Wednesday, February 23, 2022, BPP UGM held a virtual journal workshop to get indexed SINTA in 2022. This event is a part of indexation and UGM journal accreditation preparation in 2022. Fifty participants attended the event that carried out material on journal accreditation policy and best practices for journal accreditation and self-evaluation demo. On this occasion, BPP UGM presented a speaker from the UGM Journal Acceleration team, Dr. Purwani Istiana, S.IP., M.A. and Sasmita Gandawanti, S.E. This event was opened by the Head of Sub Division of Publication, Mr. Ide Yunianto, S.Si., M.Eng. He conveyed that the workshop is held at the beginning of the year, with the hope that it could serve as a guide for journal management, especially preparation for journals that have not and will carry out accreditation.

SINTA accreditation process needs excellent and primed preparation which includes thorough understanding of the applicable requirements. Many obstacles faced by the journal manager in accreditation preparation, one of which is delay in publishing and journals that are vacuumed for a certain period. DR. Purwani Istiana, S.I.P., M.A in her presentation conveyed the crucial points that the journal managers need to pay attention to, such as journal governance (institutional, infrastructure, performance, and funding), hosting preparation and journal target for accreditation/indexation. In the next session, the participants attended practices on filling out forms and self-evaluation for accreditation application guided by Sasmita Gandawati, S.E.

The enthusiasm from journal managers who will prepare themselves for SINTA accreditation can be perceived from the many questions asked to the speakers and BPP UGM.