About CEF

About the Cambodian Education Forum

Background

The Cambodian Education Forum (CEF) was co-founded on July 1, 2020 by a group of three emerging Cambodian researchers (Kimkong Heng, Sopheap Kaing, and Vutha Ros) who aspire to The Cambodian Education Forum (CEF) was co-founded in July 2020 by three emerging Cambodian scholars (Dr. Kimkong Heng, Dr. Sopheap Kaing, and Mr. Vutha Ros) who aspire to promote research and publication in the field of education or English Language Teaching in Cambodia. This small team was later joined by Mr. Koemhong Sol, also an emerging Cambodian scholar. The common vision is to provide a platform for Cambodian researchers, educators, teachers, students, and youth, especially novice and emerging Cambodian researchers or writers, to express their views and share their perspectives, understanding, and/or research findings on topics relevant to education or English Language Teaching in Cambodia and beyond.

CEF strongly believes that Cambodian students, teachers, academics, and researchers have a wealth of knowledge and perspectives to share in shaping understandings, beliefs, and attitudes regarding education-related issues confronting Cambodia and other countries in the region and the world. Although the focus is on education or English Language Teaching in Cambodia, CEF welcomes and considers unsolicited research articles on educational issues of interest to readers in the Asian region and beyond.

Aims

CEF’s main aims are as follows:

  • To provide a publication platform for Cambodian researchers, educators, and students
  • To share knowledge, research findings, and informed opinions about education in Cambodia and beyond
  • To support Cambodian novice writers to publish through quality peer review, mentorship, and editorial processes
  • To publish essays, opinion pieces, and research articles about education in Cambodia and beyond
  • To offer insights from education experts through interviews, discussions, and publications
  • To share education-related resources to students, teachers, academics, and researchers
  • To promote Cambodia’s image in the regional and international arena.

Philosophy

CEF is still under development, but the vision behind this initiative is ambitious and inclusive. We CEF is still under development, but the vision behind this initiative is ambitious and inclusive. We seek to promote research and publication in Cambodia, particularly research conducted by Cambodians.

We are currently seeking funding, sponsors, donors, and volunteers to maintain and sustain this We are currently seeking funding, sponsors, donors, and volunteers to maintain and sustain this platform to offer common benefits to diverse users such as students, teachers, academics, and researchers. We start as a small team, aim high, and aspire to make a positive impact on the education sector and the research and publication culture in Cambodia. Now the CEF editorial board is comprised of Editors-in-Chief, Managing Editors, Editors, Associate Editors, Guest Editors, Editorial Assistants, Reviewers, and Junior Reviewers. We believe each Cambodian has a vital role to play in shaping and improving Cambodian society and raising Cambodia’s image on the global stage.

We start small, aim big, and aspire to create a real positive impact.

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About the Cambodian Journal of Educational Research
Print ISSN: 3006 290X
Online ISSN: 3005-2149

The Cambodian Journal of Educational Research (CJER) is a peer-reviewed academic journal initiated and managed by the Cambodian Education Forum (CEF). CJER publishes English manuscripts in the field of education or English Language Teaching, which would be of interest to Cambodian or international readership. All manuscripts must be original and have not been previously published or are currently under publication consideration elsewhere. All manuscripts submitted to CJER will go through an initial screening by the CJER editorial team. The editorial team will then decide whether or not to send a manuscript for a blind peer review by two invited reviewers.

CJER publishes two issues annually (the first issue is published in June and the second issue in December). Submissions to CJER can be made throughout the year following the CJER submission guidelines, which can be found on the journal website (https://cefcambodia.com/submit-a-manuscript). Accepted manuscripts will be published online first and will later be included in one of the two issues. 

CJER was previously hosted on CEF’s website, with a link to the submission guidelines below:

Submission guidelines: https://cefcambodia.com/cjer/

The journal is now hosted on an Open Journal System (OJS) platform which can be found at https://cjerjournal.com/index.php/cjer/index

Submission 

Previously, all submissions must be sent to cjer.journal@gmail.com and must be sent as two separate Microsoft Word documents:

  1. Title page (A title page that includes an article title, author names, affiliations, address of the corresponding author, and a short author bio of around 50 words for each author)
  2. Blinded manuscript (a manuscript without author names and/or author bios)

Now, all submission should be made on the journal’s OJS platform at https://cjerjournal.com/index.php/cjer/about/submissions

Cambodian Journal of Educational Research
Published by the Cambodian Education Forum
https://cjerjournal.com/index.php/cjer/index (OJS)
https://cefcambodia.com/cjer/ (previous website)

All correspondence should be sent to the editors at cjer.journal@gmail.com.

Updated on 16 July 2025