diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-publications.yml b/.github/workflows/update-publications.yml
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+name: Update publication data
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 0'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup SSH
+        env:
+          SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.PUBLICATIONS_INDEX_SSH_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+          ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+
+      - name: Clone publications index
+        run: |
+          git clone --depth 1 --branch master git@github.com:oesteban/publications_index.git /tmp/publications_index
+          mv /tmp/publications_index/pub_journal.yml /tmp/publications_index/publications_database.yml
+
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        run: pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Update data files
+        run: |
+          python scripts/update_publications.py /tmp/publications_index/publications_database.yml _data
+
+      - name: Commit and push changes
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain _data/pub_journal.yml _data/pub_conference.yml _data/pub_other.yml)" ]; then
+            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+            git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+            git commit -am "chore: update publications data"
+            git push
+          else
+            echo "No changes to commit"
+          fi
diff --git a/scripts/requirements.txt b/scripts/requirements.txt
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+ruamel.yaml>=0.17
diff --git a/scripts/update_publications.py b/scripts/update_publications.py
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+++ b/scripts/update_publications.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+from datetime import date
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+from ruamel.yaml.scalarstring import LiteralScalarString
+
+
+yaml = YAML()
+yaml.default_flow_style = False
+yaml.allow_unicode = True
+yaml.boolean_representation = ['False', 'True']
+
+def short_authors(authors):
+    """Return shortened author list: first, … last."""
+    if not authors:
+        return ""
+    def fmt(name):
+        parts = [p.strip() for p in name.split(',')]
+        if len(parts) == 2:
+            last, firsts = parts
+            initials = ''.join(f"{w.strip()[0]}." for w in firsts.split())
+            return f"{last}, {initials}"
+        return name
+    if len(authors) == 1:
+        return fmt(authors[0])
+    return f"{fmt(authors[0])}, … {fmt(authors[-1])}"
+
+def article_citation(e):
+    pub = e.get('AbbrvPublication') or e.get('Publication', '')
+    vol = e.get('Volume')
+    num = e.get('Number')
+    pages = e.get('Pages')
+    citation = (
+        f"{short_authors(e.get('Authors', []))} ({e.get('Year')}).\n"
+        f"      {e.get('Title')}\n"
+        f"      <i>{pub}</i>"
+    )
+    if vol:
+        citation += f" {vol}"
+    if num:
+        citation += f"({num})"
+    if pages:
+        citation += f":{pages}"
+    citation += "."
+    return citation
+
+def conference_citation(e):
+    pub = e.get('AbbrvPublication') or e.get('Publication', '')
+    volume = e.get('Volume')
+    pages = e.get('Pages')
+    place = e.get('Place')
+    citation = (
+        f"{short_authors(e.get('Authors', []))} ({e.get('Year')}).\n"
+        f"      {e.get('Title')}\n"
+        f"      <i>{pub}</i>"
+    )
+    if volume:
+        citation += f" {volume}"
+    if pages:
+        citation += f", {pages}"
+    if place:
+        citation += f",\n      {place}"
+    citation += "."
+    return citation
+
+def other_citation(e):
+    pub = e.get('AbbrvPublication') or e.get('Publication', '')
+    vol = e.get('Volume')
+    num = e.get('Number')
+    pages = e.get('Pages')
+    citation = (
+        f"{short_authors(e.get('Authors', []))} ({e.get('Year')}).\n"
+        f"      {e.get('Title')}\n"
+        f"      <i>{pub}</i>"
+    )
+    if vol:
+        citation += f" {vol}"
+    if num:
+        citation += f"({num})"
+    if pages:
+        citation += f":{pages}"
+    citation += "."
+    return citation
+
+def group_entries(entries):
+    """Return entries split into current, previous, and before previous year."""
+    current = date.today().year
+    previous = current - 1
+    groups = {current: [], previous: [], f"Before {previous}": []}
+    for e in entries:
+        try:
+            year = int(e.get('Year'))
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+        if year == current:
+            groups[current].append(e)
+        elif year == previous:
+            groups[previous].append(e)
+        else:
+            groups[f"Before {previous}"].append(e)
+    for items in groups.values():
+        items.sort(key=lambda x: int(x.get('Citations') or 0), reverse=True)
+    order = [current, previous, f"Before {previous}"]
+    return [(label, groups[label]) for label in order if groups[label]]
+
+def write_articles(entries, path):
+    sections = group_entries(entries)
+    out = []
+    for label, items in sections:
+        year_items = []
+        for e in items:
+            item = {
+                'Citations': e.get('Citations', ''),
+                'DOI': e.get('DOI', ''),
+                'Year': e.get('Year'),
+                'Citation': LiteralScalarString(article_citation(e)),
+            }
+            oa_url = e.get('OA URL')
+            if oa_url:
+                item['OA'] = oa_url
+            elif e.get('OA'):
+                item['OA'] = True
+            year_items.append(item)
+        out.append({'Year': label, 'Items': year_items})
+    with open(path, 'w') as f:
+        yaml.dump(out, f)
+
+
+def write_conferences(entries, path):
+    sections = group_entries(entries)
+    out = []
+    for label, items in sections:
+        year_items = []
+        for e in items:
+            item = {
+                'DOI': e.get('DOI', '') or '',
+                'URL': e.get('URL', '') or '',
+                'OA URL': e.get('OA URL', '') or '',
+                'Citation': LiteralScalarString(conference_citation(e)),
+            }
+            year_items.append(item)
+        out.append({'Year': label, 'Items': year_items})
+    with open(path, 'w') as f:
+        yaml.dump(out, f)
+
+
+def write_others(entries, path):
+    sections = group_entries(entries)
+    out = []
+    for label, items in sections:
+        year_items = []
+        for e in items:
+            item = {
+                'Type': e.get('Type', '').title(),
+                'Citation': LiteralScalarString(other_citation(e)),
+            }
+            year_items.append(item)
+        out.append({'Year': label, 'Items': year_items})
+    with open(path, 'w') as f:
+        yaml.dump(out, f)
+
+def main(src, outdir):
+    with open(src) as f:
+        data = yaml.load(f)
+    articles, conferences, others = [], [], []
+    for e in data:
+        t = e.get('Type', '').lower()
+        if t == 'article':
+            articles.append(e)
+        elif t in {'poster', 'oral'}:
+            conferences.append(e)
+        else:
+            others.append(e)
+    write_articles(articles, f"{outdir}/pub_journal.yml")
+    write_conferences(conferences, f"{outdir}/pub_conference.yml")
+    write_others(others, f"{outdir}/pub_other.yml")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print('Usage: update_publications.py <source_yml> <output_dir>')
+        sys.exit(1)
+    main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])