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Calls for papers

  • Advances in Quantum Networking: QKD and beyond

    Communications Physics invites translational and pioneering work that describes the evolving capabilities in QKD and sets the stage for applications of quantum networking and distributed quantum technologies. Looking beyond the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Technologies, we hope to curate a cross-section of state-of-the-art research that showcases the rapid development of the quantum networking stack and its applications.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 April 2026
    • Ultrafast magnetism

      This collection aims to showcase the current theoretical understanding and experimental progress in ultrafast magnetisation.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 December 2025
      • High-Energy Light Sources - From Tabletop to Large Facilities

        This cross-journal collection born in collaboration between Communications Physics, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports explores recent progress in high-energy light sources, from from tabletop to large scale facilities.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 17 December 2025
        • CMOS-compatible semiconductor qubits

          With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Nature Communications, Communications Physics and Scientific Reports invite manuscripts that advance the fundamental physics of CMOS-compatible semiconductor qubits, tackle scalability issues, and showcase practical applications in quantum computing, communication, and simulation.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 November 2025
          • Physics-Informed Machine Learning

            This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Nature Computational Science, Communications Physics, and Scientific Reports brings together the advances in Physics-Informed Machine Learning.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 07 November 2025
            • Quantum Technologies and Computing for High-Energy Particle Physics

              This collection in Communications Physics aims to highlight recent progress in quantum technologies and computing for high-energy particle physics, bringing together contributions from quantum simulation, quantum algorithms and quantum sensing.
                Collection
                Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 December 2025

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