It much more negatively affects women who choose to or are compelled by societal expectations to take their husband's surname.
FI, MI, Last. For instance, if an individual changes their last name from Davidson to Mitchell, the change would manifest as follows:
Suppose an author named Susan Thomas Davidson (S.T. Davidson) decides to change her last name, becoming Susan Thomas Mitchell. The citation would then be updated to (S.T. Mitchell).
This alteration retains the consistent impact as the last name, serving as the clear identifier, undergoes the change."