The Postgraduate School of Diponegoro University conducted an online discussion with the Vice Leader of LPPM Research Field, Prof. Firmansyah, Se., M.Si., Ph.D., on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Zoom meeting. The activity mainly discussed the utilization of UNDIP APC (Article Processing Charges) to support a better scientific publication. The activity was attended by the Vice Dean of Resource Dwi Cahyo Utomo, S.E., M.A., Ph.D., the Head of Doctoral Information System Association Bagus, and the whole participants who are interested in taking a deep dive on how to maximize the usage of UNDIP APC fund to support research and publication in reputable journals.
Dwi Cahyo Utomo, as the Vice Dean of Resource, delivers the opening speech for the event. He conveys that this UNDIP APC fund is very important for the academic world, especially to sustain the publication for open access journals, which requires a high amount of fees. Moreover, the publications themselves will also be used for the “Friday is Research Day” exhibition at the Postgraduate School of Diponegoro University.
Prof. Firmansyah, S.E., M.Si., Ph.D., as a guest speaker, would like to tell that the APC fund can be obtained anywhere, such as through research grants, allocations from the institution, and other fund schemes. He also emphasized that we had to be well prepared so that the money could be used more effectively. Other than that, he also gave a discussion regarding APC fund reductions and fee exemption opportunities for researchers from developing countries.
This discussion obviously gives essential knowledge for the participants on how to utilize the APC fund in order to increase a huge amount of decent scientific publication. Hopes that this discussion will become a reference for academics and institutions in organizing the strategy of using APC fund for scientific publication more effectively. (Humas SPs – Daffa Amir Pambudi)