diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
index b3404e84d5..9f3f782406 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
       }
     } as any as Router;
     hardRedirectService = jasmine.createSpyObj( {
-      getRequestOrigin: 'https://request.org',
+      getCurrentOrigin: 'https://request.org',
     });
 
     // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
index 10e37b4282..6f07ecbb06 100644
--- a/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/metadata/metadata.service.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
     if (this.currentObject.value instanceof Item) {
       let url = this.getMetaTagValue('dc.identifier.uri');
       if (hasNoValue(url)) {
-        url = new URLCombiner(this.hardRedirectService.getRequestOrigin(), this.router.url).toString();
+        url = new URLCombiner(this.hardRedirectService.getCurrentOrigin(), this.router.url).toString();
       }
       this.addMetaTag('citation_abstract_html_url', url);
     }
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
         // Use the found link to set the <meta> tag
         this.addMetaTag(
           'citation_pdf_url',
-          new URLCombiner(this.hardRedirectService.getRequestOrigin(), link).toString()
+          new URLCombiner(this.hardRedirectService.getCurrentOrigin(), link).toString()
         );
       });
     }
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
index d0fecd9be5..b9745906c3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { BrowserHardRedirectService } from './browser-hard-redirect.service';
 
 describe('BrowserHardRedirectService', () => {
-  const origin = 'test origin';
+  const origin = 'https://test-host.com:4000';
   const mockLocation = {
     href: undefined,
     pathname: '/pathname',
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('BrowserHardRedirectService', () => {
   describe('when requesting the origin', () => {
 
     it('should return the location origin', () => {
-      expect(service.getRequestOrigin()).toEqual(origin);
+      expect(service.getCurrentOrigin()).toEqual(origin);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.ts
index 5f90fb8dbd..eeb9006039 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service.ts
@@ -28,16 +28,20 @@ export class BrowserHardRedirectService extends HardRedirectService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the origin of a request
+   * Get the current route, with query params included
+   * e.g. /search?page=1&query=open%20access&f.dateIssued.min=1980&f.dateIssued.max=2020
    */
-  getCurrentRoute() {
+  getCurrentRoute(): string {
     return this.location.pathname + this.location.search;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the hostname of the request
+   * Get the origin of the current URL
+   * i.e. <scheme> "://" <hostname> [ ":" <port> ]
+   * e.g. if the URL is https://demo7.dspace.org/search?query=test,
+   * the origin would be https://demo7.dspace.org
    */
-  getRequestOrigin() {
+  getCurrentOrigin(): string {
     return this.location.origin;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.ts
index 730101701f..3733059283 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/hard-redirect.service.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ export abstract class HardRedirectService {
    * Get the current route, with query params included
    * e.g. /search?page=1&query=open%20access&f.dateIssued.min=1980&f.dateIssued.max=2020
    */
-  abstract getCurrentRoute();
+  abstract getCurrentRoute(): string;
 
   /**
-   * Get the hostname of the request
+   * Get the origin of the current URL
+   * i.e. <scheme> "://" <hostname> [ ":" <port> ]
+   * e.g. if the URL is https://demo7.dspace.org/search?query=test,
+   * the origin would be https://demo7.dspace.org
    */
-  abstract getRequestOrigin();
+  abstract getCurrentOrigin(): string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
index 892f4f4087..4501547b92 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.spec.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ describe('ServerHardRedirectService', () => {
   const mockResponse = jasmine.createSpyObj(['redirect', 'end']);
 
   const service: ServerHardRedirectService = new ServerHardRedirectService(mockRequest, mockResponse);
-  const origin = 'test-host';
+  const origin = 'https://test-host.com:4000';
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    mockRequest.protocol = 'https';
     mockRequest.headers = {
-      host: 'test-host',
+      host: 'test-host.com:4000',
     };
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({});
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ describe('ServerHardRedirectService', () => {
   describe('when requesting the origin', () => {
 
     it('should return the location origin', () => {
-      expect(service.getRequestOrigin()).toEqual(origin);
+      expect(service.getCurrentOrigin()).toEqual(origin);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.ts
index 65b404ca6c..94b9ed6198 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service.ts
@@ -55,16 +55,19 @@ export class ServerHardRedirectService extends HardRedirectService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the origin of a request
+   * Get the URL of the current route
    */
-  getCurrentRoute() {
+  getCurrentRoute(): string {
     return this.req.originalUrl;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the hostname of the request
+   * Get the origin of the current URL
+   * i.e. <scheme> "://" <hostname> [ ":" <port> ]
+   * e.g. if the URL is https://demo7.dspace.org/search?query=test,
+   * the origin would be https://demo7.dspace.org
    */
-  getRequestOrigin() {
-    return this.req.headers.host;
+  getCurrentOrigin(): string {
+    return this.req.protocol + '://' + this.req.headers.host;
   }
 }