diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 772df927b7b..ee4d5ded691 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ authors:
   family-names: Leong
   affiliation: Development Seed, USA
   orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2354-1988
-- given-names: William
-  family-names: Schlitzer
-  affiliation: Unaffiliated
-  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5843-2282
 - given-names: Yvonne
   family-names: Fröhlich
   affiliation: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
   orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8566-0619
+- given-names: William
+  family-names: Schlitzer
+  affiliation: Unaffiliated
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5843-2282
 - given-names: Michael
   family-names: Grund
   affiliation: SNP Innovation Lab GmbH, Germany
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1dc84a67f2..9782b0f6517 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ research using the following BibTeX:
   author       = {Tian, Dongdong and
                   Uieda, Leonardo and
                   Leong, Wei Ji and
-                  Schlitzer, William and
                   Fröhlich, Yvonne and
+                  Schlitzer, William and
                   Grund, Michael and
                   Jones, Max and
                   Toney, Liam and