Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) through the Directorate of Research and Innovation (DITRI) of IPB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Elsevier, an international company in Publishing Hosting of Research Journal in biological sciences based in Amsterdam Netherlands. The agreement was signed in the Building of Andi Hakim Nasoetion Dramaga Campus Bogor, on Saturday (29/4), by the Vice Rector for Research and Cooperation of IPB, Prof. Dr Anas Miftah Fauzi with Limkok Keng, as director of Elsevier Asia-Pacific region.
Prof. Anas Miftah Fauzi expressed his appreciation to Elsevier which provides the opportunity for IPB to promote the best journals through Elsevier. Prof. Anas added, to increase international research publications of IPB, IPB has done a a number of ways, such as publication training of "Not only the national scale, but also international one," he added.
Director of RI-IPB, Prof. Dr Iskandar Z. Siregar added, IPB’s publication of scientific articles each year increases steadily such as those published by the Scopus Journal. Last year there were about 300 journals and will continue to increase in coming years, he said.
At the same place, Dr. Rika Raffiudin, Editor of Biological Journal of Biosciences of IPB welcomed the steps with Elsevier’s cooperation. According to her, in addition to increasing the international publication of IPB, this also can make it easier for researchers to publish research results in international journals. (Mtd)