Physical journals: open calls for papers

We would especially like to encourage manuscripts that expand the current area of applicability of quantum computers and introduce innovative ways to discover, characterize and produce new molecules. We will consider near-term and fault-tolerant algorithms as well as improvements over current algorithms and entirely new workflows.

We encourage submissions on topics including, but by no means limited to:

• Synergies between classical and quantum computers that leverage the strengths of both
• Use of machine learning and data to bring down the cost of quantum computation
• Tailored algorithms for specific subsets of chemical systems or types of interaction
• Prediction of chemical properties with data that can efficiently be extracted from a quantum computer

If you would like to contribute to this collection, please let us know by email and we will set up a submission link for you to contribute your article.

The collection is scheduled for promotion in late 2025, with articles published online as soon as they’re accepted. Authors are welcome to submit original research in the form of a Communication or Full Paper. Authors who would like to contribute a Review article should contact the Editorial office with their proposal. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check the suitability of submissions for both the journal and the scope of the collection, and inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed collection is not guaranteed.

Find detailed information about our journal scope and our valued editorial board members. If you have any questions about the journal or the collection, we will be happy to answer them.

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 at journals@rsc.org and 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.

Emerging Investigators should be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree but appropriate consideration is given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path).

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online and they will be published in a regular issue of MSDE.

This special collection in PCCP celebrates Prof Limtrakul’s distinguished career and will highlight research in computational chemistry, catalysis, and materials science, with a focus on cutting-edge approaches to the design and application of catalysts in energy, environmental, and industrial processes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced computational methods for catalysis and materials design
• Experimental studies of nanomaterials in catalysis and energy applications
• Machine learning techniques in predicting catalyst efficiency and accelerating materials discovery
• Sustainable catalytic processes for energy conversion, and environmental remediation
• Electrocatalysis and photo-catalysis for energy and green chemistry applications
• Advanced materials for next-generation functional devices and catalytic systems

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

• Communications
• Full papers

Open for submissions until 31 July 2025

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly through the PCCP online submission system. Please mention that this submission is an open call contribution to the Advances in computational chemistry and catalysis: Honouring Jumras Limtrakul’s 72nd birthday collection in the ‘Themed issues’ section of the submission form and add a ‘Note to the Editor’ that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed issue is not guaranteed.

Submissions to the journal should include significant innovation and/or insight into physical chemistry. Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

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 at journals@rsc.org and 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.

All submissions related to or inspired by Prof. Resnati’s body of work are encouraged.

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

• Communications
• Full papers
• Reviews and Perspectives

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly through the journal’s online submission service. Please answer the themed collection question in the submission form when uploading your files to say that this is a contribution to the themed collection and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check the suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and the inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed issue is not guaranteed.

All submissions undergo our fair and impartial peer-review and accepted articles will be published online in a citeable form, included in the web collection and published in an issue as soon as they are ready.