diff --git a/modules/io/tests/test_mmcif_reader.cc b/modules/io/tests/test_mmcif_reader.cc
index 14adae17dbf60ffe24a5fa92a7a9595ceb965489..3d775f2a8e16508b8efcaa2d3a8ad60a005f8150 100644
--- a/modules/io/tests/test_mmcif_reader.cc
+++ b/modules/io/tests/test_mmcif_reader.cc
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(mmcif_citation_tests)
   tmmcif_h.SetCategory(StringRef("citation", 8));
   tmmcif_h.Add(StringRef("id", 2));
   tmmcif_h.Add(StringRef("book_title", 10));
-  tmmcif_h.Add(StringRef("journal_full", 12));
+  tmmcif_h.Add(StringRef("journal_abbrev", 14));
   tmmcif_p.OnBeginLoop(tmmcif_h);
 
   columns.push_back(StringRef("Foo", 3));