diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateMergeRels.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateMergeRels.java
index 19e60b520..0c31f5fa2 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateMergeRels.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateMergeRels.java
@@ -76,6 +76,19 @@ public class SparkCreateMergeRels extends AbstractSparkAction {
 		final String workingPath = parser.get("workingPath");
 		final String isLookUpUrl = parser.get("isLookUpUrl");
 		final String actionSetId = parser.get("actionSetId");
+		int cut = 0;
+		try {
+			cut = Integer.parseInt(parser.get("cutConnectedComponent"));
+
+
+		} catch (Throwable e) {
+			log.error("unable to parse "+parser.get(" cut-off threshold"));
+		}
+
+
+
+
+
 
 		log.info("graphBasePath: '{}'", graphBasePath);
 		log.info("isLookUpUrl:   '{}'", isLookUpUrl);
@@ -112,7 +125,7 @@ public class SparkCreateMergeRels extends AbstractSparkAction {
 			final Dataset<Relation> mergeRels = spark
 				.createDataset(
 					GraphProcessor
-						.findCCs(vertexes.rdd(), edgeRdd, maxIterations)
+						.findCCs(vertexes.rdd(), edgeRdd, maxIterations, cut)
 						.toJavaRDD()
 						.filter(k -> k.getDocIds().size() > 1)
 						.flatMap(cc -> ccToMergeRel(cc, dedupConf))
@@ -120,6 +133,10 @@ public class SparkCreateMergeRels extends AbstractSparkAction {
 					Encoders.bean(Relation.class));
 
 			mergeRels.write().mode(SaveMode.Append).parquet(mergeRelPath);
+
+
+
+
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/graph/ConnectedComponent.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/graph/ConnectedComponent.java
index bfd2c25e2..fd6e70916 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/graph/ConnectedComponent.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/graph/ConnectedComponent.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup.graph;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonIgnore;
@@ -21,9 +22,14 @@ public class ConnectedComponent implements Serializable {
 	public ConnectedComponent() {
 	}
 
-	public ConnectedComponent(Set<String> docIds) {
+
+	public ConnectedComponent(Set<String> docIds, final int cut) {
 		this.docIds = docIds;
 		createID();
+		if (cut > 0 && docIds.size() > cut){
+			docIds = docIds.stream().filter(s -> !ccId.equalsIgnoreCase(s)).limit(cut -1).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+			docIds.add(ccId);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public String createID() {
@@ -41,6 +47,7 @@ public class ConnectedComponent implements Serializable {
 	public String getMin() {
 
 		final StringBuilder min = new StringBuilder();
+
 		docIds
 			.forEach(
 				i -> {
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/graph/GraphProcessor.scala b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/graph/GraphProcessor.scala
index e19bb7ff5..f4dd85d75 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/graph/GraphProcessor.scala
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/graph/GraphProcessor.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConversions;
 
 object GraphProcessor {
 
-  def findCCs(vertexes: RDD[(VertexId, String)], edges: RDD[Edge[String]], maxIterations: Int): RDD[ConnectedComponent] = {
+  def findCCs(vertexes: RDD[(VertexId, String)], edges: RDD[Edge[String]], maxIterations: Int, cut:Int): RDD[ConnectedComponent] = {
     val graph: Graph[String, String] = Graph(vertexes, edges).partitionBy(PartitionStrategy.RandomVertexCut) //TODO remember to remove partitionby
     val cc = graph.connectedComponents(maxIterations).vertices
 
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ object GraphProcessor {
       }
     }
     val connectedComponents = joinResult.groupByKey()
-      .map[ConnectedComponent](cc => asConnectedComponent(cc))
+      .map[ConnectedComponent](cc => asConnectedComponent(cc, cut))
     connectedComponents
   }
 
 
 
-  def asConnectedComponent(group: (VertexId, Iterable[String])): ConnectedComponent = {
+  def asConnectedComponent(group: (VertexId, Iterable[String]), cut:Int): ConnectedComponent = {
     val docs = group._2.toSet[String]
-    val connectedComponent = new ConnectedComponent(JavaConversions.setAsJavaSet[String](docs));
+    val connectedComponent = new ConnectedComponent(JavaConversions.setAsJavaSet[String](docs), cut);
     connectedComponent
   }
 
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/createCC_parameters.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/createCC_parameters.json
index 6eedd5432..9350cf22b 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/createCC_parameters.json
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/createCC_parameters.json
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
     "paramDescription": "the url for the lookup service",
     "paramRequired": true
   },
+  {
+    "paramName": "cc",
+    "paramLongName": "cutConnectedComponent",
+    "paramDescription": "the number of maximum elements that belongs to a connected components",
+    "paramRequired": false
+  }
+,
   {
     "paramName": "w",
     "paramLongName": "workingPath",