diff --git a/parsers/aPlusPlus/AuthorParser.inc.php b/parsers/aPlusPlus/AuthorParser.inc.php
index d001e02..99d0f7b 100644
--- a/parsers/aPlusPlus/AuthorParser.inc.php
+++ b/parsers/aPlusPlus/AuthorParser.inc.php
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ private function _processAuthor(\Publication $publication, \DOMNode $authorNode)
         $authorDao = \DAORegistry::getDAO('AuthorDAO');
         $author = $authorDao->newDataObject();
         $author->setData('givenName', $firstName, $this->getLocale());
-        $author->setData('familyName', $lastName, $this->getLocale());
+        if ($lastName) {
+            $author->setData('familyName', $lastName, $this->getLocale());
+        }
         //$author->setData('preferredPublicName', "", $this->getLocale());
         $author->setData('email', $this->selectText('Contact/Email', $authorNode) ?: $this->getConfiguration()->getEmail());
         $author->setData('url', $this->selectText('Contact/URL', $authorNode));
diff --git a/parsers/jats/AuthorParser.inc.php b/parsers/jats/AuthorParser.inc.php
index bc43434..5f23a0a 100644
--- a/parsers/jats/AuthorParser.inc.php
+++ b/parsers/jats/AuthorParser.inc.php
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ private function _processAuthor(\Publication $publication, \DOMNode $authorNode)
         $authorDao = \DAORegistry::getDAO('AuthorDAO');
         $author = $authorDao->newDataObject();
         $author->setData('givenName', $firstName, $this->getLocale());
-        $author->setData('familyName', $lastName, $this->getLocale());
+        if ($lastName) {
+            $author->setData('familyName', $lastName, $this->getLocale());
+        }
         //$author->setData('preferredPublicName', "", $this->getLocale());
         $author->setData('email', $email ?: $this->getConfiguration()->getEmail());
         $author->setData('affiliation', $affiliation, $this->getLocale());