Currently in the search engine of Wikidata, it's not possible to find a paper by the name of its author. These results can be found with the Query Service but not directly in the search engine.
What could be done is include the content of P2093 (author name string) in the search.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T46529 Wikidata search problems (tracking) | |||
| Resolved | debt | T179815 Enable searching by author name string | |||
| Resolved | Smalyshev | T163642 Index Wikidata strings in statements for fulltext search |
After Stas is done with the integration work for Wikidata, we'll pick up any remaining work.
Now you can do this: [[ https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=haswbstatement%3A%22P2093%3DJones+NC%22&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%22namespaces%22%3A%5B120%2C0%5D%7D&ns120=1&ns0=1&searchToken=55wo0pj025x4ef3yd6ri92c4y | haswbstatement:"P2093=Jones NC"
]]
Since T163642 has been done and reindexed, search by author should work now. Please tell if there's anything else left to do for this task.