diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component.ts
index d52036b5dc..59df86fdff 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { ListableObject } from '../listable-object.model';
+import { hasValue } from '../../../empty.util';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-abstract-object-element',
@@ -10,4 +11,8 @@ export class AbstractListableElementComponent <T extends ListableObject> {
   public constructor(@Inject('objectElementProvider') public listableObject: ListableObject) {
     this.object = listableObject as T;
   }
+
+  hasValue(data) {
+    return hasValue(data);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
index cc2f2efdb1..5100b984e0 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <span *ngFor="let authorMd of object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let last=last;">{{authorMd.value}}
             <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
         </span>
-      <span *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-date">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
+      <span *ngIf="hasValue(object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued'))" class="item-date">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
     </p>
 
     <p *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-abstract card-text">{{object.findMetadata("dc.description.abstract") | dsTruncate:[200] }}</p>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html
index 1cf14587ad..1e4f6f3c64 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
             <p *ngIf="dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0"
                class="item-authors card-text text-muted">
                 <ds-truncatable-part [fixedHeight]="true" [id]="dso.id" [minLines]="1">
-                    <span *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued').length > 0" class="item-date">{{dso.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
+                    <span *ngIf="hasValue(dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued'))" class="item-date">{{dso.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
                     <span *ngFor="let authorMd of dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']);">,
                         <span [innerHTML]="authorMd.value"></span>
                     </span>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts
index e6217eb0bb..5ab9f472b4 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { Metadatum } from '../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
-import { isEmpty, hasNoValue } from '../../empty.util';
+import { isEmpty, hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../empty.util';
 import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
@@ -60,4 +60,5 @@ export class SearchResultGridElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K exten
   isCollapsed(): Observable<boolean> {
     return this.truncatableService.isCollapsed(this.dso.id);
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
index b4259c25c2..1e4a944ffa 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
             <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
         </span>
     </span>
-    (<span *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.publisher')" class="item-list-publisher">{{object.findMetadata("dc.publisher")}}, </span><span
-          *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-list-date">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>)
+    (<span *ngIf="hasValue(object.findMetadata('dc.publisher'))" class="item-list-publisher">{{object.findMetadata("dc.publisher")}}, </span><span
+          *ngIf="hasValue(object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued'))" class="item-list-date">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>)
   </span>
     <div *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-list-abstract">
         {{object.findMetadata("dc.description.abstract") | dsTruncate:[200] }}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
index b8f3197a7c..e1f559dd66 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <ds-truncatable-part [id]="dso.id" [minLines]="1">
             (<span *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.publisher')" class="item-list-publisher"
                    [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.publisher')">, </span><span
-            *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-list-date"
+            *ngIf="hasValue(dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued'))" class="item-list-date"
             [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.date.issued')"></span>)
             <span *ngIf="dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0"
                   class="item-list-authors">