diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/citations.vue b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/citations.vue
index 8f9755d0e57..ca2242142c2 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/citations.vue
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/citations.vue
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export default {
     },
     computed: {
         formattedReferences: function() {
-            return this.citations.reduce((a, b) => a.concat(`<p>${this.formattedReference(b)}</p>`), "");
+            return this.citations.reduce((a, b) => a.concat(`<p class="formatted-reference">${this.formattedReference(b)}</p>`), "");
         }
     },
     created: function() {