Improving the peer-review workflow at Quantum
After two years of operation, around 250 submissions and over 100 published articles, it is time to refresh the editorial board, and to consolidate the peer-review process at Quantum. Here …
Quantum has been recognized by the European Physical Society
Quantum has been officially approved by the European Physical Society (EPS) and is now listed among the journals that have received the recognized journal status. Through this, the EPS certifies …
Call for papers: good popular science
Do you think that news articles on quantum science are vague or misleading? Can you do better? We have a challenge: explain your research to teenagers and undergo their scrutiny. …
Quantum turns 1
One year ago Quantum opened for submissions and we would like to take this as an opportunity to celebrate its first birthday! A lot has happened since. About 100 manuscripts …
What kind of content is shared by Quantum?
Quantum is active on social media to foster engagement and spread news relevant for the quantum science community. As Quantum grows, it becomes important to have transparent guidelines about the …
Quantum obtains an ISSN
Quantum has been assigned an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) by the ISSN International Centre. The ISSN is similar to the more widely known ISBN, which is used to uniquely …
Collaboration with Fermat’s library
Before our launch issue finally arrives we have further exciting news to share: Quantum is cooperating with Fermat’s Library, a project enabling collaborative online annotation of scientific papers. Papers published …
Quantum money
How can we ensure that Quantum is financially sustainable? And how are publication fees going to work exactly? In this post we go into the gritty details of Quantum’s finances …
Quantum opens for submissions
Today is launch day! Quantum opens for submissions! To submit, please go to the for authors page, read carefully, agree to Quantum’s terms and conditions, and hit the submit button. …
Terms and Conditions and Code of Conduct
As the launch date approaches, it is a pleasure to announce the terms and conditions of Quantum. Here are some highlights: Licencing information: works published in Quantum will be covered …
Template demonstrating the quantumarticle class
Quantum features its own LaTeX documentclass quantumarticle, which we highly recommend for typesetting articles to be published in Quantum. You can preview how it looks like in this template document …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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), …
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 …