Universal Journal of Educational Research 7(5A): 1-6, 2019 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.071501 Strategies to Increase Universities’ Scientific Publication in Indonesia Ratna Komala Putri * , Kartika Wulandari, Irma Nilasari, Indra Taruna Lecturer at Widyatama University, Bandung, Indonesia Copyright©2019 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract Objective: The paper aims to seek strategies to improve the quality of universities’ scientific publications in Indonesia. Design/ methodology/ approach: The present research uses both quantitative and qualitative approach to establish conceptual models and strategies to improve the quality of universities’ scientific publications in Indonesia through hypotheses testing. Variables subjected to analysis include learning organizations, knowledge sharing, research climate, organizational/ institutional support, and quality of universities’ scientific publications. Findings: Based on the empirical research results, it is found that there is significant relationship among learning organizations, research climate, knowledge sharing, institutional supports, and the quality of universities’ scientific publications. Research limitations/ implications: The research samples of 200 private universities were obtained from a minimum sample of studies using structural equation models. Practical implications: The findings of the study are beneficial for university management and lecturers in improving the quality of scientific publications; thus, improving the quality of Indonesian scientific publications to be the first rank in ASEAN region. Originality/ value: This research provides a meaningful contribution since there lack studies on strategies to improve the quality of scientific publications in Indonesia. Keywords Learning Organizations, Research Climate, Institutional Support, Knowledge Sharing, Quality of University’s Scientific Publications 1. Introduction The rapidly changing world requires universities in Indonesia to be able to improve the nation's competitiveness through the publication of educational research at the international level. International publications serve to enhance a country's self-image in the educational and scientific quality. Countries that have good quality in education, science and technology tend to have a high number of international publications. Moreover, Indonesia's 6th Nawacita agenda encompasses the integration of research activities of ministries with state institutions and universities which has led the country to reach second place in the number of scientific publications, outperforming Singapore and Thailand. Previously, Indonesia had published 5,299 articles in 2013 and almost four-fold in 2018 becoming 20,610 articles. The following graph presents the comparison of ASEAN countries in the number of international publications during the period of 2013 – 2018. Indonesia possesses a high opportunity to rank first at the ASEAN level since the country has a large number of tertiary educational institutions compared its counterparts in ASEAN region. The population of lecturers in Indonesia is also Indonesian’s strength to reach the position. Therefore, lecturers and researchers in the country have also to be more prolific in producing quality scientific works, rather than merely increasing the number. As such, the Director General of Research Development, Ministry of Higher Education, Muhammad Dimyati (Media Indonesia Online, accessed on Thursday, 03 May 2018), stating that, although scientific publications have increased in terms of quantity, the scientific journals and academic results in Indonesia is still considered poor quality. Meanwhile, the quality of publication is indicated by the number of citations. Thus, the high citation index reflects the high quality of scientific publications. Therefore, research on strategies to improve the quality of scientific publications in Indonesia is in immediate demand, so that the increase in the number of scientific publications at the ASEAN level is also simultaneous with the high quality of scientific publications. This can also have an impact on Indonesia's position at the global scale. Therefore, the study aimed to solve the problem pertaining to the poor quality of scientific publications of universities in Indonesia. By improving the conducive academic atmosphere in universities, institutions provide full support for research activities and scientific publications of lecturers as well as the high level of knowledge sharing CITE THIS PAPER [1] Ratna Komala Putri , Kartika Wulandari , Irma Nilasari , Indra Taruna , "Strategies to Increase Universities' Scientific Publication in Indonesia," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 7, No. 5A, pp. 1 - 6, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.071501.