diff --git a/cermine-impl/src/main/java/pl/edu/icm/cermine/metadata/extraction/enhancers/AuthorAffiliationGeometricEnhancer.java b/cermine-impl/src/main/java/pl/edu/icm/cermine/metadata/extraction/enhancers/AuthorAffiliationGeometricEnhancer.java
index bdb5774c..fbf4fd01 100644
--- a/cermine-impl/src/main/java/pl/edu/icm/cermine/metadata/extraction/enhancers/AuthorAffiliationGeometricEnhancer.java
+++ b/cermine-impl/src/main/java/pl/edu/icm/cermine/metadata/extraction/enhancers/AuthorAffiliationGeometricEnhancer.java
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ protected boolean enhanceMetadata(BxDocument document, DocumentMetadata metadata
                 continue;
             }
             
+            emailText = emailText
+                    .replaceFirst("^[Ee]mails?: *", "")
+                    .replaceFirst("^[Ee]- *[Mm]ails?: *", "");
+            
             metadata.addAuthor(authorText, Lists.newArrayList(String.valueOf(ind)), emailText);
             metadata.setAffiliationByIndex(String.valueOf(ind), affText);
             added = true;