Making of Thinkgather.com As a Collaboration and Networking Media for Researchers
Suryo Hadi Wira Prabowo, Achmad Murdiono, Puji Handayati, Budi Eko Soetjipto, Nangkula Utaberta, Ari Gunawan, Siska Krisdiana Nofianti
Universitas Negeri Malang
Universiti Putera Malaysia
Abstract
This research based of the problem of the number of scientific publications in Indonesia that are still low. The lack of researchers is presumed to be one of the reasons that the number of international publications is still low if compared with other countries. In addition to the above, another problem is that the number of scientific documents in Indonesia is still low in the Southeast Asian region. The above problems are caused by many factors, including (1). Researchers often experience difficulties in obtaining references to both books and journals that support their research, (2). Researchers find it difficult to find research partners who have scientific similarities and interests in one research topic. The purpose of this study is to answer the above problems through an application called thinkgather.com. The purpose of this study was to design and build an application as an interactive medium for researchers. One of the advantages of this application is being able to connect between one researcher and another researcher in one social media. This research was designed to have 3 stages of research, namely the preliminary study and data collection stage, the planning and preparation stage, the limited scale trial stage, the large-scale trial and improvement. It is expected that the thinkgather.com application can become a means of researchers as a media discussion and facilitate researchers in finding partners in the research that will be carried out.
Keywords: Application, Thinkgather.com, Researcher, Social Media
Topic: Halal Science and Technology