UNS – Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta was ranked 10th on the list of universities having most scientific publications indexed in Scopus in 2017. The list was topped by Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), followed by Universitas Indonesia (UI) in the second place and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in the third.

UNS Institute of Research and Community Service (LPPM) Head Sulistyo Saputro suggested that the total number of works of UNS published in scholarly journals indexed in Scopus had increased since 2013. This has been observed since 11 July 2013, on which UNS had a total of 129 scientific publications, then 159 on 22 January 2014, 253 on per 5 August 2014, 301 on 28 January 2015, 385 on 7 August 2015, 455 on 4 January 2016, 601 on 1 August 2016, 904 on 21 February 2017, and 1264 on 18 July 2017.

In a period of January – July 2017, UNS was put in the 7th place for its 341 scientific articles published. According to Sulistyo, UNS’ increasing productivity in research or international scientific journal publication represented UNS’ thorough efforts to advance scientific publication.

“The increasing number in scientific publications is in line with the university head’s commitment to allocate 15 percent of this year’s Non-tax Revenue (PNBP) budget to support research, which is worth Rp. 57 billion from the total fund available, Rp. 385 billion,” said Sulistyo, Sunday (24/7/17).

Sulistyo explained that the scientific publications in indexed international journals were mostly results of the research conducted by UNS lecturers.

“The qualification varied, from Masters, Doctors, and there were also several professors although they did not take part as the main researchers,” Sulistyo added. humas.uns.ac.id/Isn/Sav/Eln