diff --git a/landingPages/result/resultLanding.service.ts b/landingPages/result/resultLanding.service.ts
index 66fc6377..9c2ab73a 100644
--- a/landingPages/result/resultLanding.service.ts
+++ b/landingPages/result/resultLanding.service.ts
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ export class ResultLandingService {
     // res['result']['metadata']['oaf:entity']['oaf:result']['title']
     if(data[1] != null) {
       if(Array.isArray(data[1])) {
-        this.resultLandingInfo.title = String(data[1][0].content);
+        this.resultLandingInfo.title = (data[1][0] && data[1][0].content) ? String(data[1][0].content) : "";
         if(data[1][1].classid === 'subtitle') {
-          this.resultLandingInfo.subtitle = String(data[1][1].content);
+          this.resultLandingInfo.subtitle = (data[1][1] && data[1][1].content) ? String(data[1][1].content) : "";
         }
       } else {
-        this.resultLandingInfo.title = String(data[1].content);
+        this.resultLandingInfo.title = (data[1] && data[1].content) ? String(data[1].content) : "";
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/services/searchResearchResults.service.ts b/services/searchResearchResults.service.ts
index 23c0358c..52348dd3 100644
--- a/services/searchResearchResults.service.ts
+++ b/services/searchResearchResults.service.ts
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ export class SearchResearchResultsService {
     if(params!= null && params != ''  ) {
       url +="&query=(" + params + ")";
     }
-    if(refineParams!= null && refineParams != ''  ) {
-      url += refineParams;
-    }
     if(sortBy) {
       let sortOptions = sortBy.split(",");
-      url += "sortBy "+sortOptions[0]+"/sort."+sortOptions[1]+" ";
+      url += (params ? " " : "&query=(*) ")+"sortBy "+sortOptions[0]+"/sort."+sortOptions[1]+(params ? " " : " ");
+    }
+    if(refineParams!= null && refineParams != ''  ) {
+      url += refineParams;
     }
     if(refineQuery) {
       url += "&" + refineQuery;
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ export class SearchResearchResultsService {
             result['title'] = {"name": '', "accessMode": '', "sc39": ''};
 
             if(Array.isArray(resData['title'])) {
-                result['title'].name = String(resData['title'][0].content);
+                result['title'].name = (resData['title'][0] && resData['title'][0].content) ? String(resData['title'][0].content) : "";
             } else {
-                result['title'].name = String(resData['title'].content);
+                result['title'].name = (resData['title'] && resData['title'].content) ? String(resData['title'].content) : "";
             }
 
             result['id'] = Array.isArray(data) ? data[i]['result']['header']['dri:objIdentifier'] : data['result']['header']['dri:objIdentifier'];