Writing a scientific paper requires inspiration for the research topic to be studied. Choosing a research topic is the first step taken by researchers before carrying out research. Scientometrics refers to “all quantitative aspects of science and scientific research” ( Sengupta, 1992 ). Seeing the importance of scientometrics in research, the Library and Undip Press held a webinar with the theme scientometrics to search for research topics for researchers, lecturers and students. The webinar was held on Tuesday 17 October 2023 with a total of 380 participants from various universities in Indonesia. The speakers presented were Prof. Dr. Adian Fatchur Rochim, ST., MT, lecturer at the Undip Faculty of Engineering and the moderator who guided the discussion were Sugeng Priyanto, S.S., M.IP, Librarian at the Diponegoro University Library and Undip Press.
The resource person explained the condition of scientific publications in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, scientometrics and its relationship with other sciences such as bibliometrics, altimetrics, infometrics, etc. Apart from that, the process of selecting topics from scientific journals and how they are published. He emphasized the need to read, read and read scientific journal literature. Mastering literature through reading a lot is very important compared to mastering software or tools.