Journal History

The Indonesian Journal of Aerospace (IJoA) traces its lineage to Jurnal Teknologi Dirgantara (JTD), an open-access, peer-reviewed journal launched by Indonesia’s National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) in 2003 to publish work across aeronautics and space science and engineering. JTD earned Indonesia’s “Level A” scientific periodical accreditation in 2006 and has since been evaluated periodically; in recent cycles, it has held SINTA 2 status.

From 2003–2022, JTD appeared semi-annually on LAPAN’s Open Journal Systems platform, with a continuous run of volumes and issues (e.g., Vol. 8–20 spanning 2010–2022) that document its sustained publication history prior to rebranding.

In 2021, the Government of Indonesia consolidated its national research bodies—including LAPAN—into the Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN). Following that institutional change, the journal transitioned to BRIN’s e-journal platform and, beginning with Vol. 21 (2023), adopted the English title Indonesian Journal of Aerospace (IJoA) while maintaining the core scope of JTD. The IJoA archive explicitly notes this transformation and shows the handover point from “Jurnal Teknologi Dirgantara (Vol. 20, 2022)” to “Indonesian Journal of Aerospace (Vol. 21, 2023–present).”

As part of the reorganization, IJoA also accommodates two sibling LAPAN journals—Jurnal Sains Dirgantara (JSD) and Jurnal Kajian Kebijakan Penerbangan dan Antariksa (JKKPA)—to preserve and unify LAPAN’s scientific and policy scholarship under one banner. A consolidated archive of prior issues from these titles is maintained and linked from the IJoA archive.

Today, IJoA is organized and published by BRIN, carries and continues the JTD mission of disseminating research, engineering practice, design methods, testing/validation, and policy analysis across the aerospace domain