Mapping the Strength of Research in the Focus Areas for Maritime based on SCOPUS 2014-2018

Abstract

This study investigated scientific research on mapping the strength of maritime focus research BASED on the 2014-2018 Scopus data. The Ministry of Research Technology and (Kemenristekdikti), especially the Directorate General of Research and Development (RISBANG), has a significant role in improving the quality of higher education. One way to improve higher education quality is through mapping the strengths of research. The power of the study that forms the basis of this mapping refers to RPJPN 2005-2025 and RPJMN 2015-2019, which focuses on Maritime Affairs. This study used three steps methodology; (1). Collecting data was collected from secondary Scopus data year 2014-2018 from Kemenristek dikti in scientific publication focus on Maritime affairs, (2) identifying Scopus data based on sub-focus of maritime affairs, (3). Data analysis using frequency distribution (Determine the range of data, determine the classes, and determine the class interval). This study concluded that 91.1 % (154) of 169 universities published journals indexed Scopus on range 1-19 journal publications within five years. UNDIP (Diponegoro University) has the most journal publications of Maritime Affairs focus.