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 Support and community
 ---------------------
 
-The main resource for communicating with developers and members of the QICK community is the `Unitary Fund Discord <http://discord.unitary.fund/>`_:
+The main resource for communicating with developers and members of the QICK community is the Unitary Foundation Discord (use this `invite link <http://discord.unitary.foundation/>`_):
 
-* Chat with us any time in the #qick channel.
+* Chat with us any time in the `#qick channel <https://discord.com/channels/764231928676089909/1036774653479362630>`_.
 
-* If you prefer voice chat, we also hold weekly office hours; check the `Unitary Fund calendar <https://unitary.fund/community/events/>`_ for details.
+* If you prefer voice chat, we also hold weekly office hours; check the `Unitary Foundation calendar <https://unitary.foundation/community/events/>`_ for details.
 
 We also welcome bug reports and feature requests via `GitHub Issues <https://github.com/openquantumhardware/qick/issues>`_.

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 QICK papers
 ===========
 
-
-This list of academic papers that used the QICK was last updated January 26, 2026.
-
-QICK in the news
+In the news
 ----------------
 * `Fermilab articles <https://news.fnal.gov/tag/qick/>`_
 
+Paper counts
+------------
+These stats were computed from the next section's list of QICK papers as of January 26, 2026.
+
+.. image:: images/papers/QICKpapers_count_Jan26.png
+   :alt: QICK papers, total count
+
+.. image:: images/papers/QICKpapers_qubit_types_Jan26.png
+   :alt: QICK papers, by qubit type
+
+.. image:: images/papers/QICKpapers_scaling_Jan26_final.png
+   :alt: QICK papers, superconducting qubits, by topic
+
+Papers using QICK
+-----------------
+This list of academic papers that used the QICK was last updated January 26, 2026.
+
 QICK system
------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^
 * `Ding, C. et al. Experimental advances with the QICK (Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit) for superconducting quantum hardware. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17171>`_.
 * `Stefanazzi, L. et al. The QICK (Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit): Readout and control for qubits and detectors. (2021) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.00557>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits - scaling
-----------------------------------
-* `Silva, A. et al. Manarat: A Scalable QICK-Based Control System for Superconducting Quantum Processors Supporting Synchronized Control of 10 Flux-Tunable Qubits. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.10676>`_.
+Superconducting circuits
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Superconducting circuits - quantum error correction hardware
-------------------------------------------------------------
+Scaling
+"""""""
+* `Silva, A. et al. Manarat: A Scalable QICK-Based Control System for Superconducting Quantum Processors Supporting Synchronized Control of 10 Flux-Tunable Qubits. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10676>`_.
+
+Quantum error correction hardware
+"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 * `Cochran, J. et al. Experimental signatures of a sigma-z sigma-x beam-splitter interaction between a Kerr-cat and transmon qubit. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.21972>`_.
-* `Li, Z. et al. A Cascaded Random Access Quantum Memory. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13953v1>`_.
+* `Li, Z. et al. A Cascaded Random Access Quantum Memory. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13953>`_.
+* `Huang, J. et al. Fast Sideband Control of a Weakly Coupled Multimode Bosonic Memory. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10623>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits – gates/couplers
------------------------------------------
+Gates/couplers
+""""""""""""""
 * `Xia, M. et al. Exceeding the Parametric Drive Strength Threshold in Nonlinear Circuits. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03456>`_.
-* `Huang, J. et al. Fast Sideband Control of a Weakly Coupled Multimode Bosonic Memory. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10623>`_.
 * `Miao, C. et al. Implementation of a quantum addressable router using superconducting qubits. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04295>`_.
 * `Cao, X. et al. Parametrically controlled chiral interface for superconducting quantum devices. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15086>`_.
 * `Ye, Y. et al. Near-ultrastrong nonlinear light-matter coupling in superconducting circuits. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19199>`_.
 * `Zhang, H. et al. Tunable inductive coupler for high fidelity gates between fluxonium qubits. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05720>`_.
 * `Johnson, H. et al. Exploration of Optimizing FPGA-based Qubit Controller for Experiments on Superconducting Quantum Computing Hardware. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.06976>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits – quantum simulation
----------------------------------------------
+Quantum simulation
+""""""""""""""""""
 * `Martinez, J.G.C. et al. Flat-band localization and interaction-induced delocalization of photons. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.02170>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits - coherence
-------------------------------------
+Coherence
+"""""""""
 * `Wang, Q. et al. Spectroscopy and Coherent Control of Two-Level System Defect Ensembles Using a Broadband 3D Waveguide. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05934>`_.
-* `Huang, S. et al. Towards a hybrid 3D transmon qubit with topological insulator-based Josephson junctions. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.18232>`_.
+* `Huang, S. et al. Towards a hybrid 3D transmon qubit with topological insulator-based Josephson junctions. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18232>`_.
 * `Wang, Q. et al. Evidence of Memory Effects in the Dynamics of Two-Level System Defect Ensembles Using Broadband, Cryogenic Transient Dielectric Spectroscopy. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18263>`_.
 * `Bland, M. et al. 2D transmons with lifetimes and coherence times exceeding 1 millisecond. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14798>`_.
 * `Kumar, S. et al. Protomon: A Multimode Qubit in the Fluxonium Molecule. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16648>`_.
@@ -50,76 +67,77 @@ Superconducting circuits - coherence
 * `Anferov, A. et al. Superconducting Qubits Above 20 GHz Operating over 200 mK. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03031>`_.
 * `Anferov, A. et al. Improved Coherence in Optically-Defined Niobium Trilayer Junction Qubits. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.05883>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits - radiative loss
------------------------------------------
+Radiative loss
+""""""""""""""
 * `De Dominicis, F. et al. Evaluating radiation impact on transmon qubits in above and underground facilities. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18355>`_.
 * `Bratrud, G. et al. First Measurement of Correlated Charge Noise in Superconducting Qubits at an Underground Facility. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04642>`_.
 * `Odeh, M. et al. Non-Markovian dynamics of a superconducting qubit in a phononic bandgap. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.01031>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits – readout
-----------------------------------
-* `Gibson, J. et al. A scanning resonator for probing quantum coherent devices. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.22620>`_.
-* `Smitham, B. et al. Sub-resonant wideband superconducting Purcell filters. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.10750>`_.
+Readout
+"""""""
+* `Gibson, J. et al. A scanning resonator for probing quantum coherent devices. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22620>`_.
+* `Smitham, B. et al. Sub-resonant wideband superconducting Purcell filters. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10750>`_.
 * `Guglielmo, G. et al. End-to-end workflow for machine learning-based qubit readout with QICK and hls4ml. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14663>`_.
 * `Johnson, H. et al. Demonstrating the Potential of Adaptive LMS Filtering on FPGA-Based Qubit Control Platforms for Improved Qubit Readout in 2D and 3D Quantum Processing Units. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00904>`_.
 * `Yen, A. et al. Interferometric Purcell suppression of spontaneous emission in a superconducting qubit. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.10107>`_.
 * `Yen, A. et al. Directional emission of a readout resonator for qubit measurement. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.01375>`_.
 * `Bryon, J. et al. Experimental verification of the treatment of time-dependent flux in circuit quantization. (2022) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.03738>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits - parametric amplifiers
-------------------------------------------------
+Parametric amplifiers
+"""""""""""""""""""""
 * `Hao, Z. et al. Wireless Josephson parametric amplifier above 20 GHz. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11137>`_.
 * `Wang, J. et al. High-Efficiency, Low-Loss Floquet-Mode Traveling-Wave Parametric Amplifier. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11812>`_.
-* `Bosellli, M. et al. Observation and mitigation of microwave echoes from dielectric defects in Josephson traveling wave amplifiers. (2025) <https://search.arxiv.org/paper.jsp?r=2503.00190>`_.
+* `Bosellli, M. et al. Observation and mitigation of microwave echoes from dielectric defects in Josephson traveling wave amplifiers. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00190>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits - transduction
----------------------------------------
+Transduction
+""""""""""""
 * `Warner, H.K. et al. Coherent control of a superconducting qubit using light. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.16155>`_.
 
-Superconducting circuits - quantum acoustic systems
----------------------------------------------------
+Quantum acoustic systems
+""""""""""""""""""""""""
 * `Undershute, C. et al. Decoherence of surface phonons in a quantum acoustic system. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.03005>`_.
 
+Open source control with the Qibo/QICK stack (Qibolab/Qibosoq)
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+* `Pasquale, A. et al. Qibocal: an open-source framework for calibration of self-hosted quantum devices. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00101>`_.
+* `Moretti, R. et al. Transmon qubit modeling and characterization for Dark Matter search. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05988>`_.
+* `Pedicillo, E. et al. An open-source framework for quantum hardware control. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21737>`_.
+* `D'Elia, A. et al. Characterization of a Transmon Qubit in a 3D Cavity for Quantum Machine Learning and Photon Counting. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04322>`_.
+* `Carobene, R. et al. Qibosoq: an open-source framework for quantum circuit RFSoC programming. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.05851>`_.
+* `Efthymiou, S. et al. Qibolab: an open-source hybrid quantum operating system. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06313>`_.
+* `Cruz-Martinez, J.M. et al. Multi-variable integration with a variational quantum circuit. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.05657>`_.
+
 Neutral atoms
--------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * `Zhang, B. et al. Leveraging erasure errors in logical qubits with metastable 171Yb atoms. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13724>`_.
 
 Spin defects
-------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * `Sadi, M. et al. Landau Zener Interaction Enhanced Quantum Sensing in Spin Defects of Hexagonal Boron Nitride. (2026) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05013>`_.
 * `Sadi, M. et al. Spin-State Selective Excitation in Spin Defects of Hexagonal Boron Nitride. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04448>`_.
 * `Ivory, M. et al. QCaMP: A 4-Week Summer Camp Introducing High School Students to Quantum Information Science and Technology. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15977>`_.
-* `Feder, J. et al. A fluorescent-protein spin qubit. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.16835>`_.
+* `Feder, J. et al. A fluorescent-protein spin qubit. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16835>`_.
 * `Riendeau, E.G. et al. Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit -- Defect Arbitrary Waveform Generator (QICK-DAWG): A Quantum Sensing Control Framework for Quantum Defects. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.18253>`_.
 
 Quantum dots
-------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * `Shinozaki, M. et al. Perfect impedance matching unlocks sensitive radio-frequency reflectometry in 2D material quantum dots. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02225>`_.
 * `Koong, Z. et al. Coherent Control of Quantum-Dot Spins with Cyclic Optical Transitions. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14445>`_.
 * `Shinozaki, M. et al. RFSoC-based radio-frequency reflectometry in gate-defined bilayer graphene quantum devices. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15239>`_.
 
 MKIDs
------
+^^^^^
 * `Stifter, K. et al. Cryogenic optical beam steering for superconducting device calibration. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02258>`_.
 
 Dark matter detection
----------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * `Hoshino, G. et al. First Axion-Like Particle Results from a Broadband Search for Wave-Like Dark Matter in the 44 to 52 ueV Range with a Coaxial Dish Antenna. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17119>`_.
-* `Zhao, F. et al. A Flux-Tunable cavity for Dark matter detection. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06882>`_.
+* `Zhao, F. et al. A Flux-Tunable cavity for Dark matter detection. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06882>`_.
 * `Knirck, S. et al. First Results from a Broadband Search for Dark Photon Dark Matter in the 44 to 52 ueV range with a coaxial dish antenna. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13891>`_.
 
 Single-photon detection
------------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * `Linne, K. et al. PhotonIDs: ML-Powered Photon Identification System for Dark Count Elimination. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26315>`_.
 * `Linne, K. et al. SQuaD: Smart Quantum Detection for Photon Recognition and Dark Count Elimination. (2025) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24383>`_.
 * `Xie, S. et al. Entangled Photon Pair Source Demonstrator using the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit System. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.01190>`_.
 
-Open source control with the Qibo/QICK stack (Qibolab/Qibosoq)
---------------------------------------------------------------
-* `Pasquale, A. et al. Qibocal: an open-source framework for calibration of self-hosted quantum devices. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00101>`_.
-* `Moretti, R. et al. Transmon qubit modeling and characterization for Dark Matter search. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05988>`_.
-* `Pedicillo, E. et al. An open-source framework for quantum hardware control. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21737>`_.
-* `D'Elia, A. et al. Characterization of a Transmon Qubit in a 3D Cavity for Quantum Machine Learning and Photon Counting. (2024) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04322>`_.
-* `Carobene, R. et al. Qibosoq: an open-source framework for quantum circuit RFSoC programming. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.05851>`_.
-* `Efthymiou, S. et al. Qibolab: an open-source hybrid quantum operating system. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06313>`_.
-* `Cruz-Martinez, J.M. et al. Multi-variable integration with a variational quantum circuit. (2023) <https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.05657>`_.

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