diff --git a/app/controllers/journals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/journals_controller.rb
index d1501ac1d..35690ea56 100644
--- a/app/controllers/journals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/journals_controller.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ class JournalsController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @page  = params[:page]  || 1
     @limit = params[:limit] || 10
-    journals = @issue.journals.journal_includes.order("created_on desc")
-    @journals_size = journals.size
-    @journals = journals.parent_journals.page(@page).per(@limit)
+    total_journals =  @issue.journals.journal_includes
+    @jounals_total = total_journals.size
+    parent_journals =journals.parent_journals.order("created_on desc")
+    @journals = parent_journals.order("created_on desc").page(@page).per(@limit)
+    @journals_size = parent_journals.size
+    
+   
   end
 
   def create
diff --git a/app/views/journals/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/journals/index.json.jbuilder
index 2485e72bd..99df015c9 100644
--- a/app/views/journals/index.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/journals/index.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 json.partial! "commons/success"
 json.limit @limit
 json.journals_count @journals_size
+json.journals_total_count @jounals_total
 json.issue_journals do
   json.array! @journals do |journal|
     json.partial! "journals/journal_item", journal: journal