Feb 5, 2026

In the year of 2025, there were 22 papers submitted to Research on Preschool and Primary Education (RPPE) while 6 papers (27.27%) were rejected in the initial review and 16 papers had undergone double-blind peer review by reviewers, among whom 71 reviewers completed the review before Dec 31. 2025. Among them, we selected 21 reviewers who performed assigned referring work rigorously and comprehensively by raising questions or doubts and providing the insightful opinions and constructive suggestions to the authors for further improvement.

 

We appreciate their pure passion for scientific research and would like to extend our gratitude and heartfelt thanks to these outstanding reviewers for volunteering their time and expertise to maintain the integrity and high quality of our journal publication and for their great contributions to the scientific publishing to ensure the public trust in scientific research.

 

The Outstanding Reviewers of in 2025 for RPPE is announced in the order of time as below:

 

Neri Nadine Cruz

(Faculty of Education, Universität Hamburg, Germany)

Safeek Naina Mohamed Mohamed

(Deaprtment of Educational Psychology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Dafni Petkou

(Department of Early Childhood Education and Care, International Hellenic University, Alexander Campus, Greece)

Papadakis Stamatis

(Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete, Greece)

Aziku Millicent

(Faculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, China)

Blaga Dzhorova

(Department of Preschool and Primary School Education, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Bulgaria)

Panzera-Gonçalves Júlio

(Department of Natural Sciences, Federal University of São João del Rei, Brazil)

Pfeiffer Verbra Frances

(English Studies Department, University of South Africa, South Africa)

Maria del Mar Suárez Vilagran

(Department of Linguistic and Literary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Barcelona, Spain)

Leonidas Gavrilas

(Department of Primary Education, University of Ioannina, Greece)

Ogbu Sunday

(Department of Science Education, University of Nigeria, Nigeria)

Panaoura Rita

(School of Education and Social Sciences, Frederick University, Cyprus)

Zafrullah

(Educational Research and Evaluation, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia)

Aleksandar Lipkovski

(Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Brummer Leonie

(Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Gil Delgado Jose Luis

(Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Seville, Spain)

Nikolopoulou Kleopatra

(Department of Early Childhood Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)

Latorre-Medina Maria Jose

(Department of Didactics and School Organization, Faculty of Education, Economy and Technology of Ceuta, University of Granada, Spain)

Margaret Sims

(School of Education, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Gruhn Wilfried

(Department of Music Education, University of Music Freiburg, Germany)

Munoz Jorge Pozuelo

(Department of Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Zaragoza, Spain)