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| Government Science Study Program won first place in terms of publication performance. (Photo: istimewa) |
Good and proud news came from the Government Science (IP) study program at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang. Starting the holy month, the IP study program won first place in publication performance for the strata one category of government science in 2022. Then obtained, the results were based on the Science and Technology Index (SINTA) ranking, which gave the highest score, namely Overall Score: 3,542 and SINTA Score 3Yr: 2,441. This figure outperforms all IP study programs in Indonesia.
SINTA is an online scientific website or portal managed by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Research, and Technology. This page records the number of publications for each institution. Meanwhile, the Sinta score of the study program is the result of the accumulation of publications and citations of lecturers and students recorded on Scopus, Garuda, Google Scholar, and WoS.
Head of IP Study Program Muhammad Kamil S.IP., M.A. feels grateful for this achievement. He appreciated the hard work, sincere and collaborative work between lecturers and students. He also considered that this result was the fruit of the encouragement and motivation of the UMM IP study program so that the academics had scientific articles that were published and could be read by the public.
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"Lecturers also transmit the same thing to students through out-of-course articles that are directed to scientific publications. Mainly national and international journals and proceedings. This collaboration between lecturers and students makes scientific papers more focused and of good quality because lecturers' assistance is adjusted to the core of Government Science, "added Kamil.
In increasing interest and motivation in writing scientific papers, his party also provides rewards in conversions to courses and thesis. As of now, more than 40 student journal articles have been converted into these. Related journals are spread in SINTA 2 and 3 accredited national journals, Scopus indexed proceedings, international journals, and reputable international journals.
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Meanwhile, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) UMM, Prof. Dr. Muslimin Machmud, M.Si, appreciates the achievements that have been achieved. He encouraged other study programs to follow in the good footsteps of the UMM IP Study Program, especially in terms of scientific publication performance. "Congratulations on the proud achievement that has been achieved. Don't be easily satisfied and continue developing and improving the quality of educational services, scientific publications, and other useful innovations," said Muslimin. (apg/Wil)
