diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipQueryRunner.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipQueryRunner.java
index 131fbb2f..3b1381fa 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipQueryRunner.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipQueryRunner.java
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ public class CoAuthorshipQueryRunner implements QueryRunner<CoAuthorshipData> {
 								+ " core:authorInAuthorship ?authorshipNode . "
 			+ "?authorshipNode rdf:type core:Authorship ;" 
 								+ " core:linkedInformationResource ?document . "
-			+ "?document rdf:type bibo:Document . " 
 			+ "?document rdfs:label ?documentLabel . " 
 			+ "?document core:informationResourceInAuthorship ?coAuthorshipNode . " 
 			+ "?coAuthorshipNode core:linkedAuthor ?coAuthorPerson . " 
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/collegepubcount/CollegePublicationCountQueryRunner.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/collegepubcount/CollegePublicationCountQueryRunner.java
index c2654b7a..a83660a0 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/collegepubcount/CollegePublicationCountQueryRunner.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/collegepubcount/CollegePublicationCountQueryRunner.java
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ public class CollegePublicationCountQueryRunner implements QueryRunner<Set<VivoE
 		String sparqlQuery = " {?department " + ontologyHandle + " ?" + employeeHandle + " . " 
 							+ "?" + employeeHandle + " rdf:type foaf:Person; rdfs:label ?authorLabel. " 
 							+ "OPTIONAL { ?" + employeeHandle + " vivo:authorOf ?document ." +
-										" ?document rdf:type bibo:Document ." +
 										" ?document rdfs:label ?documentLabel ." +
 										" OPTIONAL { ?document vitro:moniker ?documentMoniker } ." +
 										" OPTIONAL { ?document vitro:blurb ?documentBlurb } ." +
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/personpubcount/PersonPublicationCountQueryRunner.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/personpubcount/PersonPublicationCountQueryRunner.java
index 54aeefc5..3c9956d8 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/personpubcount/PersonPublicationCountQueryRunner.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/personpubcount/PersonPublicationCountQueryRunner.java
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ public class PersonPublicationCountQueryRunner implements QueryRunner<Set<BiboDo
 			+ "		(str(?documentDescription) as ?documentDescriptionLit) ";
 
 	private static final String SPARQL_QUERY_COMMON_WHERE_CLAUSE = "" 
-			+ "?document rdf:type bibo:Document ." 
 			+ "?document rdfs:label ?documentLabel ." 
 			+ "OPTIONAL {  ?document core:year ?publicationYear } ." 
 			+ "OPTIONAL {  ?document core:yearMonth ?publicationYearMonth } ."