Hi @shellldon,
Thank you for coming back to me and for the extra detail.
I believe that using the “group_by” filter will allow you to achieve this as it allows you to group items that have the same variable value such as the journal description text.
Take a look at this use case post and developer guide for how to implement it in your code and let me know if you need any further assistance > group_by implementation / Collection guide
Many thanks
Tom