diff --git a/scoap3/articles/api/serializers.py b/scoap3/articles/api/serializers.py
index d91b3066c..850672b1b 100644
--- a/scoap3/articles/api/serializers.py
+++ b/scoap3/articles/api/serializers.py
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ def to_representation(self, instance):
 class LegacyArticleSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     metadata = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     updated = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    created = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     id = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
 
     class Meta:
         model = Article
-        fields = ["id", "metadata", "updated"]
+        fields = ["id", "metadata", "updated", "created"]
 
     def get_id(self, obj):
         return obj.id
@@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ def get_metadata(self, obj):
     def get_updated(self, obj):
         return obj._updated_at
 
+    def get_created(self, obj):
+        return obj._created_at
+
 
 class ArticleDocumentSerializer(DocumentSerializer):
     class Meta:
diff --git a/scoap3/articles/tests/test_record_views.py b/scoap3/articles/tests/test_record_views.py
index b6d366e0d..bb92bc759 100644
--- a/scoap3/articles/tests/test_record_views.py
+++ b/scoap3/articles/tests/test_record_views.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def test_get_record_json_structure(self, client, license, user):
         assert "id" in data["results"][0]
         assert "metadata" in data["results"][0]
         assert "updated" in data["results"][0]
+        assert "created" in data["results"][0]
 
         metadata = data["results"][0]["metadata"]
         assert "control_number" in metadata