diff --git a/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/aqp/builders/AqpAdsabsSubQueryProvider.java b/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/aqp/builders/AqpAdsabsSubQueryProvider.java
index dd97515fd..f558bae18 100644
--- a/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/aqp/builders/AqpAdsabsSubQueryProvider.java
+++ b/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/aqp/builders/AqpAdsabsSubQueryProvider.java
@@ -601,8 +601,9 @@ public Query parse(FunctionQParser fp) throws SyntaxError {
 
 				SortSpec sortSpec = SortSpecParsing.parseSortSpec(sortOrRank, fp.getReq());
 				
+				Query q;
 				if (sortSpec.getSort() == null) {
-					return new SecondOrderQuery(innerQuery, 
+					q = new SecondOrderQuery(innerQuery, 
 							new SecondOrderCollectorTopN(topN));
 				}
 				else {
@@ -616,9 +617,11 @@ public Query parse(FunctionQParser fp) throws SyntaxError {
 						throw new SyntaxError("I am sorry, you can't use " + sortOrRank + " for topn() sorting. Reason: " + e.getMessage());
 					}
 
-					return new SecondOrderQuery(innerQuery, 
+					q = new SecondOrderQuery(innerQuery, 
 							new SecondOrderCollectorTopN(sortOrRank.toString(), topN, sortOrder));
 				}
+				
+				return AqpScoringQueryNodeBuilder.wrapQuery(q, "cite_read_boost", 0.5f);
 			}
 		});
 
diff --git a/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/aqp/builders/AqpScoringQueryNodeBuilder.java b/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/aqp/builders/AqpScoringQueryNodeBuilder.java
index 8bdd1c8c6..a1e37f7a5 100644
--- a/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/aqp/builders/AqpScoringQueryNodeBuilder.java
+++ b/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/aqp/builders/AqpScoringQueryNodeBuilder.java
@@ -23,24 +23,28 @@
  *  score = lucene_score * ( classic_factor + modifier ) 
  */
 public class AqpScoringQueryNodeBuilder implements StandardQueryBuilder {
-	
+
 
 	public Query build(QueryNode queryNode) throws QueryNodeException {
-	  
-	  AqpAdsabsScoringQueryNode q = (AqpAdsabsScoringQueryNode) queryNode;
-	      
-	  Query query = (Query) queryNode.getChildren().get(0).getTag(
-        QueryTreeBuilder.QUERY_TREE_BUILDER_TAGID);
-	  
-	  ValueSource vs = new SumFloatFunction(new ValueSource[] {
-	      new FloatFieldSource(q.getSource()), // classic score 
-	      new ConstValueSource(q.getModifier()) // modifier
-	      });
-    
-	  
-	  FunctionQuery functionQuery = new FunctionQuery(vs);
-	  return new CustomScoreQuery(query, functionQuery);
-
-	  }
+
+		AqpAdsabsScoringQueryNode q = (AqpAdsabsScoringQueryNode) queryNode;
+
+		Query query = (Query) queryNode.getChildren().get(0).getTag(
+				QueryTreeBuilder.QUERY_TREE_BUILDER_TAGID);
+
+		return wrapQuery(query, q.getSource(), q.getModifier());
+
+	}
+
+	public static Query wrapQuery(Query q, String source, float modifier) {
+		ValueSource vs = new SumFloatFunction(new ValueSource[] {
+				new FloatFieldSource(source), // classic score 
+				new ConstValueSource(modifier) // modifier of how much lucene score to use
+		});
+
+
+		FunctionQuery functionQuery = new FunctionQuery(vs);
+		return new CustomScoreQuery(q, functionQuery);
+	}
 
 }