diff --git a/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/converter/PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.java b/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/converter/PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.java
index 374539d99b5..f36983f3777 100644
--- a/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/converter/PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.java
+++ b/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/converter/PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ public WorkType convertFrom(String source, Type<WorkType> destinationType) {
         try {
             return WorkType.valueOf(source);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            if(org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.WorkType.DISSERTATION_THESIS.name().equals(source)) {
+              return WorkType.DISSERTATION;  
+            } 
             return WorkType.OTHER;
         }
     }
diff --git a/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/impl/MapperFacadeFactory.java b/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/impl/MapperFacadeFactory.java
index cb56d1ea3ca..a68bf4f3b55 100644
--- a/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/impl/MapperFacadeFactory.java
+++ b/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/impl/MapperFacadeFactory.java
@@ -940,6 +940,13 @@ public void mapAtoB(PeerReview a, PeerReviewEntity b, MappingContext context) {
                 b.setSubjectTranslatedNameLanguageCode((a.getSubjectName() == null || a.getSubjectName().getTranslatedTitle() == null) ? null
                         : a.getSubjectName().getTranslatedTitle().getLanguageCode());
                 b.setSubjectContainerName(a.getSubjectContainerName() == null ? null : a.getSubjectContainerName().getContent());
+                if(WorkType.DISSERTATION.equals(a.getSubjectType())) {
+                    b.setSubjectType(org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.WorkType.DISSERTATION_THESIS.name());
+                } else {
+                    if(a.getSubjectType() != null) {
+                        b.setSubjectType(a.getSubjectType().name());
+                    }
+                }
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/orcid-core/src/test/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/converter/PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverterTest.java b/orcid-core/src/test/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/converter/PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c44fd9edcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orcid-core/src/test/java/org/orcid/core/adapter/converter/PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package org.orcid.core.adapter.converter;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.orcid.jaxb.model.record_v2.WorkType;
+import org.orcid.test.OrcidJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+
+@RunWith(OrcidJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath:test-orcid-core-context.xml" })
+public class PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverterTest {
+        
+    private PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverter peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter = new PeerReviewSubjectTypeConverter();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConvertTo() {
+        for(WorkType t : WorkType.values()) {
+            assertEquals(t.name(), peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.convertTo(t, null));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConvertFrom() {
+        for(WorkType t : WorkType.values()) {
+            assertEquals(t, peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.convertFrom(t.name(), null));
+        }
+        
+        assertEquals(WorkType.DISSERTATION, peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.convertFrom(org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.WorkType.DISSERTATION_THESIS.name(), null));
+        assertEquals(WorkType.OTHER, peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.convertFrom(org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.WorkType.ANNOTATION.name(), null));
+        assertEquals(WorkType.OTHER, peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.convertFrom(org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.WorkType.DATA_MANAGEMENT_PLAN.name(), null));
+        assertEquals(WorkType.OTHER, peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.convertFrom(org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.WorkType.PHYSICAL_OBJECT.name(), null));
+        assertEquals(WorkType.OTHER, peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.convertFrom(org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.WorkType.PREPRINT.name(), null));
+        assertEquals(WorkType.OTHER, peerReviewSubjectTypeConverter.convertFrom(org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.WorkType.SOFTWARE.name(), null));
+    }
+}