Universitas Gadjah Mada’s Directorate of Research organized its first-ever “Author Workshop for Graduate Student Series” on September 1, 2023. This event was held at Multimedia Room II and focused on graduate students from the Science and Technology cluster. The workshop had three main goals a) To guide graduate students in the process of transforming their theses and dissertations into well-structured scientific publications; b) To inspire and motivate graduate students to enhance their writing proficiency for scientific publications; and c) To cultivate a culture of scientific writing among graduate students. The opening remarks of the workshop was delivered by Dr. Ratih Fitria Putri, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D., who serves as the Head of the Publication and Intellectual Property Division at the Directorate of Research UGM. Dr. Ratih emphasized that this workshop represents a significant step towards promoting collaborative scientific endeavors between graduate students and faculty members, particularly through the conversion of final papers, ultimately contributing to the advancement of UGM’s academic publication profile.

Dr. Eng. Ir. Titis Wijayanto, ST., M.Des., IPM., ASEAN Eng, presents as the keynote speaker, focusing on the fields of science and health. During his insightful presentation, he highlighted the most significant challenge in converting final projects into scientific articles ready for publication in journals: the need to reformat and condense research findings while maintaining their informativeness. The audience was exponsed to various strategies for successful publication in scientific journals, which fueled their enthusiasm and motivation. The high level of participant engagement was evident as attendees actively posed questions and engaged in discussions, guided by moderator Dr. M. Zainal Abidin, S.Pt., M.Biotech. A total of 37 individuals joined the event in person, while an additional 140 participants followed the proceedings online through a Zoom Meeting. At the end of the session, the Head of the Publication and Intellectual Property Division shared information about the array of support programs and services available to assist UGM’s academic community in their pursuit of scholarly publishing. The upcoming installment of this event series, featuring participants from the Agriculture and Social Humanities clusters, is scheduled for September 14, 2023.

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Writer: Kiki
Translator: Zahra
Photo: Ma’ruf & Rovi

The Directorate of Research of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) organized the “Workshop and FGD on Improving the Quality of UGM Scientific Journals in 2023,” which was held on Monday, July 31, 2023 in Bulaksumur Room, University Club (UC) Hotel UGM. This event aimed to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between scientific journal managers, so as to improve journal quality and encourage the growth of journal management at UGM. In addition, this event served as a forum for sharing experiences, thoughts, and best practices in the management of scientific journals at UGM.

The event was opened by the Secretary of UGM Research Directorate, Prof. drg. Diatri Nari Ratih, M.Kes., Ph.D., Sp.KG (K)., who in her opening remarks expressed great hope that all journal managers will increase UGM’s reputation as an excellent research university, through the management of journals with high standing. This hope is supported by the existence of various scientific journal management programs organized by the Directorate. The Head of the Sub-Directorate of Scientific Publication and Intellectual Property Directorate of Research UGM, Ratih Fitria Putri, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D., conveyed the various assistance programs, services, facilitation, and policies managed by the Directorate to facilitate and support scientific journals at UGM. The increased reputation of journals at UGM will certainly have a broad impact, both on the performance of the university as well as the development and dissemination of science.

Scientific journal accreditation is one of the instruments to encourage scientific journals to meet certain qualities and implement best practices in scientific publication. In line with this, scientific journal indexing institutions also apply strict standards and a more comprehensive evaluation process to ensure that indexed journals meet good publishing standards. Therefore, managers of scientific journals at UGM are required to have adequate knowledge and follow the latest developments, in either accreditation, indexation, or other important knowledge needed in journal management.

The Coordinator of Scientific Publications and Scientific Journals of DRTPM DIKTI Ristek, Yoga Dwi Arianda, S.T., was presented directly as a resource person in the first session to provide exposure and socialization related to scientific journal accreditation. The next material presentation was best practices in indexing scientific journals in Scopus, delivered by the second speaker, Dr. Miftahul Ilmi, S.Si., M.Si. who is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology (JTBB). This first session was guided by moderator Ide Yunianto, S.Si., M.Eng, the Coordinator of Scientific Journal Management at the Directorate.

The Directorate of Research also presented speakers from the UGM Journal Reputation Improvement Acceleration Teams. The first speaker, Dr. Andri Putra Kesmawan, S.IP, M.IP, presented material about the application of Creative Commons licenses in scientific journals, followed by Dr. Purwani Istiana, S.I.P., M.A., who presented material about the best practices for indexing scientific journals in DOAJ. This second session was guided by Agustina Asih Tri Utami, S.T.P.

In the last session, namely the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) session, discussions and direct assistance were held, where a total of 174 participants who were representatives of 103 journals at UGM were divided into four different groups according to the current condition of each journal and according to the scientific cluster of the journal. The discussion of the strategic plan for scientific journals was guided by moderator Dr. Miftahul Ilmi, S.Si., M.Si, and the group of scientific journals in the field of social sciences and humanities was guided by moderator Widya Paramita, S.E., M.Sc., Ph.D.

This workshop and FGD activities are expected to provide several outcomes, including: UGM journal managers attain additional knowledge about best practices and the latest information related to scientific journal management, understand the flow of the national journal accreditation process and indexation of scientific journals, and they receive the latest information related to scientific journal development programs organized by the Directorate of Research. With good management, it is expected that the quality and reputation of UGM journals will increase.

Author: Kiki
Photos: Ma’ruf

In order to improve the quality and quantity of book manuscripts produced by UGM, both by lecturers and education staff, the Directorate of Research held a “2023 Book Writing Workshop” on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 in Multimedia Room I, UGM Central Building.

The event began with remarks from the Director of Research, Prof. Dr. Mirwan Ushada, STP., M.App.Life.Sc., who in his speech expressed his hope that participants would immediately be able to start the preparation of their respective tri dharma works in the form of books, and that hopefully this workshop would produce outcomes that can be facilitated for the publishing process.

The speakers were Dr. Mutiah Amini, M.Hum., from the Faculty of Humanities, in the first session, with the theme “Becoming an Author of Reference Books and Textbooks, What’s the Difficulty?”, followed by Dr. rer. nat. Wiwit Suryanto, S.Si., M.Si., from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, in the second session, who provided an introduction into LaTeX typesetting, with “Writing a Book in LaTeX Format”. Participants showed enthusiasm following the presentations from both speakers, as evident in the discussion and QA session, where participants asked for writing tips and had discussions with both speakers, in terms of their book publishing experience.

Furthermore, there was a socialization session of the publishing program by the UGM Press Manager, Dr. I Wayan Mustika, S.T., M.Eng., and an explanation of the book publishing and marketing process by the UGM Press team.

The “Book Writing Workshop 2023” ended with a Manuscript Clinic for offline participants who already had a draft of their manuscript. This activity was expected to facilitate participants who already have a manuscript so that their work is ready to be published through UGM Press. This hybrid activity was attended by 53 participants, comprising lecturers and education staff who attended offline and no less than 57 participants who attended online. [Umar/Kiki]