diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/Clipboard/index.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/Clipboard/index.vue
index 13659c5c7d..8ddcdc0a53 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/Clipboard/index.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/Clipboard/index.vue
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
     computed: {
       ...mapGetters(['clipboardRootId']),
       ...mapState('clipboard', ['initializing', 'clipboardNodesMap']),
+      ...mapState('contentNode', ['contentNodesMap']),
       ...mapGetters('clipboard', [
         'channels',
         'selectedNodeIds',
@@ -248,14 +249,22 @@
       topicAndResourceCount() {
         let topicCount = 0;
         let resourceCount = 0;
+        const contentNodesValues = Object.values(this.contentNodesMap);
         this.selectedNodeIds.forEach(id => {
-          const kind = this.clipboardNodesMap[id]?.kind;
-          if (kind === 'topic' || !kind) {
-            // Increment topicCount if kind is "topic" or not set
+          const node = this.clipboardNodesMap[id];
+          let kind = node.kind;
+          // Check contentNodesMap for node kind if missing in clipboardNodesMap
+          if (!kind && node.source_node_id) {
+            const contentNode = contentNodesValues.find(n => n.node_id === node.source_node_id);
+            kind = contentNode.kind;
+          }
+
+          if (kind === 'topic') {
             topicCount++;
-          } else {
-            // Increment resourceCount for any other kind
+          } else if (kind) {
             resourceCount++;
+          } else {
+            console.error('`kind` missing from content.');
           }
         });
         return { topicCount: topicCount, resourceCount: resourceCount };