diff --git a/commentaries/factories.py b/commentaries/factories.py
index f0bae1a0912e9a18ceb0c6f079918c595534948b..8e7addfd723b9032f998f50b57cba85fc3047037 100644
--- a/commentaries/factories.py
+++ b/commentaries/factories.py
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ class EmptyCommentaryFactory(CommentaryFactory):
     pub_DOI = None
     arxiv_identifier = None
 
+
 class VettedCommentaryFactory(CommentaryFactory):
     vetted = True
diff --git a/commentaries/test_forms.py b/commentaries/test_forms.py
index 694ce19ec56c93503b879a51038f068b06947f7c..30def7b93c534f337dc37faf3bc86e60e28e5dc0 100644
--- a/commentaries/test_forms.py
+++ b/commentaries/test_forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import factory
-
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from scipost.factories import UserFactory
@@ -31,12 +29,31 @@ class TestRequestCommentaryForm(TestCase):
         form = RequestCommentaryForm(form_data, user=self.user)
         self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
 
-    # def test_form_has_no_identifiers(self):
-    #     """Test invalid form has no DOI nor Arxiv ID"""
-    #     form_data = self.valid_form_data
-    #     form_data['pub_DOI'] = ''
-    #     form_data['arxiv_identifier'] = ''
-    #     form = RequestCommentaryForm(form_data, user=self.user)
-    #     form_response = form.is_valid()
-    #     print(form_response)
-    #     self.assertFormError(form_response, form, 'arxiv_identifier', None)
+    def test_form_has_no_identifiers(self):
+        """Test invalid form has no DOI nor Arxiv ID"""
+        form_data = self.valid_form_data
+        form_data['pub_DOI'] = ''
+        form_data['arxiv_identifier'] = ''
+        form = RequestCommentaryForm(form_data, user=self.user)
+        self.assertFalse(form.is_valid())
+        self.assertTrue('arxiv_identifier' in form.errors)
+        self.assertTrue('pub_DOI' in form.errors)
+
+    def test_form_with_duplicate_identifiers(self):
+        """Test form response with already existing identifiers"""
+        # Create a factory instance containing Arxiv ID and DOI
+        VettedCommentaryFactory.create()
+
+        # Test duplicate DOI entry
+        form_data = self.valid_form_data
+        form_data['arxiv_identifier'] = ''
+        form = RequestCommentaryForm(form_data, user=self.user)
+        self.assertTrue('pub_DOI' in form.errors)
+        self.assertFalse(form.is_valid())
+
+        # Test duplicate Arxiv entry
+        form_data = self.valid_form_data
+        form_data['pub_DOI'] = ''
+        form = RequestCommentaryForm(form_data, user=self.user)
+        self.assertTrue('arxiv_identifier' in form.errors)
+        self.assertFalse(form.is_valid())
diff --git a/commentaries/test_views.py b/commentaries/test_views.py
index e6cc591f82f92345fe466d9dad9a23fe0d24063f..682a28b4b229b6ac21ae42325e0619f65f303f57 100644
--- a/commentaries/test_views.py
+++ b/commentaries/test_views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.test import TestCase
 
+
 class RequestCommentaryTest(TestCase):
     """Test cases for `request_commentary` view method"""
     fixtures = ['permissions', 'groups', 'contributors']