Master Program of Materials Science, Postgraduate Program, held a 2nd general lecture with the topic “Research and Writing Reputable Scientific Papers for Postgraduate Students and Young Researchers”. This general lecture activity was held on December 6, 2023 at the Doctoral Room of the Bukit Besar Postgraduate Campus Palembang. As a speaker in this activity was Dr. Tarmizi Taher, S.Si from the Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA).
On this occasion Dr. Tarmizi Taher, S.Si conveyed about the latest trends in research and how to detect the latest research through SciVal. This aims to ensure that the research carried out does not lag behind trends and meets the current needs of the market and academics. The most important thing that is not widely known by researchers so far. In addition, Dr. Tarmizi Taher, S.Si provided tricks on how to accept our article at high impact factor (IF) journals, not just looking at quartiles or journal cite scores. The next important thing that must be underlined by young researchers is how to make good images according to the criteria of major publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, or Taylor Francis. Image formats can be tables, graphs, or a combination of both. Creating a common table can use the origin file or other files suggested by major publishers. For language, if you have difficulty, you can use the Grammarly program, or other programs that can facilitate young researchers in writing scientific papers.
At the end of the general lecture Dr. tarmizi Taher, S.Si motivated graduate students and young researchers to always be enthusiastic and continue to conduct research, especially for those who work in the academic world. Tricks to increase the h-index scopus were also given by Dr. tarmizi Taher, S.Si in between activities. Hopefully this activity can be useful for graduate students and young researchers.
