OJS 3.5: References headline visible even with reference metadata turned off

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Describe the issue or problem

We are testing OJS 3.5 and have noticed that the headline “References” is visible on article landing pages even if references metadata are disabled in the Workflow→Submission→Metadata settings. This leaves an empty section with only the headline and no references.

It does not seem to be connected to a specific theme.

Steps I took leading up to the issue

  1. Leave references metadata disabled in metadata settings.

2. Go to article landing page of article without references metadata added.

3. See headline “References” at bottom of page.

What application are you using?

OJS 3.5.0-3

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Hi @mannemark,

I suspect you’re running up against this issue: The "references" section for an article shows even when none given · Issue #12184 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub

It’s slated for a fix in 3.5.0-4, which is slated to be released soon.

-Roger
PKP Team

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maybe it can be hidden by css with something like this

h3.label:has(+ .references) {
display: none;
}

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Thank you very much @rcgillis, yes that’s the same issue, great that the fix is going in the next version.

@trace yes that’s a good suggestion for a quick fix, thank you. Perhaps slightly inconvenient for a multi-journal install with many journals though, hence we will wait for the fix in the upcoming version :slight_smile: