diff --git a/app/models/journal_paper.rb b/app/models/journal_paper.rb
index ba739bc..4b296e8 100644
--- a/app/models/journal_paper.rb
+++ b/app/models/journal_paper.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class JournalPaper
   include OrbitModel::Status
   include MemberHelper
   include Slug
-
+  HideTimeInLinK = (File.exist?("#{Rails.root}/hide_time_fields_for_plugins.txt") rescue false)
   field :paper_title, as: :slug_title, type: String, localize: true
   field :journal_title, type: String, localize: true
   field :authors, type: String, localize: true
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ class JournalPaper
     title << self.issue_no if (self.issue_no.present? && self.issue_no != "0")
     title << "pp. " + self.form_to_start.to_s+"-"+self.form_to_end.to_s if (self.form_to_start.present? && self.form_to_start != "0")
     # title << ( !self.journal_levels.blank? ? "(#{self.journal_levels.collect{|x| x.title}.join(', ')})" : nil)
-    if !self.publication_date.nil?
-      title << (self.publication_date.strftime("%b. %Y") rescue nil)
-    elsif self.year.present?
-      title << self.year
+    unless HideTimeInLinK
+      if !self.publication_date.nil?
+        title << (self.publication_date.strftime("%b. %Y") rescue nil)
+      elsif self.year.present?
+        title << self.year
+      end
     end
     title.delete(nil)
     title.join(', ').sub(/^\\s*,/,'').gsub(/,(\s*,)+/,',').strip