diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/clarin-generic-item-field/clarin-generic-item-field.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/clarin-generic-item-field/clarin-generic-item-field.component.ts
index e8174206450..c57d6723873 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/clarin-generic-item-field/clarin-generic-item-field.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/clarin-generic-item-field/clarin-generic-item-field.component.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ export class ClarinGenericItemFieldComponent implements OnInit {
     }
 
     const searchType = convertMetadataFieldIntoSearchType(this.fields);
-    return this.baseUrl + '/search?f.' + searchType + '=' + metadataValue + ',equals';
+    return this.baseUrl + '/search?f.' + encodeURIComponent(searchType) + '=' +
+      encodeURIComponent(metadataValue) + ',equals';
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/clarin-item-box-view/clarin-item-box-view.component.ts b/src/app/shared/clarin-item-box-view/clarin-item-box-view.component.ts
index cd9fecbed94..8dc1defc1f1 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/clarin-item-box-view/clarin-item-box-view.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/clarin-item-box-view/clarin-item-box-view.component.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ export class ClarinItemBoxViewComponent implements OnInit {
     this.itemUri = getItemPageRoute(this.item);
     this.itemDescription = this.item?.firstMetadataValue('dc.description');
     this.itemPublisher = this.item?.firstMetadataValue('dc.publisher');
-    this.publisherRedirectLink = this.baseUrl + '/search?f.publisher=' + this.itemPublisher + ',equals';
+    this.publisherRedirectLink = this.baseUrl + '/search?f.publisher=' + encodeURIComponent(this.itemPublisher)
+      + ',equals';
     this.itemDate = this.clarinDateService.composeItemDate(this.item);
 
     await this.assignBaseUrl();
@@ -192,8 +193,9 @@ export class ClarinItemBoxViewComponent implements OnInit {
           .pipe(getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload())
           .subscribe((community: Community) => {
             this.itemCommunity.next(community);
-            this.communitySearchRedirect.next(this.baseUrl + '/search?f.items_owning_community=' +
-              this.dsoNameService.getName(community) + ',equals');
+            const encodedRedirectLink = this.baseUrl +
+              '/search?f.items_owning_community=' + encodeURIComponent(this.dsoNameService.getName(community)) + ',equals';
+            this.communitySearchRedirect.next(encodedRedirectLink);
           });
       });
   }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/clarin-shared-util.ts b/src/app/shared/clarin-shared-util.ts
index e94ad04bf3d..89ff26c149e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/clarin-shared-util.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/clarin-shared-util.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export function loadItemAuthors(item, itemAuthors, baseUrl, fields) {
   }
   const itemAuthorsLocal = [];
   authorsMV.forEach((authorMV: MetadataValue) => {
-    const authorSearchLink = baseUrl + '/search?f.author=' + authorMV.value + ',equals';
+    const authorSearchLink = baseUrl + '/search?f.author=' + encodeURIComponent(authorMV.value) + ',equals';
     const authorNameLink = Object.assign(new AuthorNameLink(), {
       name: authorMV.value,
       url: authorSearchLink