An improved accreditation has become a top priority in the management of the Journal of Polimesin. Starting from the 1st issue, Volume 18th (February 2020); the journal has received a SINTA-2 (S2) Indonesian accreditation rating from the previous one of SINTA-4 (S4) in Volume 15th (February 2017). In relation to the increase in accreditation, 2 major changes have occurred in this edition: An increase in the quality of papers by authors and an increase in the quality of reviews by reviewers.

The quality that has been achieved begins with the hard work of the author who is willing to prepare a better manuscript, which is related to higher quality research as well. The editor hopes in the future the submitted paper will be better than before so that with the latest accreditation rating obtained by the reader, the paper quality is balanced.

Improvements in the quality of reviews carried out by reviewers in this publication have been noted by the editorial team. This may be driven by the awareness of reviewers to maintain the quality of published papers at the level of SINTA-2 accreditation. Furthermore, the editorial team has a policy of giving full trust to reviewers to provide evaluations in accordance with their competencies.

Along with the increasing time needed by reviewers to provide better review results, the editorial team plans to provide a higher honorarium in the future edition. In addition, the more complex work of journal management to maintain and increase journal accreditation also requires a better reward for the editorial team for their time and professionalism. The two reasons above have prompted editors to increase journal submission fees for the next issue.

Finally, The editorial team continues to strive to upgrade the journal's accreditation and index. The SINTA- 1's (S1) accreditation rating, which also means Scopus indexed, is the editor team’s next target. Thank you to the authors, readers, and reviewers who have collaborated on the advancement of the Journal of Polimesin.  We are surely striving for higher-level challenges dan opportunities.