diff --git a/layouts/partials/cite.html b/layouts/partials/cite.html
index fb2d928..cf39d3e 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/cite.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/cite.html
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 */ -}}
 
 <!-- Optional parameter overrides (for nested citations) -->
+{{- $citeText := default .Params.cite ( .Scratch.Get "cite" ) }}
+{{- $replacedCite := replaceRE `^([a-z]+?://)?(www)?` "" $citeText }}
+{{- $startOfCite := delimit ( findRE `^([a-z]+?://)?(www)?` $citeText 1 ) "" }}
+{{- $cite := replaceRE `^` $startOfCite ( trim ( $replacedCite | .Page.RenderString ) "\r\n" ) -}}
 
-{{- $cite := trim ( default .Params.cite ( .Scratch.Get "cite" ) | .Page.RenderString ) "\r\n" -}}
 {{- $title := trim ( default .Params.title ( .Scratch.Get "title" ) | .Page.RenderString ) "\r\n" -}}
 {{- $titleLang := default .Params.titleLang ( .Scratch.Get "titleLang" ) -}}
 {{- $titleTr := default .Params.titleTr ( .Scratch.Get "titleTr" ) -}}
@@ -45,7 +48,6 @@
 {{- end -}}
 
 <!-- Rendering -->
-
 {{- $itemType := default "CreativeWork" $schemaType -}}
 {{- if ( or ( in $.Site.Data.itemtypes $itemType ) ( eq .Params.suppress "true" ) ) -}}
   {{- with .Params.href -}}