diff --git a/src/components/repos/RepoCreate.jsx b/src/components/repos/RepoCreate.jsx
index 29d8eb440..030555097 100644
--- a/src/components/repos/RepoCreate.jsx
+++ b/src/components/repos/RepoCreate.jsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import RepoCreateLanguages from './RepoCreateLanguages'
 import RepoCreateAdditionalMetadata from './RepoCreateAdditionalMetadata'
 import RepoCreatePublisher from './RepoCreatePublisher'
 import RepoCreateHierarchy from './RepoCreateHierarchy'
+import RepoCreateDisplay from './RepoCreateDisplay'
 import RepoCreateIDAutoAssignment from './RepoCreateIDAutoAssignment'
 import { parseRepoURL } from './utils'
 
@@ -544,6 +545,9 @@ const RepoCreate = () => {
                   <RepoCreateHierarchy sourceURL={isEdit ? repo?.url : ''} onChange={onChange} hierarchyRootURL={model.hierarchyRootURL} hierarchyMeaning={model.hierarchyMeaning} />
                 </FormSection>
             }
+            <FormSection sx={{marginTop: '16px'}}>
+              <RepoCreateDisplay isSource={Boolean(selectedTab.hierarchy)} meta={model.meta} hierarchyRootURL={model.hierarchyRootURL} onChange={onChange} />
+            </FormSection>
             {
               selectedTab.autoAssignIDs &&
                 <FormSection sx={{marginTop: '16px'}}>
diff --git a/src/components/repos/RepoCreateDisplay.jsx b/src/components/repos/RepoCreateDisplay.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f2559b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/repos/RepoCreateDisplay.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography'
+import Select from '@mui/material/Select'
+import MenuItem from '@mui/material/MenuItem'
+import InputLabel from '@mui/material/InputLabel'
+import FormControl from '@mui/material/FormControl'
+import FormHelperText from '@mui/material/FormHelperText'
+import ListItemText from '@mui/material/ListItemText'
+import { isBlankJSONString, jsonToString, stringToJSON } from '../common/JSONTextField'
+
+const RepoCreateDisplay = ({ isSource, meta, hierarchyRootURL, onChange }) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation()
+  const parsed = isBlankJSONString(meta) ? {} : stringToJSON(meta)
+  const usable = Boolean(parsed && typeof parsed === 'object' && !Array.isArray(parsed))
+  const options = isSource ? ['table', 'card', 'hierarchy'] : ['table', 'card']
+  const savedView = parsed?.display?.default_view
+  const value = options.includes(savedView) ? savedView : 'table'
+  const defaultFilters = Object.entries(parsed?.display?.default_filter || {})
+  const helperText = !usable ? 'repo.default_view_invalid_meta' :
+    value === 'hierarchy' && !hierarchyRootURL ? 'repo.default_view_needs_root' : 'repo.default_view_help'
+  const onSelect = event => onChange('meta', jsonToString({...parsed, display: {...(parsed.display || {}), default_view: event.target.value}}))
+
+  return (
+    <div className='col-xs-12 padding-0'>
+      <Typography sx={{fontSize: '16px', fontWeight: 'bold'}}>
+        {t('repo.display')}
+      </Typography>
+      <Typography sx={{fontSize: '14px', color: 'secondary.40', marginTop: '8px'}}>
+        {t('repo.display_description')}
+      </Typography>
+      <div className='col-xs-12 padding-0' style={{marginTop: '24px'}}>
+        <FormControl variant='outlined' fullWidth disabled={!usable}>
+          <InputLabel id='default-view-label'>{t('repo.default_view')}</InputLabel>
+          <Select labelId='default-view-label' label={t('repo.default_view')} value={value} onChange={onSelect}>
+            {
+              options.map(option => (
+                <MenuItem key={option} value={option} disabled={option === 'hierarchy' && !hierarchyRootURL}>
+                  <ListItemText
+                    primary={t(`search.${option}`)}
+                    secondary={<span style={{fontSize: '12px', whiteSpace: 'normal', display: 'block'}}>{t(`repo.default_view_${option}_description`)}</span>}
+                  />
+                </MenuItem>
+              ))
+            }
+          </Select>
+          <FormHelperText>{t(helperText)}</FormHelperText>
+        </FormControl>
+      </div>
+      {
+        isSource &&
+          <div className='col-xs-12 padding-0' style={{marginTop: '24px'}}>
+            <Typography sx={{fontSize: '14px', fontWeight: 'bold', color: 'secondary.40'}}>
+              {t('repo.default_filters')}
+            </Typography>
+            {
+              defaultFilters.length ? defaultFilters.map(([key, value]) => (
+                <Typography key={key} sx={{fontSize: '14px'}}>
+                  {key.replace(/^properties__/, '')}{String(value).startsWith('!') ? ` ≠ ${String(value).slice(1)}` : `: ${value}`}
+                </Typography>
+              )) : (
+                <Typography sx={{fontSize: '14px', color: 'secondary.40'}}>
+                  {t('repo.default_filters_none')}
+                </Typography>
+              )
+            }
+            <Typography sx={{fontSize: '14px', color: 'secondary.40', marginTop: '8px'}}>
+              {t('repo.default_filters_help')}
+            </Typography>
+          </div>
+      }
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default RepoCreateDisplay
diff --git a/src/components/repos/RepoHome.jsx b/src/components/repos/RepoHome.jsx
index 0c3502142..17f305bd2 100644
--- a/src/components/repos/RepoHome.jsx
+++ b/src/components/repos/RepoHome.jsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const RepoHome = () => {
   const [tabs, setTabs] = React.useState(getRepoTabs)
 
   const [status, setStatus] = React.useState(false)
-  const [repo, setRepo] = React.useState(false)
+  const [{repo, repoRoute}, setRepoState] = React.useState({repo: false, repoRoute: null})
   const [owner, setOwner] = React.useState(false)
   const [repoSummary, setRepoSummary] = React.useState(false)
   const [versions, setVersions] = React.useState(false)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ const RepoHome = () => {
 
     setStatus(newStatus)
     setLoading(false)
-    setRepo(_repo)
+    setRepoState({repo: _repo, repoRoute: route})
     if(!isCollection)
       setContextRepo(_repo)
     if(!sameRepoAsBefore)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ const RepoHome = () => {
       return
     let meta = {...repo?.meta, display: {...repo?.meta?.display, default_filter: appliedFilters}}
     APIService.new().overrideURL(repo.version_url || repo.url).patch({meta: meta}).then(() => {
-      setRepo({...repo, meta: meta})
+      setRepoState(prev => prev.repo?.version_url === repo.version_url ? {...prev, repo: {...prev.repo, meta: meta}} : prev)
       setAlert({severity: 'success', message: t('common.success_update')})
     })
   }
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ const RepoHome = () => {
   const onVersionEditClick = () => isVersion && setVersionForm({edit: true, version: repo, expansions: []})
   const onReleaseVersionClick = () => isVersion && setReleaseTarget(repo)
   // References are collection-only, so never query them on a source.
-  const _canRenderSearch = repo?.id && ['concepts', 'mappings', 'references'].includes(tab) && (tab !== 'references' || isCollection) && canRenderSearch
+  // Search reads the repo's saved defaults when it mounts, so wait for the version the route asks for
+  const _canRenderSearch = repo?.id && ['concepts', 'mappings', 'references'].includes(tab) && (tab !== 'references' || isCollection) && canRenderSearch && isRepoForRoute && isSameRepoScope(repoRoute, route)
   const showProcessingBanner = _canRenderSearch && isVersionProcessing(currentRepo)
   const heightTakenInProcessingBanner = showProcessingBanner ? 43 : 0
   return (
diff --git a/src/components/search/Search.jsx b/src/components/search/Search.jsx
index 0648360ef..0f83bcad3 100644
--- a/src/components/search/Search.jsx
+++ b/src/components/search/Search.jsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import UserIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Person';
 import DeleteForeverIcon from '@mui/icons-material/DeleteForever';
 import TransformIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Transform';
 import DownIcon from '@mui/icons-material/KeyboardArrowDown';
-import { forEach, keys, pickBy, isEmpty, find, uniq, has, orderBy as sortBy, uniqBy, omit, max, isEqual, isBoolean } from 'lodash';
+import { forEach, keys, pick, pickBy, isEmpty, find, uniq, has, orderBy as sortBy, uniqBy, omit, max, isEqual, isBoolean } from 'lodash';
 import { COLORS } from '../../common/colors';
 import { dropVersion, highlightTexts, isLoggedIn, getCurrentUserUsername } from '../../common/utils';
 import usePins, { PIN_RESOURCES, MAX_PINS_ALLOWED } from '../../hooks/usePins';
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ import { getQuotaError } from '../common/quotaErrors'
 const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 25;
 const FILTERS_WIDTH = 250
 const FILTERABLE_RESOURCES = ['concepts', 'mappings', 'repos', 'sources', 'collections', 'references']
+const HIERARCHY_QUERY_PARAMS = ['q', 'page', 'limit', 'includeSearchMeta', 'onlyHierarchyRoot']
+
+// Facet filters force the API onto the search-index path, which ignores onlyHierarchyRoot.
+const toRequestParams = params => params.onlyHierarchyRoot ? pick(params, HIERARCHY_QUERY_PARAMS) : params
 
 const getBaseCollectionUrl = url => {
   const match = (url || '').match(/^(.*\/collections\/[^/]+\/)(?:[^/]+\/)?(?:concepts|mappings|references)\/?$/)
@@ -71,6 +75,19 @@ const Search = props => {
   const [page, setPage] = React.useState(0);
   const [pageSize, setPageSize] = React.useState(DEFAULT_LIMIT);
   const [resource, setResource] = React.useState(false)
+  const isHierarchySupported = Boolean(props.nested && props.repo?.hierarchy_root_url && (resource || props.resource) === 'concepts')
+  const getDefaultDisplay = () => {
+    if(!props.nested || !props.repo || (resource || props.resource) !== 'concepts')
+      return undefined
+    const savedDisplay = props.repo.meta?.display?.default_view
+    const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)
+    if(savedDisplay === 'hierarchy' && isHierarchySupported && !queryParams.has('filters') && !queryParams.get('q'))
+      return 'hierarchy'
+    if(savedDisplay === 'card' && !props.noCardDisplay)
+      return 'card'
+    return 'table'
+  }
+  const [defaultDisplay] = React.useState(getDefaultDisplay)
   const [result, setResult] = React.useState({})
   const [filters, setFilters] = React.useState({})
   const [selected, setSelected] = React.useState([])
@@ -85,11 +102,12 @@ const Search = props => {
   const [transformingReferences, setTransformingReferences] = React.useState(false)
   const [bulkRemoveOpen, setBulkRemoveOpen] = React.useState(false)
   const [bulkRemoving, setBulkRemoving] = React.useState(false)
-  const [hierarchy, setHierarchy] = React.useState(false)
+  const [hierarchy, setHierarchy] = React.useState(defaultDisplay === 'hierarchy')
 
   const didMount = React.useRef(false);
+  const pendingRepoDefaultFilters = React.useRef(false)
   const isFilterable = _resource => FILTERABLE_RESOURCES.includes(_resource)
-  const isHierarchySupported = Boolean(props.nested && props.repo?.hierarchy_root_url && (resource || props.resource) === 'concepts')
+  const isHierarchyView = isHierarchySupported && hierarchy
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if(!props.url)
@@ -118,7 +136,13 @@ const Search = props => {
       if(newHierarchy !== hierarchy) {
         setHierarchy(newHierarchy)
         setPage(1)
-        fetchResults(getQueryParams(input, 1, pageSize, filters, orderBy, order, newHierarchy), true)
+        const applyRepoDefaultFilters = !newHierarchy && pendingRepoDefaultFilters.current && !getFiltersFromQueryParams()
+        if(!newHierarchy)
+          pendingRepoDefaultFilters.current = false
+        if(applyRepoDefaultFilters)
+          history.replace(getCurrentLayoutURL(getQueryParams(input, 1, pageSize, getAppliedFacetFromQueryParam(props.repoDefaultFilters), orderBy, order, false)))
+        else
+          fetchResults(getQueryParams(input, 1, pageSize, filters, orderBy, order, newHierarchy), true)
       }
     }
     input && setTimeout(highlight, 100)
@@ -134,7 +158,7 @@ const Search = props => {
       _resource = 'orgs'
     let url = '/search/?'
     if(q)
-      url += `&q=${q || ''}`
+      url += `&q=${encodeURIComponent(q || '')}`
     if(_resource !== 'concepts')
       url += `&type=${_resource}`
     if(limit !== DEFAULT_LIMIT)
@@ -216,7 +240,10 @@ const Search = props => {
       _fetch = true
       _fetchFacets = true
     }
-    if(includeRepoDefaultFilters && !_filters && !isEmpty(props.repoDefaultFilters)) {
+    // The saved defaults are list filters: opening in Hierarchy leaves them for the first switch to Table or Card.
+    if(includeRepoDefaultFilters && !_filters && !isEmpty(props.repoDefaultFilters) && isHierarchyView)
+      pendingRepoDefaultFilters.current = true
+    else if(includeRepoDefaultFilters && !_filters && !isEmpty(props.repoDefaultFilters)) {
       _filters = getAppliedFacetFromQueryParam(props.repoDefaultFilters)
       // Write the defaults into the URL so it stays the single source of truth --
       // otherwise the next location.search-driven sync sees no `filters` param and
@@ -326,7 +353,7 @@ const Search = props => {
 
   const isSearchIndexQuery = () => {
     const params = omit(
-      getQueryParams(input, page, pageSize, filters, orderBy, order),
+      toRequestParams(getQueryParams(input, page, pageSize, filters, orderBy, order)),
       ['page', 'limit', 'includeSearchMeta', 'onlyHierarchyRoot']
     )
     return Object.values(params).some(Boolean)
@@ -357,6 +384,7 @@ const Search = props => {
   }
 
   const fetchResults = (params, facets=true, _resource=undefined) => {
+    params = toRequestParams(params)
     let __resource = _resource || resource
     if(!__resource)
       return
@@ -393,7 +421,7 @@ const Search = props => {
         return {...result, [__resource]: resourceResult}
       })
       setLoading(false)
-      if(facets && isFilterable(__resource) && __resource !== 'references')
+      if(facets && !params.onlyHierarchyRoot && isFilterable(__resource) && __resource !== 'references')
         fetchFacets(params, resourceResult, __resource)
     })
   }
@@ -512,7 +540,7 @@ const Search = props => {
   }
 
   const noResults = !loading && input && !(result[resource]?.results || []).length
-  const showFilters = openFilters && !noResults && isFilterable(resource)
+  const showFilters = openFilters && !noResults && isFilterable(resource) && !isHierarchyView
 
   const getSearchResultsWidth = () => {
     let toSubtract = 0;
@@ -756,6 +784,7 @@ const Search = props => {
             <div className='col-xs-9 split' style={{width: getSearchResultsWidth(), paddingRight: 0, paddingLeft: 0, float: 'right', height: '100%'}}>
               <div className='col-xs-12 padding-0' style={{height: '100%'}}>
                 <SearchResults
+                  display={defaultDisplay}
                   loading={loading}
                   noCardDisplay={props.noCardDisplay}
                   order={order}
@@ -764,7 +793,7 @@ const Search = props => {
                   nested={props.nested}
                   openFilters={showFilters}
                   appliedFilters={filters}
-                  isFilterable={isFilterable(resource)}
+                  isFilterable={isFilterable(resource) && !isHierarchyView}
                   noResults={noResults}
                   searchedText={input}
                   bgColor={searchBgColor}
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en/translations.json b/src/i18n/locales/en/translations.json
index e19eed625..ca52c13b0 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en/translations.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en/translations.json
@@ -515,6 +515,18 @@
     "smart": "Smart Checksum"
   },
   "repo": {
+    "display": "Display",
+    "display_description": "How the Concepts tab opens for visitors",
+    "default_view": "Default view",
+    "default_view_table_description": "Rows with sortable columns",
+    "default_view_card_description": "One card per concept",
+    "default_view_hierarchy_description": "Tree from the hierarchy root",
+    "default_view_help": "Visitors can still switch views",
+    "default_view_needs_root": "Set a hierarchy root to open in Hierarchy. Until then, visitors see Table.",
+    "default_view_invalid_meta": "Fix the JSON in the Meta field to change this",
+    "default_filters": "Default filters (Table and Card)",
+    "default_filters_none": "None",
+    "default_filters_help": "Set these with \"Save as Default Filters\" in the filter panel on the Concepts tab. The Hierarchy view always shows the full tree.",
     "repos": "Repositories",
     "repo": "Repository",
     "new_repo": "New Repository",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/es/translations.json b/src/i18n/locales/es/translations.json
index 2325c081a..1c0566faf 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/es/translations.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/es/translations.json
@@ -356,6 +356,18 @@
     "unresolved": "No resuelta"
   },
   "repo": {
+    "display": "Visualización",
+    "display_description": "Cómo se abre la pestaña Conceptos para los visitantes",
+    "default_view": "Vista predeterminada",
+    "default_view_table_description": "Filas con columnas que se pueden ordenar",
+    "default_view_card_description": "Una tarjeta por concepto",
+    "default_view_hierarchy_description": "Árbol desde la raíz de la jerarquía",
+    "default_view_help": "Los visitantes pueden cambiar de vista",
+    "default_view_needs_root": "Establezca una raíz de jerarquía para abrir en la vista Jerarquía. Hasta entonces, los visitantes verán la vista Tabla.",
+    "default_view_invalid_meta": "Corrija el JSON del campo Meta para cambiar esta opción",
+    "default_filters": "Filtros predeterminados (Tabla y Tarjeta)",
+    "default_filters_none": "Ninguno",
+    "default_filters_help": "Configúrelos con \"Guardar como Filtros Predeterminados\" en el panel de filtros de la pestaña Conceptos. La vista Jerarquía siempre muestra el árbol completo.",
     "repos": "Repositorios",
     "repo": "Repositorio",
     "repo_type": "Tipo de Repositorio",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/translations.json b/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/translations.json
index b7f3b620a..0b0bf28fe 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/translations.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/translations.json
@@ -507,6 +507,18 @@
     "smart": "Checksum inteligente"
   },
   "repo": {
+    "display": "Exibição",
+    "display_description": "Como a aba Conceitos é aberta para os visitantes",
+    "default_view": "Visualização padrão",
+    "default_view_table_description": "Linhas com colunas que podem ser ordenadas",
+    "default_view_card_description": "Um cartão por conceito",
+    "default_view_hierarchy_description": "Árvore a partir da raiz da hierarquia",
+    "default_view_help": "Os visitantes ainda podem alternar entre as visualizações",
+    "default_view_needs_root": "Defina uma raiz de hierarquia para abrir na visualização Hierarquia. Até lá, os visitantes verão a visualização Tabela.",
+    "default_view_invalid_meta": "Corrija o JSON no campo Meta para alterar esta opção",
+    "default_filters": "Filtros padrão (Tabela e Cartão)",
+    "default_filters_none": "Nenhum",
+    "default_filters_help": "Configure-os com \"Salvar como filtros padrão\" no painel de filtros da aba Conceitos. A visualização Hierarquia sempre mostra a árvore completa.",
     "repos": "Repositórios",
     "repo": "Repositório",
     "new_repo": "Novo repositório",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/zh/translations.json b/src/i18n/locales/zh/translations.json
index 52368eeef..50beea191 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/zh/translations.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/zh/translations.json
@@ -352,6 +352,18 @@
     "smart": "智能校验和"
   },
   "repo": {
+    "display": "显示",
+    "display_description": "访客打开“概念”选项卡时的显示方式",
+    "default_view": "默认视图",
+    "default_view_table_description": "按行显示，可按列排序",
+    "default_view_card_description": "每个概念显示为一张卡片",
+    "default_view_hierarchy_description": "从层级根节点展开的树形结构",
+    "default_view_help": "访客仍可切换视图",
+    "default_view_needs_root": "设置层级根节点后才能默认打开层级视图。在此之前，访客将看到表格视图。",
+    "default_view_invalid_meta": "请修正 Meta 字段中的 JSON 后再更改此选项",
+    "default_filters": "默认筛选条件（表格和卡片）",
+    "default_filters_none": "无",
+    "default_filters_help": "在“概念”选项卡的筛选面板中，使用“另存为默认筛选条件”进行设置。层级视图始终显示完整的树形结构。",
     "repos": "存储库",
     "repo": "存储库",
     "repo_type": "存储库类型",