Who We Are

About IMAR

International Multidisciplinary Academic Research is an independent open-access publisher dedicated to advancing scholarship across all disciplines, with a commitment to rigorous peer review, accessibility, and global reach.

Our Mission

To provide a rigorous, accessible, and internationally recognized platform for researchers, academics, and practitioners to disseminate their scholarly work — regardless of institutional affiliation or geographic location.

Our Vision

To become a leading open-access publisher in Southeast Asia, recognized internationally for the quality, integrity, and diversity of research published across our multidisciplinary journal portfolio.

Our Values

Integrity, transparency, and inclusivity guide everything we do. We uphold COPE publication ethics standards and are committed to fast, constructive, double-blind peer review for every submission.

Our Story

Founded to Fill a Gap

IMAR was founded in 2024 in response to a growing need among Indonesian researchers for a credible, open-access, multidisciplinary publisher that could serve both national and international academic communities.

We observed that many high-quality research outputs — particularly from community service (pengabdian) programs — lacked a proper, indexed publication venue. IMAR was built to change that.

Operating on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, each IMAR journal maintains its own dedicated subdomain, editorial board, and scope — ensuring that specialized research receives the focused, expert review it deserves.

2024

IMAR Founded Domain registered, hosting secured, OJS infrastructure set up

2024

6 Journals Launched Education, Health, Technology, Social Sciences, Law, Environment

2024

Crossref DOI Registration DOI prefix secured for all published articles

2025

SINTA & DOAJ Submission Targeting national and international indexing databases

2026

Regional Expansion Expanding editorial boards to include SEA researchers

Publisher Details

IMAR at a Glance

Publisher Name

International Multidisciplinary Academic Research (IMAR)

Website

imarjournal.org

Platform

Open Journal Systems (OJS) 3.x — PKP

Access Model

Full Open Access — CC BY 4.0

Review Model

Double-Blind Peer Review

Ethics Standard

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

DOI Provider

Crossref

Established

2024 — Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Publication Ethics

Our Commitment to Integrity

Authors

Authors must ensure originality of work, proper attribution of sources, accurate reporting of data, and disclosure of any conflicts of interest. All listed authors must have contributed substantially to the research.

Reviewers

Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive feedback within the agreed timeframe. They must declare any conflicts of interest and maintain confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.

Editors

Editors make decisions based solely on academic merit, free from commercial or political influence. They are responsible for ensuring fair, timely, and transparent editorial processes for all submissions.

Plagiarism Policy

All submissions are screened using Turnitin. A similarity score above 20% will result in immediate rejection. Self-plagiarism and duplicate submission are treated with equal seriousness.

Visibility

Indexing & Databases

Active

Google Scholar

All published articles are indexed and searchable on Google Scholar.

Active

Crossref

Each article receives a permanent DOI registered with Crossref.

Active

BASE

Bielefeld Academic Search Engine indexes IMAR's open-access content.

Pending

SINTA

Submission to Science and Technology Index (Indonesia) planned for 2025.

Pending

DOAJ

Directory of Open Access Journals application planned after 1 year of publication.

Target

Scopus

Long-term target for selected journals meeting Scopus criteria.

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Whether you're submitting research, joining as a reviewer, or interested in editorial collaboration — we'd love to hear from you.

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