diff --git a/data/templates/article.jats_publishing b/data/templates/article.jats_publishing
index ce184c0ed..b64425fd8 100644
--- a/data/templates/article.jats_publishing
+++ b/data/templates/article.jats_publishing
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ $endif$
 $if(journal.pmc)$
 <journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">$journal.pmc$</journal-id>
 $endif$
+$-- Fallback: an empty journal-id in case none is available.
+$if(journal.publisher-id)$
+$elseif(journal.nlm-ta)$
+$elseif(journal.pmc)$
+$else$
+<journal-id></journal-id>
+$endif$
 <journal-title-group>
 $if(journal.title)$
 <journal-title>$journal.title$</journal-title>
@@ -28,6 +35,12 @@ $endif$
 $if(journal.eissn)$
 <issn pub-type="epub">$journal.eissn$</issn>
 $endif$
+$-- At least one issn element is required; use empty issn as fallback
+$if(journal.pissn)$
+$elseif(journal.eissn)$
+$else$
+<issn></issn>
+$endif$
 <publisher>
 <publisher-name>$journal.publisher-name$</publisher-name>
 $if(journal.publisher-loc)$
diff --git a/test/writer.jats_archiving b/test/writer.jats_archiving
index b7274b0f1..a708e0367 100644
--- a/test/writer.jats_archiving
+++ b/test/writer.jats_archiving
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 <article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.2" article-type="other">
 <front>
 <journal-meta>
+<journal-id></journal-id>
 <journal-title-group>
 </journal-title-group>
+<issn></issn>
 <publisher>
 <publisher-name></publisher-name>
 </publisher>
diff --git a/test/writer.jats_publishing b/test/writer.jats_publishing
index 6384a5939..6d5a04057 100644
--- a/test/writer.jats_publishing
+++ b/test/writer.jats_publishing
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 <article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.2" article-type="other">
 <front>
 <journal-meta>
+<journal-id></journal-id>
 <journal-title-group>
 </journal-title-group>
+<issn></issn>
 <publisher>
 <publisher-name></publisher-name>
 </publisher>