Quantum

The post discusses Quantum’s finances, financial sustainability, and how its publication fees work.

The call for founding editors of Quantum closed after receiving 136 applications, including roughly 25 full professors, 24 readers and associate professors, and 23 lecturers.

Quantum challenges researchers to explain their research to teenagers for scrutiny.

The page shares support messages sent by applicants on the last day of the call for editors.

The page notes a discussion of various aspects of Quantum on /r/quantumjournal and thanks its participants.

The page proposes Quantum as an arXiv overlay journal for quant-ph and a free, open-access publishing option for research in quantum science.

Quantum published editorial policies developed through a consultation between its Steering and Executive Boards. The policies specify submission and peer-review details.

The nonprofit organization backing Quantum and ensuring its long-term viability was approved by the responsible Austrian authorities.

Marcus Huber presented the launch plan for Quantum at the breakfast-seminar at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) Vienna on June 22 2016.

Quantum’s 2020 call for editors closed after receiving over 50 applications. The journal marked three years since its first publications.

The page discusses Plan S, an initiative to promote open-access publishing backed by an international consortium of funding agencies and research organisations.

Quantum opened its first call for founding editors. The journal aims to make science more open and publishing more transparent and efficient.

Quantum hired two management assistants to help its Executive Board run the journal. They have worked for Quantum in Vienna since December.

Quantum Journal is updating authors on a change to its publication fees, also known as article processing charges (APCs), from January 2025.

Published authors can donate an additional 450€ to Quantum. For legal reasons, 450€ is the default publication fee.

The number of applications allows Quantum to have a broad Editorial Board.

The Steering Board selected Quantum’s full founding editorial board, consisting of the previously announced six Coordinating Editors.

Quantum announced Guido Burkard of the University of Konstanz, Steven Flammia of the University of Sydney, Aram Harrow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Christian Kurtsiefer of the Centre for Quantum Technologies.

Quantum published its editorial policies and opened a call for editors. It received over 20 applications in the first few days and continued receiving more.

Quantum received attention on social media, where discussions appeared in different threads. The page notes the interest generated by open publishing.

Quantum is an open-access peer-reviewed journal for quantum science and related fields. Quantum is non-profit and community-run: an effort by researchers and for researchers to make science more open and publishing more transparent and efficient.

Quantum announced its terms and conditions ahead of its launch and highlighted licensing information for published works.