The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) at Universitas Negeri Semarang, in collaboration with the Association of Science and Mathematics Higher Education Institutions in Indonesia (AMLI), organized a 2-Day Workshop on Journal Management towards Scopus Indexing on October 12-13, 2023. The event, held at the D6 Building, 3rd floor of FMIPA UNNES, featured four competent speakers in the field of journal management: Prof. Dr. Parmin, M.Pd. (Chief Editor of the Journal of Science Education in Indonesia), Prof. Dr. Dyah Rini, M.P. (Chief Editor of Biosaintifika), Dr. Ardhi Prabowo, M.Pd. (Chief Editor of KREANO Journal), and Yoris Adi Mareta, M.Pd. (Journal Manager at UNNES).
The workshop was attended by 42 participants from 17 universities, including Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Universitas Negeri Manado, Universitas Negeri Malang, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Universitas Negeri Medan, Universitas Negeri Makasar, Universitas Negeri Padang, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Universitas Esa Unggul, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Universitas Muria Kudus, Universitas Trunojoyo Madura, Universitas Wahid Hasyim, Universitas Islam Indonesia, and Makassar Polytechnic. The 42 workshop participants were chief editors and/or editors of 39 journals in Indonesia.
The first day of the workshop began with a pretest, followed by presentations by Dr. Parmin, M.Pd. on the management of educational journal substance and Prof. Dr. Dyah Rini, M.P. on the management of non-educational journal substance. On the second day, there was a campus tour of UNNES, followed by a presentation by Dr. Ardhi Prabowo, M.Pd. on the management of OJS 2 and OJS 3, followed by a Scopus Submission practice by Yoris Adi Mareta, M.Pd. The discussions were guided by the moderator Dr. Elianawati, M.Si. At the end of the event, there was a post-test, and prizes were distributed to participants with the highest scores and those who actively asked questions.
The commitment to collaborate in improving the quality of scientific journals was also formalized through the signing of an Implementation Agreement (IA) between the Dean of FMIPA UNNES and the 39 journal managers in Indonesia.
The workshop was successfully organized thanks to the hard work and cooperation of the organizing committee, led by Prof. Dr. Sutikno, M.T., the Vice Dean for Research, Business, and Cooperation at FMIPA UNNES.
