Indonesia
Today (March 31), Postgraduate Program at Universitas Islam Malang (Unisma) is preparing for international webometric rankings by holding a Google Scholar and SINTA training session for faculty members in the Master’s and Doctoral programs. This event is also aimed at enhancing faculty members’ skills and knowledge in managing their academic works and research outputs.
The event was attended by three expert speakers in their respective fields: Umar Kadafi, M.Pd, Nasrullah Hadits, S.Pd, and Hasan Zayadi, M.Si. They presented material on how to use Google Scholar to search for references and scientific publications, as well as how to utilize SINTA as a platform for publishing scientific works.
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In his opening remarks, the Director of Unisma’s Postgraduate Program, Prof. H. M. Mas’ud Said, MM., Ph.D., stated that this training initiative is part of the Postgraduate Program’s ongoing efforts to enhance the quality of education and research within the university.
Prof. M. Mas’ud Said delivering opening remarks during the training
“We hope that through this activity, faculty members will become more skilled at searching for references and publishing scientific works, thereby leaving a citation trail. Citations are an important form of impact (trace) for scientific works,” he said.
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Umar Kadafi explained the role of Google Scholar in international rankings, particularly Webometrics. Webometrics is an international ranking system for university websites worldwide. Google Scholar serves as an evaluation metric for openness indicators.
A poorly managed Google Scholar account can lead to it being blacklisted and result in a reduction of international ranking points. Nasrullah Hadits, the second presenter, continued by providing technical coaching on improving Google Scholar accounts. Some of the areas covered included: profiles, and removing other people’s articles that have been added to our accounts.
This Google Scholar and SINTA training is expected to provide significant benefits to Unisma graduate faculty in managing their scholarly works and research. Additionally, it is hoped that this will enhance Unisma’s reputation and quality as a high-performing educational institution at both the national and international levels. (AL/PPS)
