Being South East (SE) Asian, Indonesian, one of the biggest obstacle is the feeling of inferiority. Academically, by any means we’re behind, mainly due to language barrier in writing and speaking in English.

English-based papers written by Indonesian, have not yet been largely published in the so called reputable journals. Our rejection rate is rocketing", based on individual interview with many Indonesian scientists. But yet, I haven’t found any published data on this matter. That doesn’t mean we only produce low quality research. Many manuscripts are rejected even before being sent for peer review due to poor language. In the other hand, copy editing fee is way out of our project fund limit.

But with the inclusive spirit of open science, seemingly the inferior feeling transforms into positive energy to publish in our mother language. Just recently, DOAJ released a fantastic figure that papers written in Indonesian language is the 6th worldwide and journal registration increases 111% in 2017 compare to last year. Most of the journals are fully managed and written in Indonesian language.