docs: def compile_authors(cell):
      """
      Split the string of author names into the BibJSON format.
      :param str cell: Data from author cell
      :return: (list of dicts) Author names
      """
      logger_excel.info("enter compile_authors")
      author_lst = []
      s = cell.split(';')
      for w in s:
          author_lst.append(w.lstrip())
      logger_excel.info("exit compile_authors")
      return author_lst