.
Authors with Asteri identifier 1809-1917: 5058 (36.5%).
Authors without Asteri identifier 1809-1917: 6245 (63.5%).
Authors with birth year information 1809-1917: 3874.
Authors with death year information 1809-1917: 3707.
Authors with calculated age 1809-1917: 3648.
Authors with gender information 1809-1917: 8597.
Authors with profession information 1809-1917: 2985.
Authors with field of activity information 1809-1917: 1652.
Authors with language information 1809-1917: 1341.
Authors with country information 1809-1917: 630.
Authors with place information 1809-1917: 24.
Top-Authors’ names 1809-1917
| Topelius, Zacharias |
1669 |
1.24 |
| Runeberg, Johan Ludvig |
1062 |
0.79 |
| Aho, Juhani |
754 |
0.56 |
| Luther, Martti |
664 |
0.49 |
| Kivi, Aleksis |
655 |
0.48 |
| Andersen, H C |
637 |
0.47 |
| Leino, Eino |
609 |
0.45 |
| Parvela, Timo |
553 |
0.41 |
| Porthan, Henrik Gabriel |
533 |
0.39 |
| Bilmark, Johannes |
510 |
0.38 |
| Kurenniemi, Marjatta |
464 |
0.34 |
| Kalm, Pehr |
456 |
0.34 |
| Nyberg, Teuvo |
442 |
0.33 |
| Gyldenstolpe, Michael Olai |
432 |
0.32 |
| Gezelius, Johannes |
429 |
0.32 |
| Tolstoi, Leo |
419 |
0.31 |
| Merikoski, K |
362 |
0.27 |
| Ervast, Pekka |
358 |
0.27 |
| Gadd, Pehr Adrian |
355 |
0.26 |
| Canth, Minna |
352 |
0.26 |
