diff --git a/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/report/ProceedingsImportReport.java b/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/report/ProceedingsImportReport.java
index 25090b253..ac15456ff 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/report/ProceedingsImportReport.java
+++ b/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/report/ProceedingsImportReport.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class ProceedingsImportReport {
     public void setPublisher(final PublisherImportReport publisher) {
         this.publisher = publisher;
     }
-        
+
     public boolean isCreated() {
         return created;
     }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class ProceedingsImportReport {
         if (created) {
             final StringWriter strWriter = new StringWriter();
             final PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(strWriter);
-                        
+
             for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
                 writer.append("- ");
             }
@@ -98,13 +98,15 @@ public class ProceedingsImportReport {
             //writer.printf("Date from of conference: %s\n", dateToOfConference.toString());
             //writer.printf("Date to of conference..: %s\n", dateToOfConference.toString());
             writer.print("Authors:\n");
-            for(AuthorImportReport author : authors) {
+            for (AuthorImportReport author : authors) {
                 writer.printf("%s\n", author.toString());
             }
-                        
-            writer.append(publisher.toString());
-            writer.append('\n');            
-            
+
+            if (publisher != null) {
+                writer.append(publisher.toString());
+            }
+            writer.append('\n');
+
             for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
                 writer.append("- ");
             }
@@ -116,5 +118,4 @@ public class ProceedingsImportReport {
                                  proceedingsTitle);
         }
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/util/ImporterUtil.java b/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/util/ImporterUtil.java
index aff65f892..f0069c25c 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/util/ImporterUtil.java
+++ b/ccm-sci-publications/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/util/ImporterUtil.java
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ public class ImporterUtil {
 
                 collectedVolume.setYearOfPublication(yearOfPub);
                 for (AuthorData author : authors) {
-                    report.addAuthor(processAuthor(collectedVolume, author, pretend));
+                    if ((author.getSurname() != null) && !author.getSurname().isEmpty()) {
+                        report.addAuthor(processAuthor(collectedVolume, author, pretend));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if ((publisherName != null) && !publisherName.isEmpty()) {
@@ -329,7 +331,9 @@ public class ImporterUtil {
                 }
                 proceedings.setYearOfPublication(yearOfPub);
                 for (AuthorData author : authors) {
-                    report.addAuthor(processAuthor(proceedings, author, pretend));
+                    if ((author.getSurname() != null) && !author.getSurname().isEmpty()) {
+                        report.addAuthor(processAuthor(proceedings, author, pretend));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if ((publisherName != null) && !publisherName.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/ccm-sci-publicationscsvimporter/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/csv/PublicationsImporter.java b/ccm-sci-publicationscsvimporter/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/csv/PublicationsImporter.java
index 3ed652db6..38d8633c1 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-publicationscsvimporter/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/csv/PublicationsImporter.java
+++ b/ccm-sci-publicationscsvimporter/src/com/arsdigita/cms/scipublications/importer/csv/PublicationsImporter.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class PublicationsImporter implements SciPublicationsImporter {
                                                                          importerUtil);
                 report.addPublication(result);
             } catch (Exception ex) {
-                tctx.abortTxn();
+                tctx.abortTxn();                
                 throw new SciPublicationsImportException(ex);
             }