Improvement of Online Journal System (OJS) Information to Optimize Journal Accreditation Score

Abstract

Scientific journal is an indicator of the progress of an educational institution. Publication in Scientific Journals is a tool to build the reputation of lecturers, researchers, teachers, and universities. However, the management of journals in Indonesia still does not consider the importance of indexing as a way of global dissemination. This is evident from the data showing that of the total journals registered in Indonesia, only 5.17% have been accredited. Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mineral Technology, UPN "Veteran" Yogyakarta has a Scientific Journal called Jurnal Ilmiah Lingkungan Kebumian (JILK). JILK is a forum for writing, scientific work, and research related to the environmental management of the mining industry, environmental management of petroleum and geothermal industry, regional development and disaster mitigation and relevant fields of environmental science and technology studies. Journal accreditation can expand JILK connectivity to improve the quality of publications. The main objectives of this research are to optimize and improve the management of JILK to get maximum accreditation score. There are several steps to conduct this research including identification of the requirement for journal accreditation, preliminary assessment, evaluation of journal management, workshop and benchmarking, implementation of evaluation results, and submit the journal accreditation. The methodology that used for this research are discussion with journal expert and benchmarking with another scientific journal. From the implementation of preliminary assessment from internal editorial team and evaluation from external journal expert, JILK can increase the accreditation score from 59 to 67.