From 931fd9787b1517d88af2876175d8c31b03e11671 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarIT.de>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:45:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] engine: core.ac.uk - don't split a string into a tag
 list (#6689)

---
 searx/engines/core.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/searx/engines/core.py b/searx/engines/core.py
index 3fdbd2f73..ef3ee8492 100644
--- a/searx/engines/core.py
+++ b/searx/engines/core.py
@@ -141,12 +141,13 @@ def response(resp: "SXNG_Response") -> EngineResults:
             if name:
                 authors.add(name)
 
+        tag = result.get("fieldOfStudy")
         res.add(
             res.types.Paper(
                 title=result.get("title"),
                 url=url,
                 content=result.get("fullText", "") or "",
-                tags=result.get("fieldOfStudy", []),
+                tags=[tag] if tag else [],
                 publishedDate=published_date,
                 type=result.get("documentType", "") or "",
                 authors=authors,