diff --git a/src/somef/export/json_export.py b/src/somef/export/json_export.py
index 85dc6cf1..98714867 100644
--- a/src/somef/export/json_export.py
+++ b/src/somef/export/json_export.py
@@ -482,10 +482,10 @@ def format_date(date_string):
 
                 author_list = []
                 for author in authors:
-                    family_name = author.get("family-names")
-                    given_name = author.get("given-names")
+                    family_name = author.get(constants.PROP_FAMILY_NAME)
+                    given_name = author.get(constants.PROP_GIVEN_NAME)
                     orcid = author.get("orcid")
-                    name = author.get("name")
+                    name = author.get(constants.PROP_NAME)
 
                     if family_name and given_name:
                         author_entry = {
@@ -806,12 +806,11 @@ def parse_contributors(raw):
 
 
 def is_scholarly_article(article_dict):
-    if article_dict.get("type") in ["SoftwareApplication", "software"]:
-        return False
-        
+
     if article_dict.get("doi") or article_dict.get("journal"):
         return True
-        
+    if article_dict.get("type") in ["SoftwareApplication", "software"]:
+        return False
     if article_dict.get("type") == "ScholarlyArticle":
         return True
         
diff --git a/src/somef/test/test_codemeta_export.py b/src/somef/test/test_codemeta_export.py
index dd557adf..0d0a1a54 100644
--- a/src/somef/test/test_codemeta_export.py
+++ b/src/somef/test/test_codemeta_export.py
@@ -812,6 +812,51 @@ def test_author_organization_issue_983(self):
         assert author.get("email") == "sunpy@googlegroups.com", f"Expected email 'sunpy@googlegroups.com', got: {author.get('email')}"
 
         os.remove(output_path)
+
+
+    def test_codemeta_sunpy_reference_publication(self):
+        """
+        Checks that a CITATION.cff with DOI, title and structured authors is exported as
+        referencePublication (not creditText) in codemeta, and that individual authors
+        are considered Person with familyName/givenName rather than @type Organization.
+        """
+        output_path = test_data_path + 'test_codemeta_sunpy_refpub.json'
+
+        somef_cli.run_cli(threshold=0.9,
+                        ignore_classifiers=False,
+                        repo_url=None,
+                        doc_src=None,
+                        local_repo=test_data_repositories + "sunpy",
+                        in_file=None,
+                        output=None,
+                        graph_out=None,
+                        graph_format="turtle",
+                        codemeta_out=output_path,
+                        pretty=True,
+                        missing=False,
+                        requirements_mode="all")
+
+        with open(output_path, "r") as f:
+            json_content = json.load(f)
+
+        ref_pub = json_content.get(constants.CAT_CODEMETA_REFERENCEPUBLICATION, [])
+        # print(f"Reference publications: {ref_pub}")
+        assert len(ref_pub) > 0, "Expected referencePublication entries"
+        assert ref_pub[0].get("@type") == "ScholarlyArticle"
+
+        found_person = False
+        for pub in ref_pub:
+            for author in pub.get("author", []):
+                if author.get("@type") == "Person":
+                    assert "familyName" in author
+                    assert "givenName" in author
+                    found_person = True
+
+        assert found_person, "No Person-type author found with familyName/givenName"
+
+        os.remove(output_path)
+
+
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         """delete temp file JSON just if all the test pass"""
diff --git a/src/somef/test/test_data/repositories/sunpy/CITATION.cff b/src/somef/test/test_data/repositories/sunpy/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51695fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/somef/test/test_data/repositories/sunpy/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+cff-version: '1.1.0'
+message: 'Please cite the following work when using this software.'
+authors:
+  - name: 'The SunPy Community'
+  - family-names: 'Barnes'
+    given-names: 'Will T.'
+  - family-names: 'Bobra'
+    given-names: 'Monica G.'
+  - family-names: 'Christe'
+    given-names: 'Steven D.'
+  - family-names: 'Freij'
+    given-names: 'Nabil'
+  - family-names: 'Hayes'
+    given-names: 'Laura A.'
+  - family-names: 'Ireland'
+    given-names: 'Jack'
+  - family-names: 'Mumford'
+    given-names: 'Stuart'
+  - family-names: 'Perez-Suarez'
+    given-names: 'David'
+  - family-names: 'Ryan'
+    given-names: 'Daniel F.'
+  - family-names: 'Shih'
+    given-names: 'Albert Y.'
+  - family-names: 'Chanda'
+    given-names: 'Prateek'
+  - family-names: 'Glogowski'
+    given-names: 'Kolja'
+  - family-names: 'Hewett'
+    given-names: 'Russell'
+  - family-names: 'Hughitt'
+    given-names: 'V. Keith'
+  - family-names: 'Hill'
+    given-names: 'Andrew'
+  - family-names: 'Hiware'
+    given-names: 'Kaustubh'
+  - family-names: 'Inglis'
+    given-names: 'Andrew'
+  - family-names: 'Kirk'
+    given-names: 'Michael S. F.'
+  - family-names: 'Konge'
+    given-names: 'Sudarshan'
+  - family-names: 'Mason'
+    given-names: 'James Paul'
+  - family-names: 'Maloney'
+    given-names: 'Shane Anthony'
+  - family-names: 'Murray'
+    given-names: 'Sophie A.'
+  - family-names: 'Panda'
+    given-names: 'Asish'
+  - family-names: 'Park'
+    given-names: 'Jongyeob'
+  - family-names: 'Pereira'
+    given-names: 'Tiago M. D.'
+  - family-names: 'Reardon'
+    given-names: 'Kevin'
+  - family-names: 'Savage'
+    given-names: 'Sabrina'
+  - family-names: 'Sipőcz'
+    given-names: 'Brigitta M.'
+  - family-names: 'Stansby'
+    given-names: 'David'
+  - family-names: 'Jain'
+    given-names: 'Yash'
+  - family-names: 'Taylor'
+    given-names: 'Garrison'
+  - family-names: 'Yadav'
+    given-names: 'Tannmay'
+  - family-names: 'Rajul'
+  - family-names: 'Dang'
+    given-names: 'Trung Kien'
+doi: '10.3847/1538-4357/ab4f7a'
+identifiers:
+  - type: 'doi'
+    value: '10.3847/1538-4357/ab4f7a'
+  - type: 'url'
+    value: 'https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4f7a'
+title: 'The SunPy Project: Open Source Development and Status of the Version 1.0 Core Package'
+url: 'https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4f7a'
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