body = "<span style='font-weight:bold'>Title : </span>{}</br>
        <span style='font-weight:bold'>Journal : </span>{}</br></br>
        <span style='font-weight:bold'>Abstract : </span></br></br>{}"

body = body.format(title, journal, abstract)
url = "mailto:?subject={}&body={}"
url = url.format(title, body)

if sys.platform=='win32':
    os.startfile(url)

elif sys.platform=='darwin':
    subprocess.Popen(['open', url])

else:
    # Create an url to be opened with a mail client
    try:
        subprocess.Popen(['xdg-email', url])
    except OSError:
        self.l.error("shareByEmail: OSError")