diff --git a/_layouts/bib.liquid b/_layouts/bib.liquid
index fda7c6a6..815c2b62 100644
--- a/_layouts/bib.liquid
+++ b/_layouts/bib.liquid
@@ -160,44 +160,71 @@
       {% endif %}
     </div>
 
-    <!-- Journal/Book title and date -->
+    <!-- Venue, date, and publication metadata -->
     {% assign proceedings = 'inproceedings,incollection' | split: ',' %}
     {% assign thesis = 'thesis,mastersthesis,phdthesis' | split: ',' %}
-    {% if entry.type == 'article' %}
-      {% capture entrytype %}<em>{{ entry.journal }}</em>{% endcapture %}
-    {% elsif proceedings contains entry.type %}
-      {% capture entrytype %}<em>In {{ entry.booktitle }}</em>{% endcapture %}
-    {% elsif thesis contains entry.type %}
-      {% capture entrytype %}<em>{{ entry.school }}</em>{% endcapture %}
-    {% else %}
-      {% capture entrytype %}{% endcapture %}
-    {% endif %}
-    {% if entry.month %}
-      {% capture entrymonth %}{{ " " }}{{ entry.month | capitalize }}{% endcapture %}
-    {% endif %}
-    {% if entry.year %}
-      {% capture entryyear %}{{ " " }}{{ entry.year }}{% endcapture %}
-    {% endif %}
-    {% if entry.location %}
-      {% capture entrytype %}{{ entrytype }}{{ ", " }}{{ entry.location }}{% endcapture %}
-    {% endif -%}
-    {% if entry.additional_info %}
-      {% capture entrytype %}{{ entrytype }}{{ entry.additional_info | markdownify | remove: '<p>' | remove: '</p>' }}{% endcapture %}
+    {% assign abbr_text = entry.abbr | default: '' | strip %}
+    {% assign location_text = entry.location | default: '' | strip %}
+    {% assign status_text = entry.status | default: '' | strip %}
+    {% assign additional_info_text = entry.additional_info | default: '' | strip %}
+    {% assign note_text = entry.note | default: '' | strip %}
+    {% assign award_text = entry.award | default: '' | strip %}
+    {% assign award_name_downcase = entry.award_name | default: '' | downcase %}
+    {% if award_text != '' and award_name_downcase contains 'oral' %}
+      {% assign status_text = '' %}
     {% endif %}
+    {% assign abbreviated_months = 'jan,feb,mar,apr,aug,sep,sept,oct,nov,dec' | split: ',' %}
+    {% assign month_text = entry.month | default: '' | strip %}
+    {% assign month_downcase = month_text | downcase %}
+    {% capture publication_date -%}
+      {%- if month_text != '' -%}{{ month_text | capitalize }}{%- if abbreviated_months contains month_downcase -%}.{%- endif %} {% endif -%}{{ entry.year }}
+    {%- endcapture %}
+    {% assign publication_date_text = publication_date | strip %}
+    {% capture periodical -%}
+      {%- if abbr_text == '' -%}
+        {%- if entry.type == 'article' and entry.journal != blank -%}<em>{{ entry.journal }}</em>{%- assign has_full_venue = true -%}
+        {%- elsif proceedings contains entry.type and entry.booktitle != blank -%}<em>In {{ entry.booktitle }}</em>{%- assign has_full_venue = true -%}
+        {%- elsif thesis contains entry.type and entry.school != blank -%}<em>{{ entry.school }}</em>{%- assign has_full_venue = true -%}
+        {%- endif -%}
+      {%- endif -%}
+      {%- if has_full_venue and publication_date_text != '' -%}, {% endif -%}{{ publication_date_text }}
+      {%- if location_text != '' -%}{%- if has_full_venue or publication_date_text != '' -%}, {% endif -%}{{ entry.location }}{%- endif -%}
+      {%- if status_text != '' -%}{%- if has_full_venue or publication_date_text != '' or location_text != '' -%}, {% endif -%}{{ entry.status }}{%- endif -%}
+      {%- if additional_info_text != '' -%}
+        {%- assign additional_info_first_character = additional_info_text | slice: 0, 1 -%}
+        {%- unless additional_info_first_character == '.' or additional_info_first_character == '!' or additional_info_first_character == '?' or additional_info_first_character == ',' or additional_info_first_character == ';' or additional_info_first_character == ':' -%}
+          {%- if has_full_venue or publication_date_text != '' or location_text != '' or status_text != '' -%}. {% endif -%}
+        {%- endunless -%}
+        {{- entry.additional_info | markdownify | remove: '<p>' | remove: '</p>' -}}
+      {%- endif -%}
+    {%- endcapture %}
+    {% assign periodical_text = periodical | strip_html | strip %}
+    {% assign periodical_last_character = periodical_text | slice: -1, 1 %}
+    {% assign note_last_character = note_text | slice: -1, 1 %}
+
     {% capture hook_exists %}{% file_exists _includes/hook/bib.liquid %}{% endcapture %}
     {% if hook_exists == 'true' %}
       {% include hook/bib.liquid %}
     {% endif %}
-    {% assign entrytype_text = entrytype | strip_html | strip %}
-    {% capture periodical %}{{ entrytype }}{% if entrytype_text != "" and entryyear != "" %}, {% endif %}{{ entrymonth }}{{ entryyear }}{% endcapture %}
+
     <div class="publication-meta">
-      {% if entry.abbr %}
+      {% if abbr_text != '' %}
         <abbr class="publication-venue">{{ entry.abbr }}</abbr>
       {% endif %}
-      <span class="periodical">{{ periodical | strip }}</span>
+      <span class="periodical">
+        {{- periodical | strip -}}
+        {%- unless periodical_text == ''
+          or periodical_last_character == '.'
+          or periodical_last_character == '!'
+          or periodical_last_character == '?'
+        -%}
+          .
+        {%- endunless -%}
+      </span>
     </div>
     <div class="periodical">
-      {{ entry.note | strip }}
+      {{ entry.note | strip -}}
+      {%- unless note_text == '' or note_last_character == '.' or note_last_character == '!' or note_last_character == '?' %}.{% endunless %}
     </div>
 
     <!-- Links/Buttons -->
diff --git a/test/publication_metadata_test.rb b/test/publication_metadata_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da972e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/publication_metadata_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'digest'
+require 'minitest/autorun'
+require 'liquid'
+
+class FileExistsTag < Liquid::Tag
+  def render(_context)
+    'false'
+  end
+end
+Liquid::Template.register_tag('file_exists', FileExistsTag)
+
+class PublicationMetadataTest < Minitest::Test
+  TEMPLATE_PATH = File.expand_path('../_layouts/bib.liquid', __dir__)
+  TEMPLATE_SOURCE = File.read(TEMPLATE_PATH)
+  METADATA_SOURCE = TEMPLATE_SOURCE[/    <!-- Venue, date, and publication metadata -->.*?(?=    <!-- Links\/Buttons -->)/m]
+  BUTTON_SOURCE = TEMPLATE_SOURCE[/    <!-- Links\/Buttons -->.*?(?=    \{% if site\.enable_publication_badges %\})/m]
+  MASTER_BUTTON_SHA256 = 'e066afb79731deff79de68a946081564c007cdccde8642749a8f2915909d6edd'
+
+  def render_metadata(entry)
+    Liquid::Template.parse(METADATA_SOURCE, error_mode: :strict).render!('entry' => entry)
+  end
+
+  def visible_text(entry)
+    render_metadata(entry).gsub(/<[^>]*>/, ' ').gsub(/\s+/, ' ').strip
+  end
+
+  def test_nonblank_abbr_unconditionally_suppresses_full_venue
+    article = visible_text('type' => 'article', 'abbr' => 'OOPSLA', 'journal' => 'Proc. ACM Program. Lang.', 'year' => '2025')
+    proceedings = visible_text('type' => 'inproceedings', 'abbr' => 'WWW', 'booktitle' => 'ACM Web Conference', 'year' => '2024')
+
+    assert_equal 'OOPSLA 2025.', article
+    assert_equal 'WWW 2024.', proceedings
+  end
+
+  def test_year_ended_line_has_one_terminal_period_and_preserves_month_style
+    assert_equal 'OOPSLA Oct. 2025.', visible_text('type' => 'article', 'abbr' => 'OOPSLA', 'month' => 'oct', 'year' => '2025')
+    assert_equal 'Test July 2025.', visible_text('type' => 'misc', 'abbr' => 'Test', 'month' => 'July', 'year' => '2025')
+  end
+
+  def test_non_year_metadata_lines_also_end_with_one_period
+    location = visible_text('type' => 'inproceedings', 'abbr' => 'WWW', 'year' => '2024', 'location' => 'Singapore')
+    additional_info = visible_text(
+      'type' => 'article', 'abbr' => 'OOPSLA', 'month' => 'oct', 'year' => '2025',
+      'additional_info' => ' [Site](https://example.com), the ArXiv version'
+    )
+    note = visible_text('type' => 'misc', 'abbr' => 'ArXiv', 'year' => '2025', 'note' => 'Useful note')
+
+    assert_equal 'WWW 2024, Singapore.', location
+    assert_equal 'OOPSLA Oct. 2025. [Site](https://example.com), the ArXiv version.', additional_info
+    assert_equal 'ArXiv 2025. Useful note.', note
+  end
+
+  def test_prepunctuated_metadata_is_not_double_punctuated
+    { '.' => 'Final.', '!' => 'Final!', '?' => 'Final?' }.each do |punctuation, info|
+      text = visible_text('type' => 'misc', 'abbr' => 'Test', 'year' => '2025', 'additional_info' => ". #{info}")
+
+      assert text.end_with?(punctuation), text
+      refute_match(/[.!?]{2}\z/, text)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_oral_rule_and_nonvenue_metadata_are_preserved
+    text = visible_text(
+      'type' => 'inproceedings', 'abbr' => 'ICLR', 'year' => '2026',
+      'award' => "ICLR'26 oral paper.", 'award_name' => 'ORAL',
+      'status' => 'Selected for oral presentation', 'additional_info' => '. Oral paper (literal).'
+    )
+
+    refute_includes text, 'Selected for oral presentation'
+    assert_includes text, 'Oral paper (literal).'
+  end
+
+  def test_publication_buttons_are_byte_for_byte_unchanged_from_master
+    assert_equal MASTER_BUTTON_SHA256, Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(BUTTON_SOURCE)
+    %w[Abs arXiv Bib PAPER PDF Supp Video Blog Code Poster Slides Website].each { |label| assert_includes BUTTON_SOURCE, ">#{label}<" }
+    assert_includes BUTTON_SOURCE, '{%- if entry.award_name %}{{ entry.award_name }}{% else %}Awarded{% endif -%}'
+  end
+end