JAKARTA The search for scientific-based information is still being pushed by various parties, including the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Kemdiktisaintek), to prevent the spread of disinformation.
Currently, there are many sites that provide scientific works, but not all of them are credible or trustworthy. Of the many sites that provide scientific works, some of them can be trusted for their authenticity because they have gone through a number of special verifications.
The first and easiest source to access is a platform that issues its scientific works, for example such as campus official sites or independent journal publishers. In addition, there is also Google Scholar which is provided specifically to search for scientific articles or journals.
This site from Google is the most accessible because users only need to search for journals with their keywords or research names. In fact, you can also immediately find answers to research questions using the site.
Other platforms focused on the research community are ResearchGate and SciSpace. Both sites are a place for researchers to share work or interact professionally.
Next, there are also special platforms such as ArXiv and Research Square that store various research scripts. It should be noted, these two sites usually provide scientific works that have not gone through the review process so that their credibility is quite weak.
"The scientific strength is still much weaker than the others. Usually, ArXiv and Research Square are platforms to store research scripts that have not yet been reviewed," said Managing Editor of The Conversation Indonesia Robby Irfany Maqoma at the Saintek Media Bootcamp event on Friday, October 31.
Another fact that needs to be known is the level of illegal journals circulating on the internet. The results of the research, as mentioned by Robby, show that many journals have problems or are invalid circulating in Indonesia.
However, there are still several credible platforms that can be visited, one of which is Science and Technology Index (SINTA). On the site, users can search for journal names and see the rankings.
SINTA has six ratings, marked from S1 to S6. Journals with an undergraduate rating are usually considered highly credible, while journals under SINTA 3 or SINTA 4 need to be re-examined. Apart from SINTA, international platforms such as the Scimago Journal Rank can also be used.
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