diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 1c0779fb7..f787581ec 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -15,17 +15,16 @@
     ],
     "creators": [
         {
-            "name": "Aang23"
+            "affiliation": "Department of Communications Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany",
+            "name": "Demel, Johannes",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-5434-7232"
         },
         {
-            "name": "AlexandreRouma"
+            "name": "Dickens, Michael"
         },
         {
             "name": "Anderson, Douglas"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "Andrew"
-        },
         {
             "name": "Ashton, Brennan"
         },
@@ -74,14 +73,6 @@
         {
             "name": "Cruz, Luigi"
         },
-        {
-            "affiliation": "Department of Communications Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany",
-            "name": "Demel, Johannes",
-            "orcid": "0000-0002-5434-7232"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Dickens, Michael"
-        },
         {
             "name": "Economos, Ron"
         },
@@ -245,6 +236,18 @@
         {
             "name": "Zapodovnikov, Valerii"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "\u0160karvada, Jaroslav"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Aang23"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "AlexandreRouma"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Andrew"
+        },
         {
             "name": "Zlika"
         },
@@ -253,9 +256,6 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "rear1019"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "\u0160karvada, Jaroslav"
         }
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/tools/run_citations_update.py b/scripts/tools/run_citations_update.py
index de8f340b3..513b566c4 100644
--- a/scripts/tools/run_citations_update.py
+++ b/scripts/tools/run_citations_update.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 import argparse
+from pprint import pprint
 import regex
 import json
 import pathlib
@@ -128,6 +129,13 @@ def main():
 
     # make sure all contributors are sorted alphabetically by their family name.
     creators = sorted(creators, key=lambda x: x['name'])
+    maintainers = ["Demel, Johannes", "Dickens, Michael"]
+    maintainer_list = list(filter(lambda x: x['name'] in maintainers, creators))
+    creators = list(filter(lambda x: x['name'] not in maintainers, creators))
+    nick_list = list(filter(lambda x: ', ' not in x['name'], creators))
+    fullname_list = list(filter(lambda x: ', ' in x['name'], creators))
+
+    creators = maintainer_list + fullname_list + nick_list
 
     citation_file['creators'] = creators
     update_citation_file(citation_file_name, citation_file)