diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/SparkResultToOrganizationFromSemRel.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/SparkResultToOrganizationFromSemRel.java
index 9ceebf222..cfc69a8f0 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/SparkResultToOrganizationFromSemRel.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/SparkResultToOrganizationFromSemRel.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import static eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.SparkSessionSupport.runWithSparkHiveSession;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
@@ -64,6 +65,18 @@ public class SparkResultToOrganizationFromSemRel implements Serializable {
 		final String workingPath = parser.get("workingDir");
 		log.info("workingPath: {}", workingPath);
 
+		final int iterations = Optional
+			.ofNullable(parser.get("iterations"))
+			.map(v -> {
+				if (Integer.valueOf(v) < MAX_ITERATION) {
+					return Integer.valueOf(v);
+				} else
+					return MAX_ITERATION;
+			})
+			.orElse(MAX_ITERATION);
+
+		log.info("iterations: {}", iterations);
+
 		SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
 		conf.set("hive.metastore.uris", parser.get("hive_metastore_uris"));
 
@@ -77,7 +90,8 @@ public class SparkResultToOrganizationFromSemRel implements Serializable {
 				resultOrganizationPath,
 				relationPath,
 				workingPath,
-				outputPath));
+				outputPath,
+				iterations));
 	}
 
 	public static void execPropagation(SparkSession spark,
@@ -86,26 +100,45 @@ public class SparkResultToOrganizationFromSemRel implements Serializable {
 		String resultOrganizationPath,
 		String graphPath,
 		String workingPath,
+		String outputPath,
+		int iterations) {
+		if (iterations == 1) {
+			doPropagateOnce(
+				spark, leavesPath, childParentPath, resultOrganizationPath, graphPath,
+				workingPath, outputPath);
+		} else {
+
+			final LongAccumulator iterationOne = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_ONE);
+			final LongAccumulator iterationTwo = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_TWO);
+			final LongAccumulator iterationThree = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_THREE);
+			final LongAccumulator iterationFour = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_FOUR);
+			final LongAccumulator iterationFive = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_FIVE);
+			final LongAccumulator notReachedFirstParent = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_NO_PARENT);
+
+			final PropagationCounter propagationCounter = new PropagationCounter(iterationOne,
+				iterationTwo,
+				iterationThree,
+				iterationFour,
+				iterationFive,
+				notReachedFirstParent);
+
+			doPropagate(
+				spark, leavesPath, childParentPath, resultOrganizationPath, graphPath,
+				workingPath, outputPath, propagationCounter);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static void doPropagateOnce(SparkSession spark, String leavesPath, String childParentPath,
+		String resultOrganizationPath, String graphPath, String workingPath,
 		String outputPath) {
 
-		final LongAccumulator iterationOne = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_ONE);
-		final LongAccumulator iterationTwo = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_TWO);
-		final LongAccumulator iterationThree = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_THREE);
-		final LongAccumulator iterationFour = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_FOUR);
-		final LongAccumulator iterationFive = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_FIVE);
-		final LongAccumulator notReachedFirstParent = spark.sparkContext().longAccumulator(ITERATION_NO_PARENT);
-
-		final PropagationCounter propagationCounter = new PropagationCounter(iterationOne,
-			iterationTwo,
-			iterationThree,
-			iterationFour,
-			iterationFive,
-			notReachedFirstParent);
-
-		doPropagate(
-			spark, leavesPath, childParentPath, resultOrganizationPath, graphPath,
-			workingPath, outputPath, propagationCounter);
+		StepActions
+			.execStep(
+				spark, graphPath, workingPath + NEW_RELATION_PATH,
+				leavesPath, childParentPath, resultOrganizationPath);
 
+		addNewRelations(spark, workingPath + NEW_RELATION_PATH, outputPath);
 	}
 
 	private static void doPropagate(SparkSession spark, String leavesPath, String childParentPath,
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/input_propagation_parameter.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/input_propagation_parameter.json
index f73cc221e..e09cd62fa 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/input_propagation_parameter.json
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/input_propagation_parameter.json
@@ -46,5 +46,11 @@
     "paramLongName": "outputPath",
     "paramDescription": "the path used to store temporary output files",
     "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName": "it",
+    "paramLongName": "iterations",
+    "paramDescription": "the number of iterations to be computed",
+    "paramRequired": false
   }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index 17502abea..3f0530aaf 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/resulttoorganizationfromsemrel/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<workflow-app name="affiliation_from_instrepo_propagation" xmlns="uri:oozie:workflow:0.5">
+<workflow-app name="affiliation_from_semrel_propagation" xmlns="uri:oozie:workflow:0.5">
     <parameters>
         <property>
             <name>sourcePath</name>
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
             <arg>--resultOrgPath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/preparedInfo/resultOrgPath</arg>
             <arg>--hive_metastore_uris</arg><arg>${hive_metastore_uris}</arg>
             <arg>--workingDir</arg><arg>${workingDir}/working</arg>
+            <arg>--iterations</arg><arg>${iterations}</arg>
         </spark>
         <ok to="End"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>