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Susan: Indexing has made our journal more attractive to Susan: Be prepared to work hard. Initially, you will have to
international and local academics alike. Before indexing, we actively look for enough good-quality submissions to allow
were quite hard-pressed to solicit enough articles even for a you to publish regularly - both regulatory and quality are
once-a-year publication. Now, we get submissions important criteria.
throughout the year.
What are the future plans for your journal in terms of I would also advise journal editors to consider going fully
indexing and upgrades? online, as this not only reduces cost (no printing costs) but
Susan: Our next goal is to work towards full Web of Science can potentially help with citations also. One issue with
(WoS) indexing. The main problem we have with that is running a journal is the lack of support in terms of people to
increasing citations. Thankfully, we have met the other do things like typesetting, formatting, uploading, etc.
criteria.
We end up doing these very time-consuming things
ourselves, and I feel that this is not sustainable. It is
imperative that we get help from the university. But until
that happens, make sure to involve your colleagues to help
you out with such matters as finding reviewers or doing the
proofreading.

Another piece of advice would be to consider running
special issues - this will help ensure a good level of variety
in the articles published. It will also help with the
What advice would you give to other journal editors who international profile of the journal if you are able to get top
aspire to have their journals indexed in Web of Science academics from around the world to be guest editors for the
(WoS), Scopus, or Emerging Sources Citation Index
(ESCI)? special issues. And having a guest editor reduces the
burden on the regular editors!

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (JATI)

Chief Editor: Professor Dr Hanafi Hussin
When did Journal of Southeast Asian
Studies get indexed by Web of Science
(WoS) Emerging Sources Citation Index
(ESCI)?
Hanafi: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
(JATI) was accepted for indexing in WOS-
ESCI on February 16, 2018. The volumes
accepted to be indexed are Volume 22(1),
2017 onwards. WOS has indexed the journal from Volume
10(1), 2005.
Please describe the indexing process, including What are the future plans for your journal in terms of
challenges, briefly. indexing and upgrades?
Hanafi: JATI applied for indexing on 28 May 2014, when Hanafi: In the future, JATI will increase the number and
THOMSON REUTERS in Philadelphia managed ISI. JATI quality of citations to increase the index to WOS-SSCI. JATI
again applied for indexing in 2018 on the Web of Science will also submit an application for indexing in SCOPUS.
database operated by Clarivate Analytics. The challenge What advice would you give to other journal editors who
was meeting the criteria set by Web of Science to index the aspire to have their journals indexed in Web of Science
journal. (WoS), Scopus, or Emerging Sources Citation Index
(ESCI)?
What have been the benefits of your Journal being
indexed? Hanafi: All journals in the Faculty of Arts and Social
Hanafi: Once indexed, JATI journal is confident to manage Sciences have the potential to be indexed in WOS and
the review process for the article and journal production SCOPUS. Always improve the quality of the journal
process online professionally. Currently, it is managed by regarding the review process, the number and quality of
Open Journal System (OJS). The visibility of JATI has become citations and journal images, virtual and physical.
higher since indexing.
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