diff --git a/src/themes/custom/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html b/src/themes/custom/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html
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diff --git a/src/themes/custom/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.scss b/src/themes/custom/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.scss
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diff --git a/src/themes/custom/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.ts b/src/themes/custom/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b64c1a35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/custom/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../../../../app/core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import {
+  listableObjectComponent
+} from '../../../../../../../app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
+import {
+  JournalComponent as BaseComponent
+} from '../../../../../../../app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component';
+import { Context } from '../../../../../../../app/core/shared/context.model';
+
+@listableObjectComponent('Journal', ViewMode.StandalonePage, Context.Any, 'custom')
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-journal',
+  // styleUrls: ['./journal.component.scss'],
+  styleUrls: ['../../../../../../../app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.scss'],
+  // templateUrl: './journal.component.html',
+  templateUrl: '../../../../../../../app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component.html',
+})
+/**
+ * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item of the type Journal
+ */
+export class JournalComponent extends BaseComponent {
+}
diff --git a/src/themes/custom/entry-components.ts b/src/themes/custom/entry-components.ts
index 8f24a3b7e6..ca4c40f523 100644
--- a/src/themes/custom/entry-components.ts
+++ b/src/themes/custom/entry-components.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { JournalComponent } from './app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component';
 import {
   JournalIssueComponent
 } from './app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-issue/journal-issue.component';
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import { PublicationComponent } from './app/item-page/simple/item-types/publicat
 import { UntypedItemComponent } from './app/item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component';
 
 export const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
+  JournalComponent,
   JournalIssueComponent,
   JournalVolumeComponent,
   PublicationComponent,
diff --git a/src/themes/custom/theme.module.ts b/src/themes/custom/theme.module.ts
index 3193b200af..b42dfa80ac 100644
--- a/src/themes/custom/theme.module.ts
+++ b/src/themes/custom/theme.module.ts
@@ -95,12 +95,14 @@ import { SearchModule } from '../../app/shared/search/search.module';
 import { ResourcePoliciesModule } from '../../app/shared/resource-policies/resource-policies.module';
 import { ComcolModule } from '../../app/shared/comcol/comcol.module';
 import { FeedbackComponent } from './app/info/feedback/feedback.component';
+import { JournalComponent } from './app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal/journal.component';
 import {
   JournalIssueComponent
 } from './app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-issue/journal-issue.component';
 import {
   JournalVolumeComponent
 } from './app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-pages/journal-volume/journal-volume.component';
+import { ItemSharedModule } from '../../app/item-page/item-shared.module';
 
 const DECLARATIONS = [
   FileSectionComponent,
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ const DECLARATIONS = [
   HeaderNavbarWrapperComponent,
   BreadcrumbsComponent,
   FeedbackComponent,
+  JournalComponent,
   JournalIssueComponent,
   JournalVolumeComponent,
 ];
@@ -196,7 +199,8 @@ const DECLARATIONS = [
     SearchModule,
     FormsModule,
     ResourcePoliciesModule,
-    ComcolModule
+    ComcolModule,
+    ItemSharedModule,
   ],
   declarations: DECLARATIONS
 })