npj Quantum Information

npj Quantum Information (commonly abbreviated as npj Quantum Inf.) is a fully open access journal of the Nature Publishing Group. Founded on 27 October 2015 by Professor Michelle Simmons of the University of New South Wales in Australia, it exists to advance the development and application of quantum information science, with a 2025 impact factor of 9.npj Quantum Information（常用缩写 npj Quantum Inf.）是 Nature 出版集团旗下的一份完全开放获取期刊，2015 年 10 月 27 日由澳大利亚新南威尔士大学的 Michelle Simmons 创办，以促进量子信息科学的发展与应用为宗旨，2025 年影响因子为 9。^[1]

Scope

• Scope: the journal publishes original research in quantum information science, covering qubits and quantum computing, quantum communication and networks, quantum simulation, quantum sensing and metrology, and the coherence and control of quantum systems.学科定位： 刊发量子信息科学的原创研究，涵盖量子比特与量子计算、量子通信与网络、量子模拟、量子传感与计量，以及量子系统的相干性与控制。
• Relation to theory: manuscripts from both theory and experiment are accepted. The editors note that the balance between them may be left to the authors, the journal imposing no preference of its own.与理论侧的关系： 理论与实验两端的稿件均在收稿之列，编辑部说明理论与实验的比重可由作者自行把握，期刊不设偏向。
• Interdisciplinary orientation: work at the intersection of quantum information with other disciplines is welcome, and the editors say that submissions to quantum sensing and quantum metrology are especially welcome from authors with backgrounds outside physics.跨学科取向： 欢迎量子信息与其他学科交叉的研究，编辑部称量子传感与量子计量尤欢迎来自物理学之外背景的稿件。
• Article types: the journal also runs reviews and brief communications, the latter being length-limited rapid reports of original research. The editors also accept research data and other research outputs as submissions.体裁设置： 另设综述与短篇通讯两类体裁，短篇通讯为篇幅受限的原创研究速报，编辑部同时接受研究数据等研究产物作为投稿。
• Full open access: the journal is fully open access and everything it publishes has appeared open access since its founding. The article processing charge varies by article type, standing at GBP 3090, USD 4390 or EUR 3690 for original research articles and GBP 1510, USD 2040 or EUR 1710 for brief communications.完全开放获取： 期刊属完全开放获取，全部内容自创刊起即以开放获取方式发表。文章处理费按类型区分，原创研究论文为 3090 英镑、4390 美元或 3690 欧元，短篇通讯为 1510 英镑、2040 美元或 1710 欧元。
• Indexing and metrics: the journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and in the Engineering Village compendex, with a first-quartile position in the Quantum Science and Technology category and a 2025 impact factor of 9.收录与指标： 收录于科学引文索引扩展版与工程信息公司 compendex，在量子科技类别中分区为第一区，2025 年影响因子为 9。^[2]

History

• 27 October 2015: the journal was founded by the quantum physicist Professor Michelle Simmons of the University of New South Wales, who also became its first editor-in-chief.2015年10月27日： 期刊创刊，由澳大利亚新南威尔士大学的量子物理学家 Michelle Simmons 创办并出任首任主编。
• Background to the founding: the journal was launched at a moment when quantum information science was turning from a marginal branch of fundamental physics into a field in its own right with broad applications. The University of New South Wales had by then assembled a complete research group in the area together with the necessary technical infrastructure, and Simmons founded the journal on the strength of that.创刊背景： 创刊时恰逢量子信息科学从基础物理的边缘学科转变为具有广泛应用前景的独立领域，新南威尔士大学当时在该方向已建成一支完整的研究队伍并有相应的技术平台，Simmons 创办本刊正是这一条件的产物。
• Relation to the mother journal: as one of the npj titles in the Nature Publishing Group, the journal publishes quantum information research of moderate length for a broad readership, dividing its role from the more specialist titles in the same family.与母刊的关系： 作为 Nature 出版集团旗下的 npj 系列期刊之一，本刊的定位是刊载篇幅适中、面向广泛读者的量子信息研究成果，与该系列中面向更窄学科的刊物分工。
• Open access from the outset: the journal adopted a fully open access model at its launch rather than converting to one later. The arrangement allows readers to reach every article without any subscription.完全开放获取的起点： 本刊自创刊起即采取完全开放获取模式，而非后来转为开放获取，这一安排使读者无需任何订阅即可读到全部内容。
• Change of editorship: the founding editor-in-chief stepped down and the journal passed to two editors-in-chief, Sven Rogge at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and Dan Browne at University College London in the United Kingdom.主编更替： 创始主编 Michelle Simmons 卸任，期刊由 Sven Rogge 与 Dan Browne 两位共同主编接手，前者任教于丹麦哥本哈根大学，后者任职于英国伦敦大学学院。
• Continuous publication: the journal publishes continuously. Articles are gathered into annual volumes and numbered in order of appearance, without division into monthly issues.连续出版： 期刊采用连续出版模式，文章编为年卷、按发表顺序连续编号，不按月划分期次。
• Recent years: the impact factor has risen from about 4 at the journal's launch to 9 in 2025. Holding the first quartile in Quantum Science and Technology throughout, it has become one of the most influential open access titles in that direction.近年： 影响因子由创刊之初的约 4 上升至 2025 年的 9，在量子科技类别中长期保持第一区，成为该方向影响力最大的开放获取刊物之一。^[3]

Editors

• Editors-in-chief: the journal has two editors-in-chief. Sven Rogge is Professor of Quantum Physics at the University of Copenhagen, working at the Niels Bohr Institute, where his research concentrates on coherent control of quantum devices and on quantum computing hardware. Dan Browne is Professor of Physics at University College London, whose work spans quantum information theory and quantum many-body physics and includes foundational contributions to quantum algorithms and quantum metrology. The two editors come from the theoretical and the experimental sides respectively, a pairing that matches the journal's declared symmetry between theory and experiment and that carries on the tradition of an experimental physicist as editor-in-chief established at the founding.共同主编： 期刊设两位共同主编。Sven Rogge 是丹麦哥本哈根大学的量子物理学教授，任职于尼尔斯·玻尔研究所，其研究集中于量子器件的相干控制与量子计算硬件；Dan Browne 是英国伦敦大学学院的物理教授，其研究横跨量子信息理论与量子多体物理，曾在量子算法与量子计量方面作出基础性工作。两位主编分别来自理论与实验两端，这一配置与期刊对理论与实验并重的定位相配合，也延续了创刊时由实验物理学家担任主编的传统。
• Composition of the board: board members come from a number of countries and cover quantum optics, solid-state devices, atomic and molecular physics, cold atoms, quantum information theory and superconducting circuits. The size follows the standard for the npj family.编委构成： 编委成员来自多个国家，涵盖量子光学、固体器件、原子分子、冷原子、量子信息理论与超导电路等方向，人数按 npj 系列的常规规模设置。
• Submission system: manuscripts are lodged through the Nature submission system. The median time from submission to first decision is twenty days and the median from submission to acceptance is one hundred and ninety-three days, and the editors also publish average durations for each stage from submission to online publication.投稿系统： 稿件通过 Nature 投稿系统递交，投稿至首次决定的中位数为二十天，投稿至录用的中位数为一百九十三天，编辑部同时公布从投稿到在线发表的各环节平均用时。
• Pre-submission enquiry required: the editors ask authors to send a brief note of two or three sentences before submitting, describing the substance of the manuscript and why it fits the journal. Submissions that have not first been enquired about are returned.投稿前须先征询： 编辑部要求作者在正式投稿前先发送一段两三句话的征询信息，说明稿件的大致内容与符合本刊范围的理由，未先行征询的投稿会被退回。
• Transparency of review: the journal operates an open peer-review policy. Authors may nominate or exclude referees, and the editors publish in full the reports for every article, including the names and affiliations of the referees.评审的公开性： 期刊实行公开透明的评审政策，作者可指定推荐与回避审稿人，编辑部公开每一篇文章的评审报告全文，包括审稿人的姓名与身份。^[4]