Well, there is a way to do it with a pagesetter block.
This will tell you how to build an authorlist with a pubcount per author using a full pagesetter template in a block.
First, create a new publication type. You could call it Authorlist or whatever you like. Then create an Authorlist-full.html template having this code:
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Then create a 'pagesetter/Display a pagesetter publication' block having Authorlist as publication type and full as the template.
Don't forget to change the pubTypeId in the above template and in addition the list template name if it is not 'list'.
[Edited on 21/7/2005 by claus.parkhoi]