[Tex/LaTex] How does one indicate the corresponding author when using the authblk package

authblk

This question is not a duplicate of How to print the corresponding author, because that question is asking specifically how to make the corresponding author's name appear to the left of the complete list of authors, while also appearing in the complete list of authors.

I'd like to know the simplest, most standard way to indicate the corresponding author when using the authblk package. I've googled a fair amount and have not found the answer. If it's relevant, I'll be using the titlepage option, as in \documentclass[titlepage]{article}.

Here's a minimal example where the corresponding author is not indicated. So I'd like to know how to alter this to indicate the corresponding author.

\documentclass[titlepage]{article}
\usepackage[affil-it]{authblk}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\title{An efficient method for exploiting midichlorians in weak life-forms}

\author[1]{Darth Vader}
\author[2]{Darth Sidious}

\affil[1]{%
  Office of the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Forces, 
  The Galactic Empire, The Bridge, Executor}
\affil[2]{%
  Order of the Sith Lords, LiMerge Power Building, The Works, Coruscant}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\blindtext
\end{document}

The following code produces the screenshot later on, a screen of the log is attached as well.

\listfiles
\documentclass[titlepage]{article}
\usepackage[affil-it]{authblk}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\title{An efficient method for exploiting midichlorians in weak
life-forms}

\author[1]{Darth Vader\thanks{corresponding author}}
\author[2]{Darth Sidious}

\affil[1]{%
    Office of the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Forces, 
The Galactic Empire, The Bridge, Executor}
\affil[2]{%
    Order of the Sith Lords, LiMerge Power
Building, The Works, Coruscant}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\blindtext
\end{document}

You can see the number 1 is repeated as a superscript.

If I add \listfiles to the document, here is the log I get:

Best Answer

This is more a workaround than an official solution I guess. But depending on the journal's author-guidelines for your manuscript this formatting might look more appropriate. It includes the indicator for the corresponding author as an affiliation.

Example code:

\listfiles
\documentclass[titlepage]{article}
\usepackage[affil-it]{authblk}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\title{An efficient method for exploiting midichlorians in weak life-forms}

\author[1,*]{Darth Vader}
\author[2]{Darth Sidious}

\affil[1]{Office of the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Forces, The Galactic Empire, The Bridge, Executor}
\affil[2]{Order of the Sith Lords, LiMerge Power Building, The Works, Coruscant}
\affil[*]{Corresponding author: Darth Vader, darth@vader.deathstar}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\blindtext
\end{document}

Example picture:

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[Tex/LaTex] Compilation error with tex4ht when using the authblk package

authblk redefines standard LaTeX commands, such as \maketitle and \author. As these commands are redefined by tex4ht as well, it is not surprise that they clash each other. The fix is easy in this case. Save the following code as authblk.4ht:

\def\maketitle{\bgroup%
  \AB@maketitle%
\egroup}

\endinput

This fixes \maketitle definition provided by authblk and your can be compiled without errors.

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Starting from the code you already have, you could achieve your desired output as follows:

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\usepackage[noblocks]{authblk}

\makeatletter
\def\@correspondence{}
\def\correspondence#1{%
     \gdef\@correspondence{\textbf{\textit{*Correspondence:}}\newline%
       \raggedright  #1}}

\def\@maketitle{%
  \newpage
  \null
  \vskip 50pc%
\vbox{\hbox to 0pt{\vbox to 0pt{\vskip -40pc%
\begin{minipage}[!b]{10pc}
{\@correspondence\par}%
\end{minipage}
\hspace*{12pt}
\begin{minipage}[!b]{31pc}  
  \let \footnote \thanks
    {\@title \par}%
    \vskip 1.5em%
    {\large
%      \lineskip .5em%
      \begin{tabular}[t]{l}%
        \raggedright\@author
      \end{tabular}\par}%
   \end{minipage}}}}%
  \par
  }
\makeatother

\newcommand{\corauthor}[4]{\author[#4]{#1$^*$}\affil[#4]{#3}\correspondence{#1\newline #2}}

\begin{document}

\title{Journal Title}
\author[1]{First author}
\affil[1]{address one}
\corauthor{Junli Liu}{corresponding address}{address two}{2}
\author[3]{Third author}
\author[2]{Fourth author with same affil as corresponding one}
\affil[3]{address three}

\maketitle

\end{document}

So instead of writing \author[1,corauthor,coraddress={corresponding address here}]{Junli Liu}, you would have to write \corauthor{Junli Liu}{corresponding address}{address two}{2} with this solution. The arguments of the command \corauthor are first the author's name, second the author's corresponding address, third the author's normal address, and fourth the index of the author's affiliation. As you can see in the example code, you can then use this index to refer to the same (normal) affiliation for other authors as well (e.g., for the fourth author in the code above).

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