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Article types

Each type is assessed against the standard appropriate to it. State the intended type in your cover letter.

Type	Indicative length	Peer review	Description
Research article	6,000-10,000 words	Full external review	Original theoretical, computational, or empirical work with stated methods, evidence, and limitations.
Review article	8,000-12,000 words	Full external review	Systematic or critical synthesis of an established body of work, with an explicit search or selection method.
Short communication	3,000-4,000 words	Full external review	A single well-evidenced result, method, or dataset description.
Position and perspective	3,000-6,000 words	Editorial and external review	Argued scholarly position on a question in quantum computing or quantum artificial intelligence. Argument must be supported, not asserted.
Case study	4,000-8,000 words	Full external review	Detailed analysis of a deployed system, institution, or intervention, including harms and limitations.
Commentary and reply	1,500-3,000 words	Editorial review	Response to an article published in this journal. The original authors are offered a right of reply.
Editorial	Up to 2,000 words	Editorial only	Written or commissioned by the Editor-in-Chief. Clearly labelled as an editorial.

Lengths are indicative and exclude the abstract, works-cited list, and appendices. A manuscript is not rejected for length alone, but a manuscript far outside its type's range should explain why in the cover letter.