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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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150th anniversary collection: mass spectrometry
Analyst
Call For Paper
Ongoing
150th anniversary collection: metabolomics
Analyst
Call For Paper
Ongoing
150th anniversary collection: sensors for human and planetary health
Analyst
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 December 2025
Advanced catalytic materials for energy and environmental applications
Catalysis Science and Technology
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Advanced catalytic materials for energy and environmental applications
Nanoscale Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Advanced eco-manufacturing and sustainable bioproducts with lignocellulosic biomass
Green Chemistry
Call For Paper
Closing date: 28 February 2026
Advanced functional porous materials
ChemComm
Call For Paper
Closing date: 15 August 2025
Advanced materials for thermoelectric systems
RSC Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Advanced membrane and materials technologies for water & wastewater treatment
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 May 2026
Advanced nanomaterials for sustainable green hydrogen production
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Call For Paper
Closing date: 22 January 2026
Advanced nanomaterials for sustainable green hydrogen production
Nanoscale
Call For Paper
Closing date: 22 January 2026
Advances in computational chemistry and catalysis: honouring Jumras Limtrakul’s 72nd birthday
PCCP (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 October 2025
Advances in computational protein design, structural biology, and drug discovery
ChemComm
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 August 2025
All-polymer solar cells
ChemComm
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 May 2025
All-polymer solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 May 2025
All-polymer solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Atmospheric chemistry of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Environmental Science: Atmospheres
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 January 2026
Atmospheric remote sensing
Environmental Science: Atmospheres
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 January 2026
Biodegradable polymer-based intelligent food packaging systems
Sustainable Food Technology
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 December 2025
Breakthrough technologies and applications in organ-on-a-chip
Lab on a Chip
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Carbon nanoarchitectonics: nanoscale structural control for advanced applications in energy, environment and bio
Nanoscale Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Chemical biology of nucleic acids: modifications, interactions, and therapeutic applications
RSC Chemical Biology
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 January 2026
Chemical education for global sustainability
RSC Sustainability
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Climate change adaptation in water quality and treatment
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 August 2025
CRISPR-based diagnostics
Sensors & Diagnostics
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 September 2025
Disaster emissions and effects on air quality
Environmental Science: Atmospheres
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 November 2025
DNA nanotechnology
Nanoscale Horizons
Call For Paper
Closing date: 21 July 2025
Dynamic polymer networks
Polymer Chemistry
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 January 2026
Electrocatalytic C-N coupling
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 August 2025
Emerging inorganic materials for solar harvesting
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 July 2025
Emerging investigator series
Lab on a Chip
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigator series
Catalysis Science and Technology
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigator series
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigator series
Organic Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigator series
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
RSC Advances
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
Green Chemistry
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
Sustainable Energy & Fuels
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
MSDE (Molecular Systems Design & Engineering)
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
Biomaterials Science
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
Polymer Chemistry
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Emerging investigators series
Soft Matter
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Energy and sensing nanotechnology
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 December 2025
First-time authors
ChemComm
Call For Paper
Ongoing
From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions: celebrating Prof. Giuseppe Resnati
NJC (New Journal of Chemistry)
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 September 2025
From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions: celebrating Prof. Giuseppe Resnati
PCCP (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 September 2025
From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions: celebrating Prof. Giuseppe Resnati
CrystEngComm
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 September 2025
Frontiers in main group chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 October 2025
Gas-phase radical chemistry
Environmental Science: Atmospheres
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 January 2026
Green and low carbon development of seawater resource utilization technology
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Call For Paper
Closing date: 28 February 2026
Green liquids and solvents
Green Chemistry
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 March 2026
High throughput synthesis, characterisation and optimisation of nanomaterials
Nanoscale Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 17 September 2025
Hydrogen production
Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 September 2025
Industrial perspectives
RSC Sustainability
Call For Paper
Closing date: 15 August 2025
Inorganic nanomaterials
Dalton Transactions
Call For Paper
Closing date: 19 January 2026
Life cycle of chemicals in the transition to a sustainable society
RSC Sustainability
Call For Paper
Closing date: 20 February 2026
Life cycle of chemicals in the transition to a sustainable society
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
Call For Paper
Closing date: 20 February 2026
Lipidomics
Molecular Omics
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Magnetic nanoparticles
Nanoscale
Call For Paper
Closing date: 16 January 2026
Magnetic nanoparticles
Nanoscale Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 September 2025
Materials Advances in additive manufacturing: from processing to applications
Materials Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 15 December 2025
Materials Advances: organic transistors and related devices
Materials Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 November 2025
Materials challenges in alternative and renewable energy
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 September 2025
Materials challenges in alternative and renewable energy
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 September 2025
Mechanoluminescence
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Call For Paper
Closing date: 24 October 2025
Mechanoluminescence
RSC Mechanochemistry
Call For Paper
Closing date: 24 October 2025
Metamaterials
Materials Horizons
Call For Paper
Closing date: 10 April 2026
Microfluidic systems for addressing energy challenges
Lab on a Chip
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Microfluidics for wearable and implantable technologies
Lab on a Chip
Call For Paper
Closing date: 15 June 2025
Nanomaterial-based sensors for food monitoring
Sensors & Diagnostics
Call For Paper
Closing date: 03 November 2025
Nanoplastics in the Environment
Environmental Science: Nano
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 October 2025
Nanoporous materials for energy and environmental related applications
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 July 2026
Nanoscale advances in innovative bioengineering
Nanoscale Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 June 2025
Nanosensing
Environmental Science: Nano
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 January 2026
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
RSC Advances
Call For Paper
Ongoing
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
Energy Advances
Call For Paper
Ongoing
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
Environmental Science: Advances
Call For Paper
Ongoing
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
Materials Advances
Call For Paper
Ongoing
New principal investigators: a spotlight on recent appointees
Nanoscale Advances
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Novel materials and devices for photon and ionizing radiation detection
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Call For Paper
Closing date: 03 October 2025
Open call for manuscripts on PFAS science
Environmental Science: Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 September 2025
Peptide chemistry and biology: emerging technologies and translational applications
RSC Chemical Biology
Call For Paper
Closing date: 29 January 2026
Perspective on the technologies of OLEDs
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Call For Paper
Closing date: 23 July 2025
Quantum computing in chemistry, material science and biotechnology
Digital Discovery
Call For Paper
Closing date: 11 August 2025
Quantum nanomaterials
Nanoscale
Call For Paper
Closing date: 29 July 2025
Reactivity and self-assembly in confined spaces
Nanoscale
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 June 2025
Room-temperature phosphorescence
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 July 2025
RSC FIRST 2025: Energy Materials Frontiers
EES Batteries
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 April 2026
RSC FIRST 2025: Energy Materials Frontiers
EES Catalysis
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 April 2026
RSC FIRST 2025: Energy Materials Frontiers
EES Solar
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 April 2026
Sensors for Infectious Disease Diagnosis
Sensors & Diagnostics
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 November 2025
Solution-processed perovskites and 2D materials for energy, optoelectronics, and computation devices
Materials Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Special collection for XXI BMIC / X BMRE / III WTBC
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 October 2025
Special issue for the 10th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC10)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 April 2026
Special issue in honor of Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert’s 50th birthday: celebrating 25 years of shaping biomaterials in neuroengineering
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Call For Paper
Closing date: 24 October 2025
Supercapacitors for a sustainable energy future
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Call For Paper
Closing date: 26 November 2025
Supercapacitors for a sustainable energy future
Materials Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 26 November 2025
Supramolecular peptide and protein systems: from design to applications
Materials Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 November 2025
Sustainable laboratories
RSC Sustainability
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Sustainable medicinal chemistry
RSC Medicinal Chemistry
Call For Paper
Closing date: 15 September 2025
The influence of combustion emissions on air quality and atmospheric processes
Environmental Science: Atmospheres
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Thermoelectric energy conversion
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Call For Paper
Closing date: 19 November 2025
Thermoelectric energy conversion
Nanoscale
Call For Paper
Closing date: 19 November 2025
Transformation and innovation for resilient equitable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Call For Paper
Closing date: 02 February 2026
Transformation products and mixtures
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 September 2025
Underpinnings of micro and nano-plastics
Soft Matter
Call For Paper
Closing date: 31 October 2025
Urban agriculture and food security
Environmental Science: Advances
Call For Paper
Closing date: 01 January 2026
Winter conference on plasma spectrochemistry
JAAS (Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry)
Call For Paper
Ongoing
Wound healing materials
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Call For Paper
Closing date: 30 December 2025