The Dynamics of Research Activities and the Quality of Scientific Publications of Professors: A Case Study of Islamic State University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Imam Subchi, Rena Latifa, Maria Ulfa, Desi Nahartini, Dede Rosyada

2018

Abstract

A professor is an expert who occupies a privileged position in a higher education institution. His expertise in a field of study is often an inspiration for young lecturers and students to conduct research and to write scientific articles. Usually, professors are often associated with scientific activities such as research and writing scientific papers, in addition to their obligations, namely teaching and community service. However, the facts of the ground do not always support the idea. This study presents a descriptive-analytical study on the background of the decline in the professors’ enthusiasms in research and article writing activities in international scientific journals at UIN SyarifHidayatullah Jakarta. The aim of this study is to find out the reason why professors are not too interested in scientific activities. In fact, the scientific activities, such as research, writing books and articles in international scientific journals, are one of the obligations that must be fulfilled. To obtain the data, the authors carried out a number of research steps including tracing oral and document sources, verification of sources, data analysis and then writing research results as the final step. The data was collected by using purposive sampling method with interviewing several professors representing faculties at UIN Jakarta. The results of this study showed a decrease in research activity and the quality of scientific publications of UIN Jakarta professors due to the following factors: (1) professors play a role as structural officials concurrently so that there is no time to conduct any research, (2) age and health factors that affect the productivity of professors, (3) supporting facilities in each faculty are not evenly distributed for research purposes, (4) mastery of foreign languages is not optimal.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Subchi I., Latifa R., Ulfa M., Nahartini D. and Rosyada D. (2018). The Dynamics of Research Activities and the Quality of Scientific Publications of Professors: A Case Study of Islamic State University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1429-1436. DOI: 10.5220/0009928914291436

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Imam Subchi and Rena Latifa and Maria Ulfa and Desi Nahartini and Dede Rosyada},
title={The Dynamics of Research Activities and the Quality of Scientific Publications of Professors: A Case Study of Islamic State University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1429-1436},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009928914291436},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - The Dynamics of Research Activities and the Quality of Scientific Publications of Professors: A Case Study of Islamic State University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Subchi I.
AU - Latifa R.
AU - Ulfa M.
AU - Nahartini D.
AU - Rosyada D.
PY - 2018
SP - 1429
EP - 1436
DO - 10.5220/0009928914291436