Home / About the Journal / Journal History

Agro Bali: Agricultural Journal (abbreviation: Agro. Bali. Agric. J., initials: AB) is a peer-reviewed journal managed by the Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Panji Sakti University, Singaraja, Bali. This journal was first published in June 2018. Published twice a year, in June and December. From the first volume and issue, this journal was published online only at https://ejournal.unipas.ac.id/index.php/Agro/index. The following are the historical milestones of Agro Bali: Agricultural Journal.

1. Agro. Bali. Agric. J. was first published in June 2018 (Vol,1, No.1).
2. On February 1, 2019, Agro. Bali. Agric. J. has obtained an ISSN (Online) 2655-853X.
3. Started from Vol. 1 No 1, June 2018 up to Vol. 2 No 1, June 2019, Agro. Bali. Agric. J. published 7 articles per issue.
4. Started from Vol. 2 No 2, December 2019, Agro. Bali. Agric. J. published 8 articles per issue.
5. To improve the quality of management, starting from Vol. 2 No 2, 2019, Agro. Bali. Agric. J. charge an Article Publication Fees.
6. On February 18, 2020, Agro. Bali. Agric. J. has become a member of Crossref, meaning all the articles have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
7. On February and March 2020 Agro. Bali. Agric. J. has been indexed by Google Scholar, Garuda, Crossref, PKP Index, WorldCat, BASE, Dimensions, OneSearch, Neliti, and Moraref.
8. On February 19, 2020, Agro. Bali. Agric. J. has been proposed to be indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ).
9. On February 21, 2020, Agro. Bali. Agric. J. has been proposed to be indexed/accredited by Science and Technology Index (SINTA).
10. On April 1, 2020, The journal has been accredited by the Ministry of Research and Technology/National Agency for Research and Technology with a decree number 85/M/KPT/2020, ranked in Science and Technology Index 5 (SINTA-5).
11. On April 22, 2020, Agro. Bali. Agric. J. has indexed by Citefactor.
    
12. On 8 August 2020, the journal website of Agro Bali: Agricultural Journal suddenly crashed. The Recovery process took about 2 weeks. Some journal tools such as DOI, have not been fully recovered.
13. On September 16, 2020, the journal has got higher recognition by the Ministry of Research and Technology/National Agency for Research and Technology with a decree number 148/M/KPT/2020, ranked in Science and Technology Index 3 (SINTA-3).
14. Starting in Vol. 4 No. 1, March 2021, this journal will be published 3 times a year (in March, July, and November).
15. Agro. Bali. Agric. J. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the publication of scientific journal with the Indonesian Society of Agronomy (PERAGI) on July 31, 2021.
16. December 12, 2022, the journal got higher recognition from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia with a decree number 204/E/KPT/2022, ranked in Science and Technology Index 2 (SINTA-2).