diff --git a/landingPages/result/resultLanding.component.html b/landingPages/result/resultLanding.component.html
index 7baa8926..1cae92b8 100644
--- a/landingPages/result/resultLanding.component.html
+++ b/landingPages/result/resultLanding.component.html
@@ -578,6 +578,6 @@
 </modal-alert>
 <modal-alert #citeModal [classTitle]="'landing-modal-header uk-padding-small'"
              [classBody]="'uk-padding-remove landing-modal'">
-  <citeThis *ngIf="resultLandingInfo" [result]="resultLandingInfo" [id]="id" [type]="title.toLowerCase()"></citeThis>
+  <citeThis *ngIf="resultLandingInfo && citeThisClicked" [result]="resultLandingInfo" [id]="id" [type]="title.toLowerCase()"></citeThis>
 </modal-alert>
 
diff --git a/landingPages/result/resultLanding.component.ts b/landingPages/result/resultLanding.component.ts
index 60459ba0..f79ab7c7 100644
--- a/landingPages/result/resultLanding.component.ts
+++ b/landingPages/result/resultLanding.component.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ export class ResultLandingComponent {
   
   public thresholdDescription: number = 670;
   public showNumDescription: number = 670;
-  
+
+  public citeThisClicked: boolean;
+
   // Metrics tab variables
   public metricsClicked: boolean;
   public hasAltMetrics: boolean = false;
@@ -562,6 +564,7 @@ export class ResultLandingComponent {
   }
   
   public openCiteModal() {
+    this.citeThisClicked = true;
     this.citeModal.cancelButton = false;
     this.citeModal.okButton = false;
     this.citeModal.alertTitle = "Cite this " + this.getTypeName() + " to";