[Tex/LaTex] Reduce spacing between authors in article title

spacingtitles

I am creating the frontpage of an article I am working with using the \maketitlecommand. So far this is what I have:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{authblk}
\title{\textbf{Some title}}
\author{John Doe \\ University of Arizona \\ and
    \and John Doe \\ University of Arizona  \\ and
    \and John Doe \\ University of Arizona}
\begin{document}
    \maketitle
\end{document}

And this is the result obtained:
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However, Latex leaves blank a lot of space between the author and the university, and also between authors. I would like to reduce that space, but I dont known how to change it.

Best Answer

Manually adding some negative space:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{authblk}
\title{\textbf{Some title}}
\author{John Doe \\\vspace{-1em} University of Arizona \\
    \and John Doe \\\vspace{-1em} University of Arizona  \\
    \and John Doe \\\vspace{-1em} University of Arizona}
\begin{document}
    \maketitle
\end{document}
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