diff --git a/.github/workflows/citation_cff.yml b/.github/workflows/citation_cff.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..707a71c4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/citation_cff.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: cffconvert
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: "validate"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out a copy of the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is valid
+        uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@2.0.0
+        with:
+          args: "--validate"
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index a4e1395c80..38777995f0 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ authors:
     affiliation: "University of Freiburg, Germany"
 
   - family-names: "Eggensperger"
-    given-names: "Katharina" 
+    given-names: "Katharina"
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-401X"
     affiliation: "University of Freiburg, Germany"
 
-  - family-name: "Bergman"
+  - family-names: "Bergman"
     given-names: "Edward"
     affiliation: "University of Freiburg, Germany"
 
-  - family-name: "Rivera Valverde"
+  - family-names: "Rivera Valverde"
     given-names: "Francisco"
     affiliation: "University of Freiburg, Germany"
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ preferred-citation:
   authors:
 
     - family-names: "Feurer"
-      given-names: "Matthias" 
+      given-names: "Matthias"
       orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9611-8588"
       affiliation: "University of Freiburg, Germany"
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ preferred-citation:
       affiliation: "University of Freiburg, Germany"
 
     - family-names: "Eggensperger"
-      given-names: "Katharina" 
+      given-names: "Katharina"
       orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-401X"
       affiliation: "University of Freiburg, Germany"