the comprehensive educational academic journal "New Horizons

Published: 26 06 2026
the comprehensive educational academic journal "New Horizons

Recently, the comprehensive educational academic journal "New
Horizons in Education" was officially launched and is publicly
distributed both at home and abroad. This journal is dedicated to
building an academic exchange platform for educational research, serving
the strategy of building an educational power, promoting theoretical
innovation and practical reform in education, and contributing wisdom
and strength to the high-quality development of China's education cause.

Background and positioning of the publication

At
present, China is in a crucial period of building an education power,
and the reform and development of education are confronted with new
situations, new tasks and new challenges. New Horizons in Education is
based on China's educational practice and looks to the forefront of
international education. With the mission of "exploring educational
laws, leading educational innovation, and serving educational practice",
it adheres to the combination of theory and practice, pays attention to
major theoretical and practical issues in educational reform and
development, and strives to build an educational research base with
ideological depth, academic height and practical warmth.

This
journal adheres to the editorial philosophy of openness, inclusiveness
and innovation, encourages interdisciplinary and multi-perspective
educational research, advocates original, cutting-edge and applied
academic achievements, and strives to become an important bridge for
communication and dialogue among educational theorists, practitioners
and policymakers.

Main column Settings

"New Horizons in Education" sets up the following main columns:

Frontiers
of Educational Theory: Basic research on educational philosophy,
fundamental educational theories, and the history of educational thought

Curriculum and Instruction: Research on curriculum reform, teaching theory, subject teaching, learning science, etc

Teacher
development research: teacher education, teacher professional
development, teacher ethics construction, teacher evaluation, etc

Educational
management and Policy: Educational governance, school management,
educational policy, educational evaluation reform, etc

Moral
education and Nurturing: Ideological and political education, theory and
practice of moral education, mental health education, integration of
the five educations, etc

Comparative Education: International
education comparison, overseas education trends, research on
internationalization of education, etc

Educational Technology and
Digitalization: Educational informatization, smart education,
application of artificial intelligence in education, digital education,
etc

Basic education: Research on the Reform and Development of
preschool Education, compulsory Education and Senior high School
Education

Higher education: Higher education governance, talent cultivation, discipline construction, postgraduate education, etc

Vocational
and adult education: Vocational education reform, integration of
industry and education, lifelong education, continuing education, etc

Empirical research in education: Research methods and achievements in Education Based on data and evidence

Hot topic focus: Special discussions and written talks on hot issues in the field of education

Target readers and submission methods

This
journal is mainly targeted at teachers from all levels and types of
schools, educational researchers, educational administrative managers,
teachers and students of normal universities, as well as people from all
walks of life who care about the education cause. We warmly welcome
contributions from educational researchers, front-line teachers and
educational administrators both at home and abroad. The types of
manuscripts include research papers, research reports, reviews, case
analyses, book reviews, etc.

This journal implements a strict peer
review system and a three-level review and three-proofreading system to
ensure the academic quality and publication standards of the published
papers. Submissions should have clear viewpoints, sufficient evidence,
reliable data, and standardized formats, with an emphasis on theoretical
innovation and practical value.

Outlook

Taking
its establishment as a new starting point, "New Horizons in Education"
will adhere to its original aspiration and mission of speaking for
education and shaping the soul of nurturing people, continuously enhance
the academic quality and dissemination influence of the journal, and
strive to build itself into an important academic platform in the field
of educational research, making due contributions to promoting
educational modernization, building an educational power, and providing
people with satisfactory education.