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Quantum science and technology collection
This collection across a selection of our materials, nanoscience, physical chemistry and interdisciplinary journals will feature new work in the understanding and application of quantum effects in a wide variety of contexts, to celebrate the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025.
For this broad collection of articles celebrating quantum science and technology we encourage contributions on topics including, but not limited to:
- New quantum mechanical computational chemistry methods. Focusing on new methods to provide expanded variability (customization) to programs and algorithms applied to molecular and materials discovery.
- Studies on materials and nanostructures which exploit quantum effects. The engineering and investigation of materials and nanostructures that exploit QM effects. The collection seeks papers that offer insights into the understanding of Quantum effects or mechanistic insights rather than routine experimental studies that focus on material / device performance.
- Cross-disciplinary studies looking at quantum effects in molecular systems. Studies that bridge chemistry with adjacent disciplines to understand electronic and fundamental effects such as quantum dot cellular automata.
- Applications of quantum computing in chemistry. The design of new quantum algorithms, and application of existing algorithms, in the calculation, prediction and design of atomic, molecular, and materials properties.
If you are interested, please contact us with the name of the journal you would like to contribute to. If you have any questions, we would be delighted to send you more information. If you are unsure which journal would be the most suitable for your work or would like to check a topic’s suitability for a journal, we would be happy to help.
Articles will be promoted and added to the collection as soon as they are accepted, and promotion of the collection is scheduled for the end of 2025. Please mention the collection name “Quantum Science and Technology” when you submit your manuscript. Please note that all submissions will undergo peer-review in the usual manner and must comply with each journal’s usual journal scope and standards.

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All submissions to our open calls will undergo an initial assessment by the journal editors and subsequent peer review as per the usual policies of RSC journals.
Advances in computational protein design, structural biology, and drug discovery
ChemComm
Closing date: 31 August 2025
150th anniversary collection: metabolomics
Analyst
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Emerging investigator series
Lab on a Chip
Ongoing
Breakthrough technologies and applications in organ-on-a-chip
Lab on a Chip
Ongoing
Microfluidics for wearable and implantable technologies
Lab on a Chip
Closing date: 15 June 2025
Winter conference on plasma spectrochemistry
JAAS (Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry)
Ongoing
First-time authors
ChemComm
Ongoing
All-polymer solar cells
ChemComm
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Advanced functional porous materials
ChemComm
Closing date: 15 August 2025
Advanced materials for thermoelectric systems
RSC Advances
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Emerging investigators series
RSC Advances
Ongoing
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
RSC Advances
Ongoing
From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions: celebrating Prof. Giuseppe Resnati
NJC (New Journal of Chemistry)
Closing date: 01 September 2025
Lipidomics
Molecular Omics
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Emerging investigator series
Catalysis Science and Technology
Ongoing
Advanced catalytic materials for energy and environmental applications
Catalysis Science and Technology
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Emerging investigators series
Green Chemistry
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
Sustainable Energy & Fuels
Ongoing
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
Energy Advances
Ongoing
Emerging inorganic materials for solar harvesting
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Closing date: 31 July 2025
Emerging investigators series
MSDE (Molecular Systems Design & Engineering)
Ongoing
Sustainable laboratories
RSC Sustainability
Ongoing
Industrial perspectives
RSC Sustainability
Closing date: 15 August 2025
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
Environmental Science: Advances
Ongoing
Battery material mining and recycling: environmental impacts, challenges and green solutions
Environmental Science: Advances
Closing date: 30 May 2025
Open call for manuscripts on PFAS science
Environmental Science: Advances
Closing date: 01 September 2025
Climate change adaptation in water quality and treatment
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Closing date: 01 August 2025
Emerging investigators series
Biomaterials Science
Ongoing
MOFs in Asia
CrystEngComm
Closing date: 23 June 2025
Microfluidic systems for addressing energy challenges
Lab on a Chip
Ongoing
Reactivity and self-assembly in confined spaces
ChemComm
Closing date: 30 June 2025
Hydrogen production
Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
Closing date: 30 September 2025
All-polymer solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Closing date: 31 May 2025
All-polymer solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Transformation products and mixtures
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
Closing date: 30 September 2025
Special collection for XXI BMIC / X BMRE / III WTBC
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Closing date: 30 October 2025
Emerging investigator series
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Ongoing
Emerging investigator series
Organic Chemistry Frontiers
Ongoing
Emerging investigator series
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Ongoing
Electrocatalytic C-N coupling
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Closing date: 30 August 2025
Frontiers in main group chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Closing date: 01 October 2025
From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions: celebrating Prof. Giuseppe Resnati
PCCP (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
Closing date: 01 September 2025
From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions: celebrating Prof. Giuseppe Resnati
CrystEngComm
Closing date: 01 September 2025
Special issue in honor of Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert’s 50th birthday: celebrating 25 years of shaping biomaterials in neuroengineering
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Closing date: 24 October 2025
Perspective on the technologies of OLEDs
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Closing date: 23 July 2025
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
Materials Advances
Ongoing
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
Nanoscale Advances
Ongoing
Supramolecular peptide and protein systems: from design to applications
Materials Advances
Closing date: 30 November 2025
Room-temperature phosphorescence
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Closing date: 31 July 2025
Nanocatalysis
Materials Horizons
Closing date: 16 July 2025
Nanocatalysis
Nanoscale Horizons
Closing date: 16 July 2025
Emerging investigators series
Polymer Chemistry
Ongoing
CRISPR-based diagnostics
Sensors & Diagnostics
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Advances in nanomaterials for sensors in early disease diagnosis
Sensors & Diagnostics
Closing date: 30 June 2025
Emerging investigators series
Soft Matter
Ongoing
Underpinnings of micro and nano-plastics
Soft Matter
Closing date: 31 October 2025
Reactivity and self-assembly in confined spaces
Nanoscale
Closing date: 30 June 2025
Quantum nanomaterials
Nanoscale
Closing date: 29 July 2025
Magnetic nanoparticles
Nanoscale
Closing date: 01 September 2025
DNA nanotechnology
Nanoscale Horizons
Closing date: 21 July 2025
Nanoscale advances in innovative bioengineering
Nanoscale Advances
Closing date: 01 June 2025
Advanced catalytic materials for energy and environmental applications
Nanoscale Advances
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Carbon nanoarchitectonics: nanoscale structural control for advanced applications in energy, environment and bio
Nanoscale Advances
Closing date: 31 May 2025
High throughput synthesis, characterisation and optimisation of nanomaterials
Nanoscale Advances
Closing date: 17 September 2025
Magnetic nanoparticles
Nanoscale Advances
Closing date: 01 September 2025
Quantum computing in chemistry, material science and biotechnology
Digital Discovery
Closing date: 11 August 2025
Advances in computational chemistry and catalysis: honouring Jumras Limtrakul’s 72nd birthday
PCCP (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
Closing date: 31 July 2025
Sustainable medicinal chemistry
RSC Medicinal Chemistry
Closing date: 15 September 2025
Materials challenges in alternative and renewable energy
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Closing date: 30 September 2025
Materials challenges in alternative and renewable energy
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Closing date: 30 September 2025