diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b00ed925c31..d55efe3474b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 
 ### Changed
 
+- We improved the offline parsing of BibTeX data from PDF-documents. [#12278](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/12278)
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - We fixed an issue where a bib file with UFF-8 charset was wrongly loaded with a different charset [forum#5369](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-5-15-opens-bib-files-with-shift-jis-encoding-instead-of-utf-8/5369/)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fileformat/PdfContentImporter.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fileformat/PdfContentImporter.java
index 2c9c94a4745..14a5b1e6c21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fileformat/PdfContentImporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fileformat/PdfContentImporter.java
@@ -243,11 +243,13 @@ protected void writeString(String text, List<TextPosition> textPositions) {
         }
 
         private boolean isFarAway(TextPosition previous, TextPosition current) {
-            float XspaceThreshold = 3.0F;
-            float YspaceThreshold = previous.getFontSizeInPt() * 1.5F;
+            float XspaceThreshold = previous.getFontSizeInPt() * 3.0F;
+            float YspaceThreshold = previous.getFontSizeInPt() * 3.0F;
             float Xgap = current.getXDirAdj() - (previous.getXDirAdj() + previous.getWidthDirAdj());
-            float Ygap = current.getYDirAdj() - (previous.getYDirAdj() - previous.getHeightDir());
-            return Xgap > XspaceThreshold && Ygap > YspaceThreshold;
+            float Ygap = current.getYDirAdj() - previous.getYDirAdj();
+            // For cases like paper titles spanning two or more lines, both X and Y gaps must exceed thresholds,
+            // so "&&" is used instead of "||".
+            return Math.abs(Xgap) > XspaceThreshold && Math.abs(Ygap) > YspaceThreshold;
         }
 
         private boolean isUnwantedText(TextPosition previousTextPosition, TextPosition textPosition) {
@@ -258,28 +260,27 @@ private boolean isUnwantedText(TextPosition previousTextPosition, TextPosition t
                 return true;
             }
             // The title usually don't in the bottom 10% of a page.
-            if ((textPosition.getPageHeight() - textPosition.getYDirAdj())
-                    < (textPosition.getPageHeight() * 0.1)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-            // The title character usually stay together.
-            return isFarAway(previousTextPosition, textPosition);
+            return (textPosition.getPageHeight() - textPosition.getYDirAdj())
+                    < (textPosition.getPageHeight() * 0.1);
         }
 
         private Optional<String> findLargestFontText(List<TextPosition> textPositions) {
             Map<Float, StringBuilder> fontSizeTextMap = new TreeMap<>(Collections.reverseOrder());
+            Map<Float, TextPosition> lastPositionMap = new TreeMap<>(Collections.reverseOrder());
             TextPosition previousTextPosition = null;
             for (TextPosition textPosition : textPositions) {
+                float fontSize = textPosition.getFontSizeInPt();
                 // Exclude unwanted text based on heuristics
-                if (isUnwantedText(previousTextPosition, textPosition)) {
+                if (isUnwantedText(previousTextPosition, textPosition) ||
+                    (lastPositionMap.containsKey(fontSize) && isFarAway(lastPositionMap.get(fontSize), textPosition))) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                float fontSize = textPosition.getFontSizeInPt();
                 fontSizeTextMap.putIfAbsent(fontSize, new StringBuilder());
                 if (previousTextPosition != null && isThereSpace(previousTextPosition, textPosition)) {
                     fontSizeTextMap.get(fontSize).append(" ");
                 }
                 fontSizeTextMap.get(fontSize).append(textPosition.getUnicode());
+                lastPositionMap.put(fontSize, textPosition);
                 previousTextPosition = textPosition;
             }
             for (Map.Entry<Float, StringBuilder> entry : fontSizeTextMap.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fileformat/PdfContentImporterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fileformat/PdfContentImporterTest.java
index 43a551a8634..80d6c6cf092 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fileformat/PdfContentImporterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fileformat/PdfContentImporterTest.java
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> providePdfData() {
                 Arguments.of("On the impact of service-oriented patterns on software evolvability: a controlled experiment and metric-based analysis", "/pdfs/PdfContentImporter/Bogner2019.pdf"),
                 Arguments.of("Pandemic programming", "/pdfs/PdfContentImporter/Ralph2020.pdf"),
                 Arguments.of("Do RESTful API design rules have an impact on the understandability of Web APIs?", "/pdfs/PdfContentImporter/Bogner2023.pdf"),
-                Arguments.of("Adopting microservices and DevOps in the cyber-physical systems domain: A rapid review and case study", "/pdfs/PdfContentImporter/Fritzsch2022.pdf")
+                Arguments.of("Adopting microservices and DevOps in the cyber-physical systems domain: A rapid review and case study", "/pdfs/PdfContentImporter/Fritzsch2022.pdf"),
+                Arguments.of("OPIUM: Optimal Package Install/Uninstall Manager", "/pdfs/PdfContentImporter/opium.pdf")
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/pdfs/PdfContentImporter/opium.pdf b/src/test/resources/pdfs/PdfContentImporter/opium.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b34c19a48a5
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