handle 'bare' editor names

3 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/grobid_tei_xml/parse.py b/grobid_tei_xml/parse.py
index dea1f2e..ebdf65b 100755
--- a/grobid_tei_xml/parse.py
+++ b/grobid_tei_xml/parse.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def _parse_editor(elem: ET.Element, ns: str = ns) -> List[GrobidAuthor]:
     """
 
     persname_tags = elem.findall(f"./{{{ns}}}persName")
-    if persname_tags is None:
+    if len(persname_tags or []) == 0:
         if elem.find("*") is None:
             # sometimes there is a "bare" editor name we can use
             raw_name = elem.text
diff --git a/tests/files/citation/editor_no_persname.tei.xml b/tests/files/citation/editor_no_persname.tei.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e49494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/citation/editor_no_persname.tei.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<biblStruct >
+    <analytic>
+        <title/>
+    </analytic>
+    <monogr>
+        <title level="j">Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility</title>
+        <editor>Mitchell C</editor>
+        <imprint>
+            <biblScope unit="page" from="651" to="666" />
+            <date type="published" when="1994">1994</date>
+            <publisher>Williams and Wilkins</publisher>
+        </imprint>
+    </monogr>
+</biblStruct>
diff --git a/tests/test_parse.py b/tests/test_parse.py
index 9d8f4ff..a818f09 100644
--- a/tests/test_parse.py
+++ b/tests/test_parse.py
@@ -440,3 +440,19 @@ def test_author_email() -> None:
     assert doc.body is None
     assert doc.acknowledgement is None
     assert doc.annex is None
+
+
+def test_citation_bare_editor() -> None:
+    with open("tests/files/citation/editor_no_persname.tei.xml", "r") as f:
+        tei_xml = f.read()
+
+    ref = parse_citation_xml(tei_xml)
+    assert ref
+    assert ref.title is None
+    assert ref.journal == "Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility"
+    assert ref.publisher == "Williams and Wilkins"
+    assert ref.date == "1994"
+    assert ref.authors == []
+    assert ref.editors
+    assert len(ref.editors) == 1
+    assert ref.editors[0].full_name == "Mitchell C"