diff --git a/sci-publications/src/main/java/org/scientificcms/publications/PublicationRepository.java b/sci-publications/src/main/java/org/scientificcms/publications/PublicationRepository.java
index c8827a2..36a4270 100644
--- a/sci-publications/src/main/java/org/scientificcms/publications/PublicationRepository.java
+++ b/sci-publications/src/main/java/org/scientificcms/publications/PublicationRepository.java
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ public class PublicationRepository
             criteriaBuilder.equal(from.get("publicationId"), publicationId)
         );
 
-        final TypedQuery<T> query = getEntityManager().createQuery(
-            criteriaQuery
-        );
-
         try {
-            return Optional.of(query.getSingleResult());
+            return Optional.of(
+                getEntityManager()
+                    .createQuery(criteriaQuery)
+                    .getSingleResult()
+            );
         } catch (NoResultException ex) {
             return Optional.empty();
         }
@@ -101,12 +101,19 @@ public class PublicationRepository
     public <T extends Publication> Optional<T> findByUuidAndType(
         final String uuid, final Class<T> type
     ) {
+        final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = getEntityManager()
+            .getCriteriaBuilder();
+        final CriteriaQuery<T> criteriaQuery = criteriaBuilder.createQuery(type);
+        final Root<T> from = criteriaQuery.from(type);
+
+        criteriaQuery.where(
+            criteriaBuilder.equal(from.get("uuid"), uuid)
+        );
+
         try {
             return Optional.of(
                 getEntityManager()
-                    .createNamedQuery("Publication.findByUuidAndType", type)
-                    .setParameter("uuid", uuid)
-                    .setParameter("type", type)
+                    .createQuery(criteriaQuery)
                     .getSingleResult()
             );
         } catch (NoResultException ex) {
@@ -123,19 +130,33 @@ public class PublicationRepository
     }
 
     public <T extends Publication> List<T> findByType(final Class<T> type) {
+        final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = getEntityManager()
+            .getCriteriaBuilder();
+        final CriteriaQuery<T> criteriaQuery = criteriaBuilder.createQuery(type);
+        criteriaQuery.from(type);
+
         return getEntityManager()
-            .createNamedQuery("Publication.findByType", type)
-            .setParameter("type", type)
+            .createQuery(criteriaQuery)
             .getResultList();
     }
 
     public <T extends Publication> List<T> findByTitleAndType(
         final String title, final Class<T> type
     ) {
+        final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = getEntityManager()
+            .getCriteriaBuilder();
+        final CriteriaQuery<T> criteriaQuery = criteriaBuilder.createQuery(type);
+        final Root<T> from = criteriaQuery.from(type);
+
+        criteriaQuery.where(
+            criteriaBuilder.like(
+                criteriaBuilder.lower(from.get("title")),
+                String.format("%%%s%%", title)
+            )
+        );
+
         return getEntityManager()
-            .createNamedQuery("Publication.findByTitleAndType", type)
-            .setParameter("title", title)
-            .setParameter("type", type)
+            .createQuery(criteriaQuery)
             .getResultList();
     }
 
@@ -149,10 +170,17 @@ public class PublicationRepository
     public <T extends Publication> List<T> findByAuthorAndType(
         final Person author, final Class<T> type
     ) {
+        final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = getEntityManager()
+            .getCriteriaBuilder();
+        final CriteriaQuery<T> criteriaQuery = criteriaBuilder.createQuery(type);
+        final Root<T> from = criteriaQuery.from(type);
+
+        criteriaQuery.where(
+            criteriaBuilder.equal(from.get("author"), author)
+        );
+
         return getEntityManager()
-            .createNamedQuery("Publication.findByAuthorAndType", type)
-            .setParameter("author", author)
-            .setParameter("type", type)
+            .createQuery(criteriaQuery)
             .getResultList();
     }
 
diff --git a/sci-publications/src/main/java/org/scientificcms/publications/rs/Publications.java b/sci-publications/src/main/java/org/scientificcms/publications/rs/Publications.java
index 252ec7c..e23e662 100644
--- a/sci-publications/src/main/java/org/scientificcms/publications/rs/Publications.java
+++ b/sci-publications/src/main/java/org/scientificcms/publications/rs/Publications.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class Publications {
         final JsonObjectBuilder objectBuilder = Json
             .createObjectBuilder()
             .add("publicationId", publication.getPublicationId())
+            .add("uuid", publication.getUuid())
             .add(
                 "authors",
                 publication
@@ -135,7 +136,17 @@ public class Publications {
                     publication.getTitle()
                 )
             )
-            .add("year", publication.getYearOfPublication());
+            .add(
+                "type",
+                publication.getClass().getSimpleName()
+            );
+        
+        
+        if (publication.getYearOfPublication() == null) {
+            objectBuilder.addNull("year");
+        } else {
+            publication.getYearOfPublication();
+        }
 
         if (publication instanceof PublicationWithPublisher) {
 
diff --git a/sci-publications/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/components/scicms/publicationPicker.xhtml b/sci-publications/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/components/scicms/publicationPicker.xhtml
index 480635e..2cb74e0 100644
--- a/sci-publications/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/components/scicms/publicationPicker.xhtml
+++ b/sci-publications/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/components/scicms/publicationPicker.xhtml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     </cc:interface>
 
     <cc:implementation>
-        <div class="scicms-publications-picker"
+        <div class="scicms-publication-picker"
              data-publicationtype="#{cc.attrs.publicationType}"
              data-baseUrl="#{cc.attrs.baseUrl}"
              data-contentsection="#{cc.attrs.contentSection}"
@@ -114,30 +114,31 @@
                                 label="#{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.filter.label']}"
                                 inputId="#{cc.attrs.publicationPickerId}-filter"
                                 name="" />
-                        </form>
-                        <template id="#{cc.attrs.publicationPickerId}-row">
-                            <tr>
-                                <td class="col-name"></td>
-                                <td class="col-type"></td>
-                                <td class="col-action">
-                                    <button class="btn btn-primary"
-                                            data-publicationuuid=""
-                                            type="button">
-                                        #{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.select']}
-                                    </button>
-                                </td>
-                            </tr>
-                        </template>
-                        <table>
-                            <thead>
+
+                            <template id="#{cc.attrs.publicationPickerId}-row">
                                 <tr>
-                                    <th>#{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.column.name']}</th>
-                                    <th>#{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.column.type']}</th>
-                                    <th>#{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.column.action']}</th>
+                                    <td class="col-name"></td>
+                                    <td class="col-type"></td>
+                                    <td class="col-action">
+                                        <button class="btn btn-primary"
+                                                data-publicationuuid=""
+                                                type="button">
+                                            #{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.select']}
+                                        </button>
+                                    </td>
                                 </tr>
-                            </thead>
-                            <tbody></tbody>
-                        </table>
+                            </template>
+                            <table>
+                                <thead>
+                                    <tr>
+                                        <th>#{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.column.name']}</th>
+                                        <th>#{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.column.type']}</th>
+                                        <th>#{SciPublicationsUiMessageBundle['publicationpicker.column.action']}</th>
+                                    </tr>
+                                </thead>
+                                <tbody></tbody>
+                            </table>
+                        </form>
                         <div class="modal-footer">
                             <button class="btn btn-warning"
                                     data-dismiss="modal"
diff --git a/sci-publications/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/views/org/scientificcms/contenttypes/ui/collectedvolume/edit-collectedvolume.xhtml b/sci-publications/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/views/org/scientificcms/contenttypes/ui/collectedvolume/edit-collectedvolume.xhtml
index 0558ca0..156e184 100644
--- a/sci-publications/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/views/org/scientificcms/contenttypes/ui/collectedvolume/edit-collectedvolume.xhtml
+++ b/sci-publications/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/views/org/scientificcms/contenttypes/ui/collectedvolume/edit-collectedvolume.xhtml
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
             </c:choose>
 
         </ui:define>
+        
+        <ui:define name="publicationScripts">
+            <script src="#{request.contextPath}/assets/@scipublications/publication-picker.js" />
+        </ui:define>
 
     </ui:composition>
 
diff --git a/sci-publications/src/main/typescript/publication-picker.ts b/sci-publications/src/main/typescript/publication-picker.ts
index 5f39c56..76ae55e 100644
--- a/sci-publications/src/main/typescript/publication-picker.ts
+++ b/sci-publications/src/main/typescript/publication-picker.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ async function initPublicationPicker(publicationPickerElem: Element) {
         "data-contentsection"
     );
 
-    const fetchUrl = `/content-sections/${contentSection}/publications?type=${publicationType}`;
+    // const fetchUrl = `/content-sections/${contentSection}/publications?type=${publicationType}`;
+    const fetchUrl = `/scipublications/publications?type=${publicationType}`;
 
     try {
         const response = await fetch(fetchUrl);
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ async function initPublicationPicker(publicationPickerElem: Element) {
                 const selectButton = row.querySelector(".col-action button");
 
                 if (colName) {
-                    colName.textContent = publication["name"];
+                    colName.textContent = publication["title"];
                 }
                 if (colType) {
                     colType.textContent = publication["type"];
@@ -84,4 +85,16 @@ async function selectPublication(
         return;
     }
 
+    const publicationPickerParam = publicationPickerElem.querySelector(
+        ".publicationpicker-param"
+    ) as HTMLInputElement;
+    if (!publicationPickerParam) {
+        console.error("publicationPickerParam is null.");
+        return;
+    }
+    publicationPickerParam.value = `UUID-${publicationUuid}`;
+
+    const form = publicationPickerElem.querySelector("form") as HTMLFormElement;
+    form.submit();
+
 }
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