diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.html b/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.html
index c74bdb3ba..0d860844d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.html
@@ -51,17 +51,16 @@ <h3>{{ 'settings.addons.configureAddon.folderName' | translate }}</h3>
         <h3>{{ 'settings.addons.configureAddon.selectFolder' | translate }}</h3>
       </div>
       @if (operationInvocationResult().length) {
-        @for (folder of operationInvocationResult(); track folder.itemId) {
-          @let operationName =
-            folder.mayContainRootCandidates ? OperationNames.LIST_CHILD_ITEMS : OperationNames.GET_ITEM_INFO;
-          @let itemId = folder.itemId || '/';
-          @let isLinkDisabled = !folder.mayContainRootCandidates || folder.itemType !== StorageItemType.Folder;
+        @for (resultItem of operationInvocationResult(); track resultItem.itemId) {
+          @let operationName = getOperationNameForItem(resultItem);
+          @let itemId = resultItem.itemId || '/';
+          @let isLinkDisabled = isItemDisabled(resultItem);
           <div class="folders-table-row relative">
             <div class="flex gap-2 flex-1 max-w-full">
               <div tabindex="0" class="flex align-items-center gap-2 w-11">
-                <i class="{{ folder.itemType === StorageItemType.Folder ? 'fas fa-folder' : 'fas fa-file' }}"></i>
-                @if (isLinkDisabled) {
-                  <span class="folder-link-disabled overflow-ellipsis">{{ folder.itemName }}</span>
+                <i class="{{ isDirectory(resultItem) ? 'fas fa-folder' : 'fas fa-file' }}"></i>
+                @if (isLinkDisabled || !operationName) {
+                  <span class="folder-link-disabled overflow-ellipsis">{{ resultItem.itemName }}</span>
                 } @else {
                   <a
                     tabindex="0"
@@ -70,30 +69,30 @@ <h3>{{ 'settings.addons.configureAddon.selectFolder' | translate }}</h3>
                       handleCreateOperationInvocation(
                         operationName,
                         itemId,
-                        folder.itemName,
-                        folder.mayContainRootCandidates
+                        resultItem.itemName,
+                        resultItem.mayContainRootCandidates
                       )
                     "
                     (click)="
                       handleCreateOperationInvocation(
                         operationName,
                         itemId,
-                        folder.itemName,
-                        folder.mayContainRootCandidates
+                        resultItem.itemName,
+                        resultItem.mayContainRootCandidates
                       )
                     "
                   >
-                    {{ folder.itemName }}</a
+                    {{ resultItem.itemName }}</a
                   >
                 }
               </div>
-              @if (folder.canBeRoot) {
+              @if (resultItem.canBeRoot) {
                 <p-radiobutton
                   class="ml-auto pr-3"
                   [ngModel]="selectedStorageItem()?.itemId"
-                  [value]="folder.itemId"
-                  [inputId]="folder.itemId"
-                  (ngModelChange)="handleFolderSelection(folder)"
+                  [value]="resultItem.itemId"
+                  [inputId]="resultItem.itemId"
+                  (ngModelChange)="handleFolderSelection(resultItem)"
                 ></p-radiobutton>
               }
             </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.ts b/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.ts
index 6d36a4dfb..d153d7f01 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class StorageItemSelectorComponent implements OnInit {
   operationInvocationResult = input.required<StorageItem[]>();
   accountNameControl = input(new FormControl());
   isCreateMode = input(false);
-  currentAddonType = input<string>(AddonType.STORAGE);
+  currentAddonType = input<AddonType>(AddonType.STORAGE);
   supportedResourceTypes = input<string[]>([]);
 
   selectedStorageItemId = model<string>('/');
@@ -259,6 +259,30 @@ export class StorageItemSelectorComponent implements OnInit {
     }
   }
 
+  isItemDisabled(item: StorageItem): boolean {
+    return !item.mayContainRootCandidates || !this.isDirectory(item);
+  }
+
+  isDirectory(item: StorageItem): boolean {
+    return item.itemType === StorageItemType.Folder || item.itemType === StorageItemType.Collection;
+  }
+
+  getOperationNameForItem(item: StorageItem): OperationNames | null {
+    const addonType = this.currentAddonType();
+    if (addonType == AddonType.STORAGE || addonType === AddonType.LINK) {
+      if (item.mayContainRootCandidates) {
+        return OperationNames.LIST_CHILD_ITEMS;
+      } else {
+        return OperationNames.GET_ITEM_INFO;
+      }
+    } else if (addonType == AddonType.CITATION) {
+      if (item.mayContainRootCandidates) {
+        return OperationNames.LIST_COLLECTION_ITEMS;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   private trimBreadcrumbs(itemId: string): void {
     const currentBreadcrumbs = this.breadcrumbItems();
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/enums/storage-item-type.enum.ts b/src/app/shared/enums/storage-item-type.enum.ts
index 91ab6cfcf..7c32fd2a3 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/enums/storage-item-type.enum.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/enums/storage-item-type.enum.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ export enum StorageItemType {
   Folder = 'FOLDER',
   Resource = 'RESOURCE',
   Document = 'DOCUMENT',
+  File = 'FILE',
   Collection = 'COLLECTION',
 }