From 65cb4645a9e7904d2fa22695d6dc57a930af2964 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Kraker <opendiscovery@gmx.at>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 01:49:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #87

---
 vis/js/io.js | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vis/js/io.js b/vis/js/io.js
index c702962d1..cfe92645b 100644
--- a/vis/js/io.js
+++ b/vis/js/io.js
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ IO.prototype = {
         })
     },
 
-    convertToFirstNameLastName: function (authors) {
-        var authors = authors.split(";");
+    convertToFirstNameLastName: function (authors_string) {
+        var authors = authors_string.split(";");
+        
+        for(var i = authors.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if(authors[i] === "") {
+               authors.splice(i, 1);
+            }
+        }
+        
         var authors_string = "";
         var authors_short_string = "";
-        for (var i = 0; i < authors.length - 1; i++) {
+        for (var i = 0; i < authors.length; i++) {            
             var names = authors[i].trim().split(",");
             var last_name = names[0].trim();
             if (names.length > 1) {
@@ -36,7 +43,7 @@ IO.prototype = {
                 authors_short_string += last_name;
             }
 
-            if (i != authors.length - 2) {
+            if (i < (authors.length - 1)) {
                 authors_string += ", ";
                 authors_short_string += ", ";
             }