diff --git a/gene2phenotype_project/gene2phenotype_app/views/publication.py b/gene2phenotype_project/gene2phenotype_app/views/publication.py
index 5d35b60..b402ea5 100644
--- a/gene2phenotype_project/gene2phenotype_app/views/publication.py
+++ b/gene2phenotype_project/gene2phenotype_app/views/publication.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+import html
+import re
 
 from gene2phenotype_app.serializers import (PublicationSerializer, LGDPublicationSerializer,
                                             LGDPublicationListSerializer, LGDPhenotypeSerializer,
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ def PublicationDetail(request, pmids):
                     authors = get_authors(response)
                     year = None
                     publication_info = response['result']
-                    title = publication_info['title']
+                    title = re.sub(r"<.*?>", "", html.unescape(publication_info['title']))
                     if 'pubYear' in publication_info:
                         year = publication_info['pubYear']