diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a394a9a..9274e749 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ instance/
 
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
+docs/apidocs/
 
 # PyBuilder
 .pybuilder/
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f96b483f..4946a4c2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -7,10 +7,26 @@
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
 
 from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+
+def get_authors(cff_file):
+    with open(cff_file) as cff_data:
+        authors = yaml.safe_load(cff_data).get("authors")
+        return ", ".join(
+            [f"{a['family-names']}, {a['given-names'][0]}." for a in authors]
+        )
+
+
+cff_path = Path(__file__).parent.resolve() / "../CITATION.cff"
+author_list = get_authors(cff_file=cff_path)
+
 
 project = "DeepRVAT"
-copyright = f"{datetime.now().year}, Clarke, B., Holtkamp, E., Öztürk, H., Mück, M., Wahlberg, M., Meyer, K., Brechtmann, F., Hölzlwimmer, F. R., Gagneur, J., & Stegle, O"
-author = "Clarke, B., Holtkamp, E., Öztürk, H., Mück, M., Wahlberg, M., Meyer, K., Brechtmann, F., Hölzlwimmer, F. R., Gagneur, J., & Stegle, O"
+copyright = f"{datetime.now().year}, {author_list}"
+author = f"{author_list}"
 version = "0.1.0"
 release = version
 
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 97d35c58..04217f4b 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ sphinx-autodoc2==0.4.2
 astroid==2.15.8
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0
+PyYAML==6.0.1