diff --git a/classes/controllers/grid/issues/IssueGridHandler.php b/classes/controllers/grid/issues/IssueGridHandler.php
index fc08422dd29..395b4a13b3d 100644
--- a/classes/controllers/grid/issues/IssueGridHandler.php
+++ b/classes/controllers/grid/issues/IssueGridHandler.php
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 use PKP\file\TemporaryFileManager;
 use PKP\mail\Mailer;
 use PKP\notification\NotificationSubscriptionSettingsDAO;
+use PKP\observers\events\MetadataChanged;
 use PKP\plugins\Hook;
 use PKP\plugins\PluginRegistry;
 use PKP\security\authorization\ContextAccessPolicy;
@@ -603,6 +604,9 @@ public function publishIssue($args, $request)
                 foreach ($publications as $publication) { /** @var Publication $publication */
                     if ($publication->getData('status') === Submission::STATUS_SCHEDULED && $publication->getData('issueId') === (int) $issue->getId()) {
                         Repo::publication()->publish($publication);
+
+                        // dispatch the MetadataChanged event after publishing
+                        event(new MetadataChanged($submission));
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/templates/authorDashboard/authorDashboard.tpl b/templates/authorDashboard/authorDashboard.tpl
index 331fe8d8006..b0a3344d02a 100644
--- a/templates/authorDashboard/authorDashboard.tpl
+++ b/templates/authorDashboard/authorDashboard.tpl
@@ -110,12 +110,7 @@
 								</dropdown>
 							</span>
 					</pkp-header>
-					<div
-						v-if="workingPublication.status === getConstant('STATUS_PUBLISHED')"
-						class="pkpPublication__versionPublished"
-					>
-						{translate key="publication.editDisabled"}
-					</div>
+
 					<tabs :is-side-tabs="true" :track-history="true" class="pkpPublication__tabs" :label="currentPublicationTabsLabel">
 						<tab id="titleAbstract" label="{translate key="publication.titleAbstract"}">
 							<pkp-form v-bind="components.{PKP\components\forms\publication\TitleAbstractForm::FORM_TITLE_ABSTRACT}" @set="set" />
diff --git a/templates/workflow/workflow.tpl b/templates/workflow/workflow.tpl
index 80bfe14b97e..8df614b21b1 100644
--- a/templates/workflow/workflow.tpl
+++ b/templates/workflow/workflow.tpl
@@ -170,12 +170,6 @@
 							</template>
 						{/if}
 					</pkp-header>
-					<div
-						v-if="workingPublication.status === getConstant('STATUS_PUBLISHED')"
-						class="pkpPublication__versionPublished"
-					>
-						{translate key="publication.editDisabled"}
-					</div>
 					<tabs class="pkpPublication__tabs" :is-side-tabs="true" :track-history="true" :label="currentPublicationTabsLabel">
 						<tab id="titleAbstract" label="{translate key="publication.titleAbstract"}">
 							<pkp-form v-bind="components.{PKP\components\forms\publication\TitleAbstractForm::FORM_TITLE_ABSTRACT}" @set="set" />