export interface ExtractHumanNameOptions {
    formatCiteShortenAuthor?: boolean;
    maxAuthorsBeforeEtAl?: number;
}
/**
 * Validates and formats author names properly handling multiple authors and multi-word names
 *
 * @param {string} author - The author name string(s) to be processed
 * @param {ExtractHumanNameOptions} [options={}] - Configuration options
 * @returns {object} Formatted author information for citation
 */
export declare function extractHumanName(author: string, options?: ExtractHumanNameOptions): {
    author_cite: any;
    author_short: any;
    author_type: number;
};