diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/crossref/CrossRefAuthorMetadataProcessor.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/crossref/CrossRefAuthorMetadataProcessor.java
index abf84f52d0..b9b384f8ed 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/crossref/CrossRefAuthorMetadataProcessor.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/importer/external/crossref/CrossRefAuthorMetadataProcessor.java
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ public class CrossRefAuthorMetadataProcessor implements JsonPathMetadataProcesso
             JsonNode author = authors.next();
             String givenName = author.at("/given").textValue();
             String familyName = author.at("/family").textValue();
-            if (StringUtils.isNoneBlank(givenName) && StringUtils.isNoneBlank(familyName)) {
-                values.add(givenName + " " + familyName);
+            if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(givenName) && StringUtils.isNotBlank(familyName)) {
+                values.add(familyName.trim() + ", " + givenName.trim());
             }
         }
         return values;
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ public class CrossRefAuthorMetadataProcessor implements JsonPathMetadataProcesso
         this.pathToArray = pathToArray;
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}