Garuda

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Indonesia’s national journal index — a vast, under-documented regional literature.

At a Glance

PublisherMinistry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology of Indonesia (Kemdiktisaintek)
Coveragetens of thousands of Indonesian journals and their articles across all disciplines (Garba Rujukan Digital), complementing the SINTA national performance index
Accessfree
Regionalthe primary discovery platform for Indonesian scholarly publications.

Our Take

Indonesia produces a large and fast-growing body of research that barely registers in the commercial indexes, and Garuda is the national aggregator that makes it discoverable — paired with SINTA, the government’s journal-accreditation and performance system. For Southeast Asian topics, especially in agriculture, fisheries, public health, and education, it surfaces literature you won’t find elsewhere in one place. Metadata quality and English availability vary widely across such a large, decentralized index. Use it as the entry point to Indonesian scholarship; corroborate individual records against OpenAlex or a DOI where you need an international handle.

Power Tips

  • For Indonesian and broader Southeast Asian topics, search Garuda directly rather than relying on the commercial indexes to have captured the literature
  • cross-check SINTA for a journal’s national accreditation tier when judging a Garuda-indexed source.

Alternatives & Complements

SINTA · DOAJ · OpenAlex · ASEAN Citation Index.