diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator.java
index 00cc8a27..0ae4c16f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator.java
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ public class AddAuthorsToInformationResourceGenerator extends VivoBaseGenerator
 			+ "    ?subject core:relatedBy ?authorshipURI .\n"
 			+ "    ?authorshipURI a core:Authorship .\n"
 			+ "    ?authorshipURI core:relates ?authorURI .\n"
+			+ "    ?authorshipURI core:rank ?rank .\n"
 			+ "    ?authorURI a ?type .\n"
 			+ "    ?authorURI rdfs:label ?authorName .\n"
 			+ "    ?authorURI vcard:hasName ?vName .\n"