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Author: dfuchss

CUSTOMIZE.md

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 ## Setting up a Personal Access Token (PAT) for Google Scholar Citation Updates
 
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+> After setting up al-folio you may want to run `python3 bin/update_citations.py` to fill the `_data/citations.yml` file with your Google Scholar citation counts.
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 This project includes an automated workflow to update the citation counts for your publications using Google Scholar.
 The workflow commits changes to `_data/citations.yml` directly to the `main` branch.
 By default, the `GITHUB_TOKEN` will be used to commit the changes.