diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b6e9aa67f6..cd32fdd16bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 
 - We added the option to copy the DOI of an entry directly from the context menu copy submenu. [#7826](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7826)
 - We added a fulltext search feature. [#2838](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/2838)
+- We added unprotect_terms to the list of bracketed pattern modifiers [#7826](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/7960)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/formatter/Formatters.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/formatter/Formatters.java
index a97c3a85235..0eddde42194 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/formatter/Formatters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/formatter/Formatters.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.jabref.logic.formatter.casechanger.LowerCaseFormatter;
 import org.jabref.logic.formatter.casechanger.SentenceCaseFormatter;
 import org.jabref.logic.formatter.casechanger.TitleCaseFormatter;
+import org.jabref.logic.formatter.casechanger.UnprotectTermsFormatter;
 import org.jabref.logic.formatter.casechanger.UpperCaseFormatter;
 import org.jabref.logic.formatter.minifier.MinifyNameListFormatter;
 import org.jabref.logic.formatter.minifier.TruncateFormatter;
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ public static List<Formatter> getOthers() {
                 new UnitsToLatexFormatter(),
                 new EscapeUnderscoresFormatter(),
                 new EscapeAmpersandsFormatter(),
-                new ShortenDOIFormatter()
+                new ShortenDOIFormatter(),
+                new UnprotectTermsFormatter()
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/citationkeypattern/BracketedPatternTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/citationkeypattern/BracketedPatternTest.java
index de02294c736..5d84f2c45a1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/citationkeypattern/BracketedPatternTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/citationkeypattern/BracketedPatternTest.java
@@ -386,6 +386,13 @@ void expandBracketsWithTestCasesFromRegExpBasedFileFinder() {
                 BracketedPattern.expandBrackets("[author] have published [title] in [journal].", ',', entry, database));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void expandBracketsWithoutProtectiveBracesUsingUnprotectTermsModifier() {
+        BibEntry bibEntry = new BibEntry()
+                .withField(StandardField.JOURNAL, "{ACS} Medicinal Chemistry Letters");
+        assertEquals("ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters", BracketedPattern.expandBrackets("[JOURNAL:unprotect_terms]", null, bibEntry, null));
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("provideArgumentsForFallback")
     void expandBracketsWithFallback(String expandResult, String pattern) {