diff --git a/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/upgrades/JournalTypeUpgrade.java b/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/upgrades/JournalTypeUpgrade.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+package com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.upgrades;
+
+import com.arsdigita.runtime.RuntimeConfig;
+import com.arsdigita.util.cmd.Program;
+import com.arsdigita.util.jdbc.Connections;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jens Pelzetter
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class JournalTypeUpgrade extends Program {
+
+    public JournalTypeUpgrade() {
+        super("JournalTypeUpgrade", "1.0.0", "");
+    }
+
+    public static void main(final String[] args) {
+        new JournalTypeUpgrade().run(args);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doRun(final CommandLine cmdLine) {
+        System.out.println("Starting upgrade...");
+
+        System.out.println("Trying to get JDBC connection...");
+
+        final Connection conn = Connections.acquire(RuntimeConfig.getConfig().
+                getJDBCURL());
+        try {
+            conn.setAutoCommit(false);
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            System.err.println("Failed to configure JDBC connection.");
+            printStackTrace(ex);
+            close(conn);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            System.out.printf("Altering table ct_journal...");
+            final Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+            stmt.addBatch("ALTER TABLE ct_journal "
+                          + "ADD COLUMN firstyear integer");
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            System.err.println("Failed to alter table ct_journal.");
+            printStackTrace(ex);
+            rollback(conn);
+            close(conn);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            System.out.printf("Moving data from ct_publications to ct_journal...");
+            final Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+            final Statement queryStmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+            final ResultSet dataRs = queryStmt.executeQuery("SELECT publication_id, year FROM ct_publications");
+
+            while (dataRs.next()) {
+                stmt.addBatch(String.format("UPDATE ct_journal "
+                                            + "SET firstyear = %s "
+                                            + "WHERE journal_id = %s",
+                                            dataRs.getString("year"),
+                                            dataRs.getString("publication_id")));
+            }
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            System.err.println("Failed to alter table ct_journal.");
+            printStackTrace(ex);
+            rollback(conn);
+            close(conn);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            System.out.println("Altering foreign key constraint...");
+            final Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+            stmt.addBatch("ALTER TABLE ct_journal REMOVE CONSTRAINT ct_journal_journal_id_f_akey7");
+            stmt.addBatch("ALTER TABLE ct_journal ADD FOREIGN KEY (publication_id) REFERENCES cms_pages");
+
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            System.err.println("Failed to alter table foreign key constraint.");
+            printStackTrace(ex);
+            rollback(conn);
+            close(conn);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            System.out.println("Altering content_types table...");
+
+            final Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+            final Statement queryStmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+            final ResultSet dataRs = queryStmt.executeQuery(
+                    "SELECT type_id "
+                    + "FROM content_types "
+                    + "WHERE object_type = 'com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Journal'");
+
+            final String journalTypeId;
+            dataRs.next();
+            journalTypeId = dataRs.getString("type_id");
+            dataRs.close();
+
+            stmt.addBatch("UPDATE content_types "
+                          + "SET ancestors = null "
+                          + "WHERE object_type = 'com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Journal'");
+            stmt.addBatch(String.format("UPDATE content_types "
+                                        + "REPLACE(descendants, '%s', '' "
+                                        + "WHERE object_type = 'com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Publication'",
+                                        journalTypeId));
+            stmt.addBatch("UPDATE content_types "
+                          + "REPLACE(descendants, '//', '/' "
+                          + "WHERE object_type = 'com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Publication'");
+
+
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            System.err.println("Failed to content_types table.");
+
+            printStackTrace(ex);
+            rollback(conn);
+            close(conn);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            conn.commit();
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            System.err.println("Failed to commiting modifications.");
+            printStackTrace(ex);
+            rollback(conn);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        close(conn);
+
+    }
+
+    private void rollback(final Connection conn) {
+        try {
+            conn.rollback();
+        } catch (SQLException ex1) {
+            System.err.println("Rollback failed.");
+            ex1.printStackTrace(System.err);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void close(final Connection conn) {
+        try {
+            conn.close();
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            System.err.println("Failed to close JDBC connection.");
+            printStackTrace(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void printStackTrace(final SQLException ex) {
+        ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
+        if (ex.getNextException() != null) {
+            printStackTrace(ex.getNextException());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ccm-sci-types-project/src/ccm-sci-types-project.upgrade b/ccm-sci-types-project/src/ccm-sci-types-project.upgrade
index f374e5ac3..7300a4e8c 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-types-project/src/ccm-sci-types-project.upgrade
+++ b/ccm-sci-types-project/src/ccm-sci-types-project.upgrade
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <upgrade>
-    <version from="6.6.5" to="6.6.6">
+<version from="6.6.5" to="6.6.6">
         <script class="com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.upgrades.SciProjectBundleUpgrade"/>
     </version>
 </upgrade>
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