diff --git a/lib/jekyll/scholar/utilities.rb b/lib/jekyll/scholar/utilities.rb
index bfab78084fc947549963c8c525b11f8b3709df7b..72a1a183daa79720746eb1942f694076cd3c4da3 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/scholar/utilities.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/scholar/utilities.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,13 @@ module Jekyll
         e['key'] = entry.key
         e['type'] = entry.type
 
-        e['bibtex'] = entry.to_s
+        if entry.field?(:abstract)
+          tmp = entry.dup
+          tmp.delete :abstract
+          e['bibtex'] = tmp.to_s
+        else
+          e['bibtex'] = entry.to_s
+        end
 
         entry.fields.each do |key, value|
           value = value.convert(*bibtex_filters) unless bibtex_filters.empty?