Jakarta, 3 April 2023 - One of the lecturers of the Faculty of Education and Language, Atma Jaya Catholic University (Unika Atma Jaya), Dominikus David Biondi Situmorang, S.Pd., M.Pd., M.Si., C.T., C.PS., C.BNLP. again made an achievement with his latest record, namely "The First Indonesian who becomes an Associate Editor of Heliyon Psychology (Elsevier - Scopus Q1)". This led him to receive an award from the Indonesian World Records Museum (MURI) on 3 April 2023.
Lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Language, Unika Atma Jaya, Dominikus David Biondi Situmorang, S.Pd., M.Pd., M.Si., C.T., C.PS., C.BNLP, received another award from the Indonesian World Records Museum (MURI) with the title "The First Indonesian who becomes an Associate Editor of Heliyon Psychology (Elsevier - Scopus Q1)", on 3 April 2023 last time. The lecturer who is active as a speaker in various activities both on a national and international scale has also succeeded in writing various reputable international journals.
This MURI record is the 3rd record that he has successfully made. Previously, in 2020, he had received a MURI record award with No. 9497/R.MURI/VI/2020 for the record "Online Singing Collaboration by the Most Residents of One Faculty (Faculty of Education and Language, the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia)" with the song "Prayer for the Nation" created by him. Furthermore, in 2022 he again received the second MURI record with No. 1058/R.MURI/III/2022 for the record "The First Indonesian whose Article has been Published in the Palliative & Supportive Care - Cambridge University Press (Rapid Tele-Psychotherapy)".
"Initially I only intended to "just for fun" apply as one of the reviewers to Heliyon Psychology, with the intention of getting the privilege of article publication charge waiver or free / no-cost publication in the journal. Without waiting long, the editorial team of Heliyon replied to my email and accepted me as one of the Advisory Board at Heliyon Psychology." said Dominikus David.
On the same occasion, this outstanding young lecturer also explained that the reputable international journal published by Elsevier, Heliyon is one of the leading top-class journals that has a fairly high Impact Factor (IF), so it has a Percentile that falls into the Quartile 1 (Q1) category based on Scopus indexation.
"After being accepted as one of the Advisory Board, I immediately accepted a job as a reviewer for several articles. In addition, I also conducted the submission process of the article entitled "Perceived parenting styles, thinking styles, and gender on the career decision self-efficacy of adolescents: how & why?" in Heliyon Psychology. The whole process of getting this article published was done objectively and double-blind by the Associate Editor and other reviewers. I also made many revisions up to 5 times, until at the end of March 2021, the article was successfully accepted and published, without any fees, "explained Dominikus David.
Until the end of 2021, this lecturer with various achievements received a certificate of appreciation from Elsevier, for successfully reviewing 19 articles since August 2020. This eventually made him get an official invitation to become an Associate Editor at Heliyon Psychology from one of the Editorial Team Leaders of Heliyon, Ms Fiona Ye, in April 2022. Furthermore, in May 2022, she signed an official contract letter with Elsevier as an Associate Editor at Heliyon Psychology. As an Associate Editor, she has a jobdesk that is almost similar to that of the Editor-in-Chief, which is not only to find and select credible reviewers for each article, but also to decide whether the article needs to be revised in minor or major, rejected, or accepted. This is one of the greatest achievements for academics, because not many people get the opportunity to be trusted and work in one of the world's top-class journals and publishers, with a high fee income.
In January 2022, he received an official letter from Dr Christian Schulz as Lead Editor of Heliyon stating that he was the first and only person from Indonesia to become an Associate Editor at Heliyon Psychology. This official statement was used as the basis for the Indonesian World Record Museum (MURI) to award him as "The First Indonesian who becomes an Associate Editor of Heliyon Psychology (Elsevier - Scopus Q1)" with No. 10903/R.MURI/IV/2023 on 3 April 2023.
At his relatively young age as a lecturer, he also has several other achievements, including being the Head of Student Affairs (Wadek III) of the Faculty of Education and Language at Atma Jaya Catholic University, being a lecturer who has the #1 ranking on SINTA Atma Jaya Catholic University, being one of the World's Top 2% Scientists based on Stanford University ranking (as of September 2022), being one of the International Affiliates officially invited by the American Psychological Association (APA), being a Review Editor at the reputable international journal Frontiers in Psychology, and many others.
The various achievements he has made are a source of pride and a tangible manifestation of the implementation of his knowledge for the advancement of the younger generation. As a lecturer, he also hopes that what he has gained so far, the various researches he has conducted, and the various journals he has written can be his contribution to educating the nation's generation, as well as encouraging other young people to be able to make achievements on a national and international scale.
