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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.

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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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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