diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/MathSciNetId.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/MathSciNetId.java
index b85c500347d..255c701978b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/MathSciNetId.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/MathSciNetId.java
@@ -21,7 +21,21 @@ public MathSciNetId(String identifier) {
 
     public static Optional<MathSciNetId> parse(String mrNumberRaw) {
         // Take everything before whitespace or open bracket, so something like `619693 (82j:58046)` gets parsed correctly
-        return Optional.of(new MathSciNetId(StringUtil.tokenizeToList(mrNumberRaw, " (").get(0)));
+        String identifier = StringUtil.tokenizeToList(mrNumberRaw, " (").get(0).trim();
+        return Optional.of(new MathSciNetId(identifier));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) return true;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+        MathSciNetId that = (MathSciNetId) o;
+        return Objects.equals(identifier, that.identifier);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(identifier);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/MathSciNetIdTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/MathSciNetIdTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d4cd6c63f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jabref/model/entry/identifier/MathSciNetIdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.jabref.model.entry.identifier;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class MathSciNetIdTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void parseRemovesNewLineCharacterAtEnd() throws Exception {
+        Optional<MathSciNetId> id = MathSciNetId.parse("3014184\n");
+        assertEquals(Optional.of(new MathSciNetId("3014184")), id);
+    }
+}