Ari Fahrial Syam Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia

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1 How to index a journal in Scopus Ari Fahrial Syam Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia Editorial Board Acta Medica Indonesiana (PUBMED Published) Associate Editors Of The Indonesian Journal Of Gastroenterol, Hepatol, Digestive Endoscopy Editorial Board Journal Makara Seri Kesehatan Editorial Board World Journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Senior Editor in Majalah Dokter Kita arisyam91@yahoo.com 1

2 Structure Faculty of Medcine, Universitas Indonesia 2

3 Scopus The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings 3

4 Planning the Article 4

5 your published papers, are a permanent record of your research, are your passport to your community Always keep in mind that 5

6 Why do we need Scopus? Navigation is the Next Big Thing: There is simply too much information available And too little time to search it all On the web, in databases, in libraries Scopus will supply researchers with workflow tools that increase their productivity 6

7 Scopus selection criteria Pre-selection conditions Minimum criteria Peer-review English abstracts Regular publication References in Roman script Publication ethics statement Journal policy Quality of content Journal standing Regularity Online availability Convincing editorial concept/policy Level of peer-review Diversity in geographic distribution of editors Diversity in geographic distribution of authors Academic contribution to the field Clarity of abstracts Quality and conformity with stated aims & scope Readability of articles Citedness of journal articles in Scopus Editor standing No delay in publication schedule Content available online English-language journal home page Quality of home page 7

8 Indonesian Government has encouraged every Universities in Indonesia to make a good journal that should be indexed by Scopus, one of them is Medical Journal of Indonesia Indonesian Journal Journal Index Scopus very important for Indonesia Medical Journal of Indonesia available in SCOPUS and the coverage issues started in forwards 8

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10 Title: Medical Journal of Indonesia ISSN / E-ISSN: / Publisher: Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia Dear Nuryati Chaerani Siregar, The title mentioned above has been evaluated for inclusion in Scopus by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB). The review of this title is now complete and the CSAB has advised that the title has been rejected and will not be included in Scopus at the present time. For your information, the reviewer comments are copied below: This is a well presented Indonesian multidisciplinary medical journal, published in English. Unfortunately, the content is weak. Greater subject specialisation and strategic partnership with other regional journals would almost certainly help raise standards and widen the content to an international readership and authorship. If in the future these comments are addressed, you may decide to submit a new application at any time after the following date: October

11 Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers Sources of author: Staff Student (Under graduate, Master and PhD) Adjunct Professor/collaborator (visiting researcher/lecturer 11

12 Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers Reason to Publish in Med J Indones: Listed in Pubmed/Scopus / etc Accredited as international publication by DGHE Collaboration with Elsevier/Blackwell Publishing/Springer/ Acta Med Indones Honorarium for author (for the first 3 years) Writing prize for best paper (big prize) 12

13 Creating a Good Research Atmosphere coordinating with all faculty elements Increasing High-Quality Research and Researcher Number Workshops, Competitions, Grants, Appreciation Increasing Publication Number Workshops, Competitions, Grants, Appreciation Cooperating with Research Coordinator in Departments to encourage Research and Publication, inc.to promote MJI Building partnership with Government and Potential Collaborator (National and International) to get Grants, to establish collaboration with International Journals Coordinating with Venture Manager for establishing MJI Quality Control System 13

14 Instruction for authors: Administration requirements (Submission, Study Ethics, Publication Ethics) Structure and Language Authorship Abstract and Keywords Text Statistical Methods Conflicts of Interest Acknowledgements Tables/Figures/Legend of Figures References 14

15 Manuscript Requirement Title page Authors contributions General Format Title Abstract Main text Acknowledgments, conflict of interest, funding References Appendices 15

16 Steps Complete Research Prepare the Manuscript Submission Manuscript gets reviewed Decision Acceptance Identify original work Record the data in table, figures, or charts Write the journal as per journal formatting Good quality images Upload the paper Feedback need to be considered and applied Depending on the feedback by the reviewer, the paper is rejected, asked to be reviewed, or accepted Final checks of quality Placed in queue for publication Publication 16

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18 Scopus Index Medicine Indonesian Journal Scopus Index 18

19 Weakness Does not have reviewer Limited English language Weakness and Solution Solution Having collaboration with others to increase the reviewer Every department (Clinical Surgery, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, etc) has reviewers to review about the language, methods, and also contents Limited journal publication Most article from dissertation and thesis upload into MJI indexed in Scopus 19

20 English is not our mother tongue, so 20

21 The Important of Language Poor language quality can delay or block publication of work 1 Proper English should be used throughout the manuscript 21

22 Do publishers correct language? 22

23 The reviewing process 23

24 Peer review Helps to determine the quality, validity, significance, and originality of research Helps to improve the quality of papers Publishers are outside the academic process and are not prone to prejudice or favour Publishers facilitate the review process by investing in online review systems and providing tools to help Editors and Reviewers 24

25 What is it? Peer review places the reviewer, with the author, at the heart of scientific publishing Reviewers make the editorial process work by examining and commenting on manuscripts Without peer review there is no control in scientific communication Reviewers are the backbone of the whole process 25

26 The most serious issues to avoid These are the 3 most common forms of ethical misconduct that the research community is challenged with: 1. Fabrication Making up research data 2. Falsification Manipulation of existing research data 3. Plagiarism Previous work taken and passed off as one s own 26

27 What may be plagiarised? Words (language) Ideas Findings Writings Computer programs Diagrams Illustrations Information Printed material Electronic material 27

28 How to Improve a Journal Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers Offering authors better services Boosting the journal s media profile More careful article selection M. Chew, E. V. Villanueva, and M. B. Van Der Weyden, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 100 (3), 142 (2007) 28

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