diff --git a/app/views/protocols/import_export/_import_json_protocol_preview_modal.html.erb b/app/views/protocols/import_export/_import_json_protocol_preview_modal.html.erb
index 66a2d923c..01a8c90d2 100644
--- a/app/views/protocols/import_export/_import_json_protocol_preview_modal.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/protocols/import_export/_import_json_protocol_preview_modal.html.erb
@@ -79,26 +79,26 @@
           data-role="preview-container">
           <hr>
 
-          <% if @json_object["before_start"]&&@json_object["before_start"]!="" %>
+          <% if @json_object["before_start"].present? %>
 
           <strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.b_s_p") %></strong><br>
           <%= (@json_object["before_start"]) %><br>
 
           <% end %>
-          <% if @json_object["warning"]&&@json_object["warning"]!="" %>
+          <% if @json_object["warning"].present? %>
 
           <strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.warn") %></strong><br>
           <%= (@json_object["warning"]) %><br>
 
           <% end %>
-          <% if @json_object["guidelines"]&&@json_object["guidelines"]!="" %>
+          <% if @json_object["guidelines"].present? %>
 
           <strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.guideln") %></strong><br>
           <%= (@json_object["guidelines"]) %><br>
 
           <% end %>
 
-          <% if @json_object["link"]&&@json_object["link"]!="" %>
+          <% if @json_object["link"].present? %>
 
           <br><strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.p_link") %></strong><br>
           <%= (@json_object["link"]) %>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
                   <% end %>
 
                   <%  if(key1["component_type_id"]=="6") %>
-                  <% if(!key1["data"].nil? && key1["data"]!="") %>
+                  <% if(key1["data"].present?) %>
                   <% title ||=key1["data"] %>
                   <% end %>
                   <% end %>
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
                     <% key=value %>
                     <% end %>
 
-                    <% if whitelist_simple.include?(key["component_type_id"]) && key["data"]!="" &&
-                    key["data"] %>
+                    <% if whitelist_simple.include?(key["component_type_id"]) &&
+                    key["data"].present? %>
                     <br>
                     <% case key["component_type_id"]
                      when "1" %>
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
                     <br><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.auth") %>
                     <%= (key["source_data"]["full_name"]) %>
                     <br>
-                    <% if key["source_data"]["link"]&&key["source_data"]["link"]!="" %>
+                    <% if key["source_data"]["link"].present? %>
                     <%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.s_nobr_link") %>
                     <%= (key["source_data"]["link"]) %>
                     <% end %>
@@ -258,37 +258,37 @@
             <% end  #step loop%>
 
             <% if
-            @json_object["manuscript_citation"]&&@json_object["manuscript_citation"]!="" %>
+            @json_object["manuscript_citation"].present? %>
 
             <br><strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.manu_cit") %></strong><br>
             <%= (@json_object["manuscript_citation"]) %>
 
             <% end %>
-            <% if @json_object["publish_date"]&&@json_object["publish_date"]!="" %>
+            <% if @json_object["publish_date"].present? %>
 
             <br><strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.pbl_date") %></strong><br>
             <%= (@json_object["publish_date"]) %>
 
             <% end %>
-            <% if @json_object["vendor_name"]&&@json_object["vendor_name"]!="" %>
+            <% if @json_object["vendor_name"].present? %>
 
             <br><strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.vnd_name") %></strong><br>
             <%= (@json_object["vendor_name"]) %>
 
             <% end %>
-            <% if @json_object["vendor_link"]&&@json_object["vendor_link"]!="" %>
+            <% if @json_object["vendor_link"].present? %>
 
             <br><strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.vnd_link") %></strong><br>
             <%= (@json_object["vendor_link"]) %>
 
             <% end %>
-            <% if @json_object["keywords"]&&@json_object["keywords"]!="" %>
+            <% if @json_object["keywords"].present? %>
 
             <br><strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.key_wrd") %></strong><br>
             <%= (@json_object["keywords"]) %>
 
             <% end %>
-            <% if @json_object["tags"]&&@json_object["tags"]!="" %>
+            <% if @json_object["tags"].present? %>
 
             <br><strong><%= t("protocols.protocols_io_import.preview.tags") %></strong><br>
             <%  @json_object["tags"].each do |tag| %>