diff --git a/scipost_django/journals/forms.py b/scipost_django/journals/forms.py
index 23ddcf5e25288b5c04aebc6a5c83935720307684..5dc20c62a1ad7b81d47ac1906cb8fe8cedda6c24 100644
--- a/scipost_django/journals/forms.py
+++ b/scipost_django/journals/forms.py
@@ -724,6 +724,9 @@ class DraftPublicationForm(forms.ModelForm):
         super().save(*args, **kwargs)
         if do_prefill:
             self.first_time_fill()
+            # We cannot trust the author associations ordered in Submission.
+            self.instance.reset_author_associations()
+        
         return self.instance
 
     def first_time_fill(self):