Aims & Scope
JQBio publishes work that applies quantum principles, quantum hardware and quantum information theory to design, model, simulate and optimise living systems — the shift from observing quantum effects in biology to engineering with them.
Quantum, quantum-inspired and hybrid methods applied to biosystems problems, including algorithmic and computational design, simulation and optimisation pipelines.
Drug discovery, genomics, metabolic and ecological models; quantum sensing, biomimetic materials, bioenergy and sustainability designs.
Enterprise and organisational research on quantum adoption within biosystems engineering.
“Quantum consciousness” work, ungrounded metaphysical interpretations of life, or claims argued from analogy rather than mechanism.
Purely biological studies with no quantum component, or quantum/technical papers — new models, frameworks or programs — with no functional biological application.
Content intended for internal or direct commercial dissemination, quantum-advantage business cases, or market-intelligence reporting.
Raw datasets and heavy mathematical derivations/equations or computational methods are not necessarily required for submission with JQBio. We value more the presentation of content as exploratory and evidence-based. Submissions are open to researchers, engineers, clinicians, independent scholars and industry practitioners at any career stage.
Submission Tracks
Five Tracks, read one at a time. A manuscript is submitted against one; editorial triage may move it.
The Foundational Blueprints of Life
Exploring the structural baseline of science, life and fundamental quantum principles underlying biological, molecular and synthetic systems, including their potential to inform the engineering of life at atomic and subatomic scales.
Quantum Computing & Algorithmic Bio-Design
Utilizing quantum processors, advanced algorithms, and hybrid classical-quantum computing frameworks for designing, modelling, simulating and optimising biological and biosystems-engineering problems, spanning hardware, software and algorithmic architectures.
Bio-Inspired Quantum Sensing & Diagnostics
Deployment of quantum hardware, optical technologies, and subatomic signaling systems to map real-time biological data; and sensing approaches for detecting, mapping and interpreting biological, environmental and system-level information across spatial and biological scales.
Macro-Systems, Biomimetic Energy & Sustainability
Translating quantum-inspired solutions: biomimetic photosynthesis, biofuel optimisation, and ecological simulation. Systems-level approaches applying biological principles, biomimetics and emerging technologies to energy, environmental, agricultural and sustainability challenges, from biological processes to large-scale infrastructure.
Quantum Communications, Remote Monitoring & Network Telemetry
Sector exposure of quantum-proof networking, distributed biometric sensor meshes, and low-latency data telemetry; and quantum and post-quantum communication, networking and telemetry approaches supporting the secure, resilient and efficient exchange of information across biological, technological and biosystems infrastructures.
Article Types
- Exploratory Paper
- The JQBio flagship dissemination style for exploratory, keynote and visionary content, as hybrid review-original articles.
- Original Research Article
- Full-length peer-reviewed studies with reproducible methodology and original research findings.
- Technical Note
- Focused algorithmic, methodological or hardware contributions.
- Reviews
- Critical synthesis of a field, method or emerging direction, with forward outlook.
- Case Study
- A single implementation or deployment reported in detail, with the methods, constraints and outcomes set out for others to reproduce.
- Commentary
- Concise reports of early findings, wider trending subjects, perspectives or expert analysis, open to contributors across disciplines and career stages.
- Briefly JQBio
- An alterantive to the JQBio flagship dissemination style for exploratory, keynote and visionary content, as hybrid original-commentary articles reserved for Editorial office publications.
- Research Highlights
- Celebrating research across the Five JQBio Tracks in the same paper using cross-disciplinary commentary, aimed at general readership. The five tracks must be integrated, otherwise, use Research Briefings.
- Research Briefings
- Short, accessible and non-technical commentary on upcoming, current or prospective research outcomes and their wider impact on science and technology on one or more of JQBio's Discovery Tracks.
Quantum Relevance
A common language for how a submission engages with quantum capability, from direct application to meaningful pathway.
- Quantum
- Direct applications of quantum technologies: computing, simulation, sensing, communications and quantum information.
- Quantum-related
- Methods, architectures and frameworks drawing substantively on quantum concepts to address biosystems challenges.
- Quantum-inspired
- Classical algorithms, models and engineering approaches materially inspired by quantum theory, where the framing adds value.
- Quantum-adjacent
- Supporting technologies, infrastructure, integration, security and resilience within the wider quantum ecosystem.
- Quantum-relevant
- Research with a meaningful connection or pathway to quantum capability within biosystems engineering.
Background
Living systems are, at their most fundamental baseline, quantum mechanical and thermodynamical entities. Electron transfer, chemical bonding and molecular design occur at scales where classical resolution fades into the probabilistic landscape of quantum mechanics.
Quantum biology has so far remained largely observational, documenting where nature exploits quantum effects — avian navigation, light-harvesting in photosynthesis. The Journal of Quantum Biosystems Engineering exists for the next step: treating biological structures as programmable quantum biosystems, and holding that work to an uncompromising standard of applied rigour.
Next: the Author Guidelines and the Peer Review Process. If you are weighing up where a piece of work sits, the Discovery guide walks through the scope in five short questions.