ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing

ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing is a peer-reviewed journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, founded in 2020 to serve the quantum computer science community in theory and practice, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.1《美国计算机学会量子计算汇刊》（ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing）是美国计算机学会（ACM）的同行评审期刊，2020 年创刊，从理论与实践两方面服务量子计算机科学界，2025 年影响因子为 6.1。

Scope

• The journal publishes high-impact, original research papers and selected surveys on topics in quantum computing and quantum information science该刊发表量子计算与量子信息科学领域高影响力的原创研究论文与精选综述。
• It targets the quantum computer science community with a focus on both the theory and practice of quantum computing该刊面向量子计算机科学界，聚焦量子计算的理论与实践。
• Topics include models of quantum computing, quantum algorithms and complexity, and quantum computing architecture主题涵盖量子计算模型、量子算法与复杂度以及量子计算体系结构。
• Principles and methods of fault-tolerant quantum computation and design automation for quantum computing also fall within the remit容错量子计算的原理与方法以及量子计算设计自动化同样属于其范围。
• The journal covers quantum programming languages and systems, distributed quantum computing and quantum networking该刊涵盖量子编程语言与系统、分布式量子计算与量子组网。
• Quantum security and privacy are further subject areas量子安全与隐私亦在收录之列。
• Applications of quantum computing, for example in machine learning and artificial intelligence, complete the scope量子计算的应用（例如机器学习与人工智能）亦属其范围。

History

• The journal was launched in 2020, its first issue of volume 1 appearing in October of that year该刊于 2020 年创办，第 1 卷第 1 期于同年 10 月刊出。
• An inaugural issue editorial by the journal's two editors-in-chief opened the first issue两位主编撰写的创刊号社论为第一期开篇。 ^[1]
• The journal carries print ISSN 2643-6809 and electronic ISSN 2643-6817 and is published quarterly in annual volumes, with articles appearing online ahead of their printed issues该刊印刷 ISSN 为 2643-6809，电子 ISSN 为 2643-6817，按季出版、每年一卷，文章先于印刷期号在线发表。
• It has been accepted for coverage in Scopus and in Clarivate's Emerging Sources Citation Index, as announced by the ACM据（ACM）公告，该刊已被（Scopus）与科睿唯安的（ESCI）收录。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 6.8 in 2024 and 6.1 in 2025, placing it in the first quartile of the Emerging Sources Citation Index in computer science theory and methods, where it ranks 17th of 146, and in quantum science and technology, where it ranks 5th of 28其影响因子 2024 年为 6.8，2025 年为 6.1，在（ESCI）计算机科学理论与方法类 146 种期刊中列第 17 位、量子科学与技术类 28 种中列第 5 位，均居第一分区。

Editors

• The journal is led by two Co-Editors-in-Chief, Travis S. Humble of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and Mingsheng Ying of the University of Technology Sydney in Australia该刊由两位共同主编执掌，分别是美国橡树岭国家实验室的（Travis S. Humble）与澳大利亚悉尼科技大学的（Mingsheng Ying）。
• An advisory board of three comprises Fred Chong of the University of Chicago, Richard Jozsa of the University of Cambridge and Peter Shor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology三人顾问委员会由芝加哥大学的（Fred Chong）、剑桥大学的（Richard Jozsa）与麻省理工学院的（Peter Shor）组成。
• Twenty-six associate editors serve the journal, including Andris Ambainis of the University of Latvia, Francois Le Gall of Nagoya University, Mario Szegedy of Rutgers University and Matthias Troyer of Microsoft该刊有 26 位副主编，其中包括拉脱维亚大学的（Andris Ambainis）、名古屋大学的（Francois Le Gall）、罗格斯大学的（Mario Szegedy）与（Microsoft）的（Matthias Troyer）。
• Chinese institutions are represented by Zhengfeng Ji of Tsinghua University, alongside members from the laboratories of IBM, Intel, Microsoft and NASA清华大学的（Zhengfeng Ji）代表中国机构，编委中还有来自（IBM）、（Intel）、（Microsoft）与（NASA）所属实验室的成员。
• The associate editors' listed specialities span quantum algorithms and complexity, quantum error correction and fault tolerance, quantum programming and compilation, and quantum machine learning副主编列明的研究方向涵盖量子算法与复杂度、量子纠错与容错、量子编程与编译以及量子机器学习。
• A journal administrator at KGL Editorial supports the editorial office（KGL Editorial）的一位期刊管理员为编辑部提供支持。