About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Focus and Scope of International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education is research, study and analysis related to early childhood include:

  1. Development of moral and religious values;
  2. Physical motor development;
  3. Emotional social development;
  4. Cognitive development;
  5. Language development;
  6. Artistic and creative development;
  7. Parenting;
  8. Management institution of early childhood education; 
  9. Early child development assessment;
  10. Child development psychology;
  11. Child empowerment;
  12. Learning strategy;
  13. Educational tool play;
  14. Instructional media; and
  15. Innovation in early childhood education.

The Editors encourage the submission of a variety of manuscripts: reports of empirical research, including experiments, quasi-experiments, case studies, ethnographies, design research, and surveys; philosophical or historical analyses; integrative literature reviews and theoretical analyses and also practitioners recommendation and experiences.

Peer Review Process

The suitability of manuscripts for publication International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education (IJEIECE) is judged by peer reviewers and editorial board. All the review processes are conducted in a double-blind review where both authors and reviewers' identities remain anonymous. Every article reviewed by two reviewers. Editor in Chief handles all correspondence with the author and makes the final decision as to whether the paper is recommended for acceptance, rejection, or needs to be returned to the author for revision.

Editor in Chief and Editorial Board will evaluate the submitted papers on the prequalification step for the suitability of further review process. The manuscripts will be evaluated by two qualified peer reviewers selected by the Editor in Chief. The peer reviewers should examine the manuscript and return it with their recommendation to the Editor in Chief as soon as possible, usually within 3 weeks. The Editor in Chief decides the acceptance or rejection of the paper.

Papers needing revision will be returned to the authors, and the author must return the revised manuscript to the Editor in Chief via OJS of International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education (IJEIECE). The editor in Chief sends the revised manuscript to the Editorial Board to check whether the manuscript is revised as suggested by peer reviewers. Editorial Board could give a recommendation to Editor in Chief that the manuscript should return to authors, accept, or reject within 1 week. Editor in Chief would send an acceptance letter announcing the publication issue attached with manuscript reprint to authors.

Publication Frequency

The International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education (IJEIECE) is a journal published online twice a year in May and November.

Open Access Policy

The International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education is committed to the principles of open access. All articles published by the journal are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. This ensures that research is readily available to a global audience, supporting the free exchange of knowledge and promoting greater dissemination and impact of scholarly work.

The journal operates under the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, providing an efficient online submission and peer-review process. By adopting the open access model, the International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education upholds the principle that freely available research fosters a greater global exchange of knowledge, benefiting researchers, practitioners, and the public alike.

We encourage authors to retain copyright of their work and license it under a Creative Commons license, which supports the widest possible dissemination and use of the research.