diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 1be8f1facd6a2..2fbbf0211b32e 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ author:
   youtube          : # Username
   zhihu            : # URL
 
+# Publication Category - The following the list of publication categories and their headings
+publication_category:
+  books:
+    title: 'Books'
+  manuscripts:
+    title: 'Journal Articles'    
+  conferences:
+    title: 'Conference Papers'
 
 # Site Settings
 teaser                   :  # filename of teaser fallback teaser image placed in /images/, .e.g. "500x300.png"
@@ -152,6 +160,7 @@ exclude:
   - "*.sublime-workspace"
   - .asset-cache
   - .bundle
+  - .github
   - .jekyll-assets-cache
   - .sass-cache
   - assets/js/_main.js
diff --git a/_pages/publications.html b/_pages/publications.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e2f94618ab9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_pages/publications.html
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+layout: archive
+title: "Publications"
+permalink: /publications/
+author_profile: true
+---
+
+{% if site.author.googlescholar %}
+  <div class="wordwrap">You can also find my articles on <a href="{{site.author.googlescholar}}">my Google Scholar profile</a>.</div>
+{% endif %}
+
+{% include base_path %}
+
+<!-- New style rendering if publication categories are defined -->
+{% if site.publication_category %}
+  {% for category in site.publication_category  %}
+    {% assign title_shown = false %}
+    {% for post in site.publications reversed %}
+      {% if post.category != category[0] %}
+        {% continue %}
+      {% endif %}
+      {% unless title_shown %}
+        <h2>{{ category[1].title }}</h2><hr />
+        {% assign title_shown = true %}
+      {% endunless %}
+      {% include archive-single.html %}
+    {% endfor %}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+  {% for post in site.publications reversed %}
+    {% include archive-single.html %}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+
+
diff --git a/_pages/publications.md b/_pages/publications.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 81fa2e134bb82..0000000000000
--- a/_pages/publications.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: archive
-title: "Publications"
-permalink: /publications/
-author_profile: true
----
-
-{% if site.author.googlescholar %}
-  <div class="wordwrap">You can also find my articles on <a href="{{site.author.googlescholar}}">my Google Scholar profile</a>.</div>
-{% endif %}
-
-{% include base_path %}
-
-{% for post in site.publications reversed %}
-  {% include archive-single.html %}
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/_publications/2009-10-01-paper-title-number-1.md b/_publications/2009-10-01-paper-title-number-1.md
index 6e4579d306482..37cfe9a4700e6 100644
--- a/_publications/2009-10-01-paper-title-number-1.md
+++ b/_publications/2009-10-01-paper-title-number-1.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Paper Title Number 1"
 collection: publications
+category: manuscripts
 permalink: /publication/2009-10-01-paper-title-number-1
 excerpt: 'This paper is about the number 1. The number 2 is left for future work.'
 date: 2009-10-01
diff --git a/_publications/2010-10-01-paper-title-number-2.md b/_publications/2010-10-01-paper-title-number-2.md
index 804ac2138d2d9..00637099397bb 100644
--- a/_publications/2010-10-01-paper-title-number-2.md
+++ b/_publications/2010-10-01-paper-title-number-2.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Paper Title Number 2"
 collection: publications
+category: manuscripts
 permalink: /publication/2010-10-01-paper-title-number-2
 excerpt: 'This paper is about the number 2. The number 3 is left for future work.'
 date: 2010-10-01
diff --git a/_publications/2015-10-01-paper-title-number-3.md b/_publications/2015-10-01-paper-title-number-3.md
index e4cb08ac0597b..42bf1d4ae7ce8 100644
--- a/_publications/2015-10-01-paper-title-number-3.md
+++ b/_publications/2015-10-01-paper-title-number-3.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Paper Title Number 3"
 collection: publications
+category: manuscripts
 permalink: /publication/2015-10-01-paper-title-number-3
 excerpt: 'This paper is about the number 3. The number 4 is left for future work.'
 date: 2015-10-01
diff --git a/_publications/2024-02-17-paper-title-number-4.md b/_publications/2024-02-17-paper-title-number-4.md
index 90c20f5c65238..5fd722cc8ae4d 100644
--- a/_publications/2024-02-17-paper-title-number-4.md
+++ b/_publications/2024-02-17-paper-title-number-4.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Paper Title Number 4"
 collection: publications
+category: conferences
 permalink: /publication/2024-02-17-paper-title-number-4
 excerpt: 'This paper is about fixing template issue #693.'
 date: 2024-02-17