Kemendiktisaintek pushes journal integrity as SINTA 1 hits 1.5%
Of about 29,000 ISSN-registered journals, only around 250 have reached SINTA 1, the ministry said.
Kemendiktisaintek held the 2026 National Convention on the Governance and Integrity of Scientific Journals (KTJI) to strengthen the quality, governance and integrity of national scientific publishing. In the forum, which was attended online from Jakarta on Monday, Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto stressed that scientific publishing must be part of the knowledge cycle, not merely an administrative requirement or a path to academic promotion. Deputy Minister Fauzan said integrity is the basis of public trust in universities and science. Ministry data show around 29,000 journals have ISSN, more than 16,000 have been accredited, but only about 250 journals, or 1.5 percent, are in SINTA 1. The government also highlighted changes in writing, peer review and journal management amid the rise of AI.