Founding Editors
The Steering Board of Quantum has selected the full founding editorial board consisting of the previously announced 6 Coordinating Editors: Guido Burkard, University of Konstanz, Germany Steven Flammia, University of …
Presenting the Coordinating Editors
Quantum is delighted to announce that Guido Burkard (University of Konstanz) Steven Flammia (University of Sydney) Aram Harrow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Christian Kurtsiefer (Centre for Quantum Technologies / Nat. …
Coordinating editors
Given the high number of excellent applications, the Editorial Board of Quantum can be as broad as we had hoped for. This ensures that editors need only handle submissions in …
Quantum joins Crossref
Quantum has officially joined Crossref and obtained the DOI prefix 10.22331. This means that works accepted in Quantum will receive a DOI starting with https://doi.org/10.22331 upon publication and can then …
Quantum invited by barcelonaqubit.com
Quantum was invited by barcelonaqbit.com, a non-profit think tank, to participate in an “Encuentro Quanticó” (Quantum Encounter) with decision makers from science, industry, and politics, to discuss issues in quantum …
Call for editors closed
The call for founding editors of Quantum has closed. We received a total of 136 applications, of which roughly: 25 full professors, 24 readers and associate professors, 23 lecturers and …
Sharing the love
On the last day of the call for editors, we would like to share some of the support messages that applicants have been sending us. Thank you for believing in …
Should Quantum be selective?
We were amazed by the detailed and lively discussion on various aspects of Quantum happening over at /r/quantumjournal. We would like to thank all participants for their time and over …
Donations welcome!
You can now support making Quantum a success with a small donation! We are confident that, in the long run, the voluntary publication fee will be sufficient to cover the running …
Community feedback
Last week we published the editorial policies of Quantum and opened the call for editors. In the first few days, we already received over twenty applications (and keep receiving more), …
Open call for founding editors
Quantum is opening its first call for founding editors. Quantum is an effort by researchers and for researchers to make science more open and publishing more transparent and efficient. If …
Editorial policies published
Today Quantum publishes its editorial policies. They are the result of a consultation process between the Steering and the Executive Boards and specify the details of the submission and peer-review …
Non-profit organization officially created
The non-profit organization backing Quantum and ensuring its long term viability has been officially approved by the responsible Austrian authorities. The non-profit goes under the name “Verein zur Förderung des …
Quantum presented during the “Quantum Science: Implementations” workshop
The Executive Board of Quantum presents the concept, the core values, and the internal structure of Quantum during in an online video conference during the workshop Quantum Science: Implementations at …
FAQ
Word of Quantum went viral on social media, with enthusiastic discussions popping up in different threads. We are delighted at all the interested that truly open publishing is generating in …
Quantum @ IQOQI breakfast seminar
Marcus Huber presented the launch plan for Quantum at the breakfast-seminar at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) Vienna on June 22 2016.
Quantum presented in an ICFO ICONS seminar
Christian Gogolin, as a member of the Executive Board of Quantum, takes part in a panel discussion on scientific publishing under the title Is Sci-Hub the Robin Hood of Science? …
Announcing Quantum – the open journal for quantum science
We propose the launch of an arXiv overlay journal for quant-ph. Quantum will be a free and open access publishing option, providing high visibility for quality research in quantum science. Quantum …