diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index 57a3a21316..4554369da3 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -355,12 +355,20 @@ item:
 
 # Community Page Config
 community:
+  # Default tab to be shown when browsing a Community. Valid values are: comcols, search, or browse_<field>
+  # <field> must be any of the configured "browse by" fields, e.g., dateissued, author, title, or subject
+  # When the default tab is not the 'search' tab, the search tab is moved to the last position
+  defaultBrowseTab: search
   # Search tab config
   searchSection:
     showSidebar: true
 
 # Collection Page Config
 collection:
+  # Default tab to be shown when browsing a Collection. Valid values are: search, or browse_<field>
+  # <field> must be any of the configured "browse by" fields, e.g., dateissued, author, title, or subject
+  # When the default tab is not the 'search' tab, the search tab is moved to the last position
+  defaultBrowseTab: search
   # Search tab config
   searchSection:
     showSidebar: true
diff --git a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routes.ts b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routes.ts
index e20e3ba8af..2606293bfd 100644
--- a/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/collection-page/collection-page-routes.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
             pathMatch: 'full',
             component: ComcolSearchSectionComponent,
           },
+          {
+            path: 'search',
+            pathMatch: 'full',
+            component: ComcolSearchSectionComponent,
+            resolve: {
+              breadcrumb: i18nBreadcrumbResolver,
+            },
+            data: { breadcrumbKey: 'collection.search' },
+          },
           {
             path: 'browse/:id',
             pathMatch: 'full',
diff --git a/src/app/community-page/community-page-routes.ts b/src/app/community-page/community-page-routes.ts
index 2c8a7942a4..5b2a8f8133 100644
--- a/src/app/community-page/community-page-routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/community-page/community-page-routes.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ export const ROUTES: Route[] = [
             pathMatch: 'full',
             component: ComcolSearchSectionComponent,
           },
+          {
+            path: 'search',
+            pathMatch: 'full',
+            component: ComcolSearchSectionComponent,
+            resolve: {
+              breadcrumb: i18nBreadcrumbResolver,
+            },
+            data: { breadcrumbKey: 'community.search' },
+          },
           {
             path: 'subcoms-cols',
             pathMatch: 'full',
diff --git a/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.ts b/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.ts
index 33b6d91e22..5b8f12a75d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/comcol/comcol-page-browse-by/comcol-page-browse-by.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { AsyncPipe } from '@angular/common';
 import {
   Component,
+  Inject,
   Input,
   OnDestroy,
   OnInit,
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ import {
   take,
 } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
+import {
+  APP_CONFIG,
+  AppConfig,
+} from '../../../../config/app-config.interface';
 import { getCollectionPageRoute } from '../../../collection-page/collection-page-routing-paths';
 import { getCommunityPageRoute } from '../../../community-page/community-page-routing-paths';
 import { BrowseService } from '../../../core/browse/browse.service';
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ export class ComcolPageBrowseByComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
   subs: Subscription[] = [];
 
   constructor(
+    @Inject(APP_CONFIG) public appConfig: AppConfig,
     public router: Router,
     private browseService: BrowseService,
   ) {
@@ -93,14 +99,14 @@ export class ComcolPageBrowseByComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
             allOptions.push({
               id: 'search',
               label: 'collection.page.browse.search.head',
-              routerLink: comColRoute,
+              routerLink: `${comColRoute}/search`,
             });
           } else if (this.contentType === 'community') {
             comColRoute = getCommunityPageRoute(this.id);
             allOptions.push({
               id: 'search',
               label: 'collection.page.browse.search.head',
-              routerLink: comColRoute,
+              routerLink: `${comColRoute}/search`,
             });
             allOptions.push({
               id: 'comcols',
@@ -114,11 +120,24 @@ export class ComcolPageBrowseByComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
             label: `browse.comcol.by.${config.id}`,
             routerLink: `${comColRoute}/browse/${config.id}`,
           })));
+
+          // When the default tab is not the "search" tab, the "search" tab is moved
+          // at the end of the tabs ribbon for aesthetics purposes.
+          if (this.appConfig[this.contentType].defaultBrowseTab !== 'search') {
+            allOptions.push(allOptions.shift());
+          }
         }
         return allOptions;
       }),
     );
 
+    let comColRoute: string;
+    if (this.contentType === 'collection') {
+      comColRoute = getCollectionPageRoute(this.id);
+    } else if (this.contentType === 'community') {
+      comColRoute = getCommunityPageRoute(this.id);
+    }
+
     this.subs.push(combineLatest([
       this.allOptions$,
       this.router.events.pipe(
@@ -129,11 +148,29 @@ export class ComcolPageBrowseByComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
       ),
     ]).subscribe(([navOptions, url]: [ComColPageNavOption[], string]) => {
       for (const option of navOptions) {
-        if (option.routerLink === url?.split('?')[0]) {
+        if (url?.split('?')[0] === comColRoute && option.id === this.appConfig[this.contentType].defaultBrowseTab) {
+          void this.router.navigate([option.routerLink], { queryParams: option.params });
+          break;
+        } else if (option.routerLink === url?.split('?')[0]) {
           this.currentOption$.next(option);
+          break;
         }
       }
     }));
+
+    if (this.router.url?.split('?')[0] === comColRoute) {
+      this.allOptions$.pipe(
+        take(1),
+      ).subscribe((allOptions: ComColPageNavOption[]) => {
+        for (const option of allOptions) {
+          if (option.id === this.appConfig[this.contentType].defaultBrowseTab) {
+            this.currentOption$.next(option[0]);
+            void this.router.navigate([option.routerLink], { queryParams: option.params });
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.spec.ts
index 48ad8e1c04..f887d1d524 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe('ComcolSearchSectionComponent', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     route = new ActivatedRouteStub();
+    route.parent = new ActivatedRouteStub();
 
     await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [ComcolSearchSectionComponent],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.ts b/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.ts
index 1672ad169f..d0f88ae54e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class ComcolSearchSectionComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
-    this.comcol$ = this.route.data.pipe(
+    this.comcol$ = this.route.parent.data.pipe(
       map((data: Data) => (data.dso as RemoteData<Community | Collection>).payload),
     );
     this.showSidebar$ = this.comcol$.pipe(
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index b9b4195425..ca5f7def52 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -1338,6 +1338,8 @@
 
   "collection.page.news": "News",
 
+  "collection.search.breadcrumbs": "Search",
+
   "collection.search.results.head": "Search Results",
 
   "collection.select.confirm": "Confirm selected",
@@ -1576,6 +1578,8 @@
 
   "community.all-lists.head": "Subcommunities and Collections",
 
+  "community.search.breadcrumbs": "Search",
+
   "community.search.results.head": "Search Results",
 
   "community.sub-collection-list.head": "Collections in this Community",
diff --git a/src/config/collection-page-config.interface.ts b/src/config/collection-page-config.interface.ts
index 6b8352e686..5aec06daea 100644
--- a/src/config/collection-page-config.interface.ts
+++ b/src/config/collection-page-config.interface.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Config } from './config.interface';
  * Collection Page Config
  */
 export interface CollectionPageConfig extends Config {
+  defaultBrowseTab: string;
   searchSection: CollectionSearchSectionConfig;
   edit: {
     undoTimeout: number;
diff --git a/src/config/community-page-config.interface.ts b/src/config/community-page-config.interface.ts
index 268f4d6a5e..72b859bffc 100644
--- a/src/config/community-page-config.interface.ts
+++ b/src/config/community-page-config.interface.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Config } from './config.interface';
  * Community Page Config
  */
 export interface CommunityPageConfig extends Config {
+  defaultBrowseTab: string;
   searchSection: CommunitySearchSectionConfig;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config/default-app-config.ts b/src/config/default-app-config.ts
index 3c3f89240a..3da131c814 100644
--- a/src/config/default-app-config.ts
+++ b/src/config/default-app-config.ts
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ export class DefaultAppConfig implements AppConfig {
 
   // Community Page Config
   community: CommunityPageConfig = {
+    defaultBrowseTab: 'search',
     searchSection: {
       showSidebar: true,
     },
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ export class DefaultAppConfig implements AppConfig {
 
   // Collection Page Config
   collection: CollectionPageConfig = {
+    defaultBrowseTab: 'search',
     searchSection: {
       showSidebar: true,
     },
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.test.ts b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
index 4c7a9b13ab..abe4790b2e 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.test.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
@@ -274,11 +274,13 @@ export const environment: BuildConfig = {
     },
   },
   community: {
+    defaultBrowseTab: 'search',
     searchSection: {
       showSidebar: true,
     },
   },
   collection: {
+    defaultBrowseTab: 'search',
     searchSection: {
       showSidebar: true,
     },