diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/import/mendeley/mendeleyImport.js b/chrome/content/zotero/import/mendeley/mendeleyImport.js
index 90f93822e1..4c3436c08c 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/import/mendeley/mendeleyImport.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/import/mendeley/mendeleyImport.js
@@ -636,7 +636,12 @@ Zotero_Import_Mendeley.prototype._getDocumentCreatorsAPI = async function (docum
 		const authors = (doc.authors || []).map(c => this._makeCreator('author', c.first_name, c.last_name));
 		const editors = (doc.editors || []).map(c => this._makeCreator('editor', c.first_name, c.last_name));
 		const translators = (doc.translators || []).map(c => this._makeCreator('translator', c.first_name, c.last_name));
-		map.set(doc.id, [...authors, ...editors, ...translators]);
+		const creators = [...authors, ...editors, ...translators];
+		const validCreators = creators.filter(c => c.name || c.firstName || c.lastName);
+		if (creators.length !== validCreators.length) {
+			Zotero.debug(`Discarding ${creators.length - validCreators.length} invalid creators for document ${doc.id}`);
+		}
+		map.set(doc.id, validCreators);
 	}
 	return map;
 };
diff --git a/test/tests/data/mendeleyMock/items-empty-creators.json b/test/tests/data/mendeleyMock/items-empty-creators.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c93c0d99eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/data/mendeleyMock/items-empty-creators.json
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+[
+    {
+        "authored": false,
+        "confirmed": true,
+        "created": "2023-03-07T13:30:46.353Z",
+        "file_attached": false,
+        "hidden": false,
+        "id": "b7b1023f-5072-4608-8fd5-87b045b77887",
+        "client_data": "{\"desktop_id\":\"9c03fca4-ee5b-435e-abdd-fb6d7d11cd02\"}",
+        "last_modified": "2023-03-07T13:30:46.025Z",
+        "private_publication": false,
+        "profile_id": "8dbf0832-8723-4c48-b532-20c0b7f6e01a",
+        "read": false,
+        "source": "something wrong",
+        "identifiers": {
+            "doi": "10.1111",
+            "pmid": "PMID:    11111111",
+            "arxiv": "1111.2222"
+        },
+        "starred": false,
+        "title": "This one has no authors",
+        "type": "journal",
+        "folder_uuids": [
+            "8d2f262d-49b3-4dfc-8968-0bb71bcd92ea"
+        ],
+        "year": 1987
+    },
+    {
+        "authored": false,
+        "confirmed": true,
+        "created": "2023-03-07T13:30:46.353Z",
+        "file_attached": false,
+        "hidden": false,
+        "id": "a15698a9-6214-4fac-81c5-5ac62b2d06b5",
+        "client_data": "{\"desktop_id\":\"fd86e48e-1931-4282-b72d-78c535b0398c\"}",
+        "last_modified": "2023-03-07T13:30:46.025Z",
+        "private_publication": false,
+        "profile_id": "8dbf0832-8723-4c48-b532-20c0b7f6e01a",
+        "read": false,
+        "source": "something wrong",
+        "identifiers":
+        {
+            "doi": "10.1111",
+            "pmid": "PMID:    11111111",
+            "arxiv": "1111.2222"
+        },
+        "starred": false,
+        "title": "This one has empty authors",
+        "authors":
+        [
+            {
+                "first_name": "",
+                "last_name": ""
+            },
+            {
+                "first_name": "",
+                "last_name": ""
+            },
+            {
+
+            }
+        ],
+        "type": "journal",
+        "folder_uuids": [
+            "8d2f262d-49b3-4dfc-8968-0bb71bcd92ea"
+        ],
+        "year": 1987
+    }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/tests/mendeleyImportTest.js b/test/tests/mendeleyImportTest.js
index 8c257cf9af..d160c2dcb4 100644
--- a/test/tests/mendeleyImportTest.js
+++ b/test/tests/mendeleyImportTest.js
@@ -451,7 +451,41 @@ describe('Zotero_Import_Mendeley', function () {
 
 			const noNewItemHere = await Zotero.Relations.getByPredicateAndObject('item', 'mendeleyDB:documentUUID', '86e56a00-5ae5-4fe8-a977-9298a03b16d6');
 			assert.lengthOf(noNewItemHere, 0);
+		});
 
+		it("should handle empty creators", async () => {
+			setHTTPResponse(server, 'https://api.mendeley.com/', {
+				method: 'GET',
+				url: `documents?view=all&limit=500`,
+				status: 200,
+				headers: {},
+				json: JSON.parse(
+					await Zotero.File.getContentsFromURLAsync('resource://zotero-unit-tests/data/mendeleyMock/items-empty-creators.json')
+				)
+			});
+
+			const importer = getImporter();
+			await importer.translate({
+				libraryID: Zotero.Libraries.userLibraryID,
+				collections: null,
+				linkFiles: false,
+			});
+			
+			const journalNoAuthors = (await Zotero.Relations
+				.getByPredicateAndObject('item', 'mendeleyDB:documentUUID', '9c03fca4-ee5b-435e-abdd-fb6d7d11cd02'))
+				.filter(item => item.libraryID == Zotero.Libraries.userLibraryID && !item.deleted)
+				.shift();
+			
+			assert.equal(journalNoAuthors.getField('title'), 'This one has no authors');
+			assert.equal(journalNoAuthors.getCreators().length, 0);
+
+			const journalEmptyAuthors = (await Zotero.Relations
+				.getByPredicateAndObject('item', 'mendeleyDB:documentUUID', 'fd86e48e-1931-4282-b72d-78c535b0398c'))
+				.filter(item => item.libraryID == Zotero.Libraries.userLibraryID && !item.deleted)
+				.shift();
+
+			assert.equal(journalEmptyAuthors.getField('title'), 'This one has empty authors');
+			assert.equal(journalEmptyAuthors.getCreators().length, 0);
 		});
 	});
 });