diff --git a/web/app/corpora/forms.py b/web/app/corpora/forms.py
index 0a2e2170..14c22f1b 100644
--- a/web/app/corpora/forms.py
+++ b/web/app/corpora/forms.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class AddCorpusFileForm(FlaskForm):
     # Required fields
     author = StringField('Author', validators=[DataRequired(), Length(1, 255)])
     file = FileField('File', validators=[DataRequired()])
+    publishing_year = IntegerField('Publishing year',
+                                   validators=[DataRequired()])
     title = StringField('Title', validators=[DataRequired(), Length(1, 255)])
     # Optional fields
     address = StringField('Adress', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@ class AddCorpusFileForm(FlaskForm):
     journal = StringField('Journal', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
     pages = StringField('Pages', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
     publisher = StringField('Publisher', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
-    publishing_year = IntegerField('Publishing year')
     school = StringField('School', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
     submit = SubmitField()
 
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ class EditCorpusFileForm(FlaskForm):
     '''
     # Required fields
     author = StringField('Author', validators=[DataRequired(), Length(1, 255)])
+    publishing_year = IntegerField('Publishing year',
+                                   validators=[DataRequired()])
     title = StringField('Title', validators=[DataRequired(), Length(1, 255)])
     # Optional fields
     address = StringField('Adress', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
@@ -56,7 +59,6 @@ class EditCorpusFileForm(FlaskForm):
     journal = StringField('Journal', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
     pages = StringField('Pages', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
     publisher = StringField('Publisher', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
-    publishing_year = IntegerField('Publishing year')
     school = StringField('School', validators=[Length(0, 255)])
     submit = SubmitField()
 
diff --git a/web/app/templates/corpora/add_corpus_file.html.j2 b/web/app/templates/corpora/add_corpus_file.html.j2
index 5f8f25b3..70f72834 100644
--- a/web/app/templates/corpora/add_corpus_file.html.j2
+++ b/web/app/templates/corpora/add_corpus_file.html.j2
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
               <div class="col s12 m4">
                 {{ wtf.render_field(add_corpus_file_form.title, data_length='255', material_icon='title') }}
               </div>
+              <div class="col s12 m4">
+                {{ wtf.render_field(add_corpus_file_form.publishing_year, material_icon='access_time') }}
+              </div>
               <div class="col s12">
                 {{ wtf.render_field(add_corpus_file_form.file, accept='.vrt', placeholder='Choose your .vrt file') }}
               </div>
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@
             <div class="collapsible-header"><i class="material-icons">add</i>Add additional metadata</div>
             <div class="collapsible-body">
               {% for field in add_corpus_file_form
-                 if field.short_name not in ['author', 'csrf_token', 'file', 'submit', 'title'] %}
+                 if field.short_name not in ['author', 'csrf_token', 'file', 'publishing_year', 'submit', 'title'] %}
               {{ wtf.render_field(field, data_length='255', material_icon=field.label.text[0:1]) }}
               {% endfor %}
             </div>
diff --git a/web/app/templates/corpora/corpus_file.html.j2 b/web/app/templates/corpora/corpus_file.html.j2
index 810816fe..4f02a085 100644
--- a/web/app/templates/corpora/corpus_file.html.j2
+++ b/web/app/templates/corpora/corpus_file.html.j2
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@
         <div class="card">
           <div class="card-content">
             <div class="row">
-              <div class="col s12 m6">
+              <div class="col s12 m4">
                 {{ wtf.render_field(edit_corpus_file_form.author, data_length='255', material_icon='person') }}
               </div>
-              <div class="col s12 m6">
+              <div class="col s12 m4">
                 {{ wtf.render_field(edit_corpus_file_form.title, data_length='255', material_icon='title') }}
               </div>
+              <div class="col s12 m4">
+                {{ wtf.render_field(edit_corpus_file_form.publishing_year, material_icon='access_time') }}
+              </div>
             </div>
           </div>
           <div class="card-action right-align">
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@
             <div class="collapsible-header"><i class="material-icons">edit</i>Edit additional metadata</div>
             <div class="collapsible-body">
               {% for field in edit_corpus_file_form
-                 if field.short_name not in ['author', 'csrf_token', 'submit', 'title'] %}
+                 if field.short_name not in ['author', 'csrf_token', 'publishing_year', 'submit', 'title'] %}
               {{ wtf.render_field(field, data_length='255', material_icon=field.label.text[0:1]) }}
               {% endfor %}
             </div>