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D-Wave Systems (Canada)

In research, D-Wave Systems (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,878 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,248
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#553
of 718
Research works
155
▼ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.2k
46.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
D-Wave Systems (Canada)

What is D-Wave Systems (Canada) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #7,878 of 17,446 19.1%142

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where D-Wave Systems (Canada) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does D-Wave Systems (Canada) work in?

In all years, 92% of research at D-Wave Systems (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (41%), Physics and Astronomy (33%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 142 fractional works · 91.7% of its workComputer Science: 63 fractional works · 40.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 46 fractional works · 29.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 52 fractional works · 33.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 36 fractional works · 23.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 12.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKD-Wave Systems(Canada)155fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science6340.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy5233.2%
    3. Engineering1912.2%
    4. Mathematics21.5%
    5. Materials Science21.3%
    6. Environmental Science21.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    8. Chemistry10.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine42.5%
    2. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences10.8%
    2. Decision Sciences10.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 5.22× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.94× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 17.00× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and Astronomy1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 17.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy17.00×5 works
  2. Computer Science5.22×5 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.94×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×1 works
  5. Mathematics0.44×0 works
  6. Engineering0.43×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.25×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at D-Wave Systems (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, M. H. S. Amin, E. Ladizinsky and A. J. Berkley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is D-Wave Systems (Canada).

  1. 1 M. H. S. Amin Canada · #118,610 worldwide 7.5k citations · 143 works
  2. 2 E. Ladizinsky Canada · #159,160 worldwide 4.8k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 A. J. Berkley Canada · #176,129 worldwide 5.7k citations · 77 works
  4. 4 R. Harris Canada · #216,211 worldwide 6.5k citations · 107 works
  5. 5 P. Bunyk Canada · #217,671 worldwide 5.3k citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Trevor M. Lanting Canada · #246,648 worldwide 6.6k citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Andrew D. King Canada · #314,716 worldwide 2.3k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Fabián A. Chudak Canada · #322,360 worldwide 1.7k citations · 37 works
  9. 9 William G. Macready Canada · #330,188 worldwide 18k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Colin Enderud Canada · #336,798 worldwide 3.8k citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at D-Wave Systems (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from D-Wave Systems (Canada)?

The most cited paper from D-Wave Systems (Canada) is "Quantum annealing with manufactured spins" (Mark W. Johnson et al., 2011), with 1,962 citations. Next come "Simulated Quantum Computation of Molecular Energies" (1,482) and "Minor-embedding in adiabatic quantum computation: I. The parameter setting problem" (427).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Quantum annealing with manufactured spins Mark W. Johnson et al. · Nature May 2011 1,962
2 Simulated Quantum Computation of Molecular Energies Alán Aspuru‐Guzik, Anthony Dean Dutoi, Peter J. Love et al. · Science Open access 8 Sep 2005 1,482
3 Minor-embedding in adiabatic quantum computation: I. The parameter setting problem Vicky Choi · Quantum Information Processing 16 Sep 2008 427
4 Finding low-energy conformations of lattice protein models by quantum annealing Alejandro Perdomo‐Ortiz, Neil G. Dickson, Marshall Drew-Brook et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 13 Aug 2012 388
5 Quantum Boltzmann Machine Mohammad H. Amin, Evgeny Andriyash, Jason Rolfe et al. · Physical Review X Open access 23 May 2018 355
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at D-Wave Systems (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Quantum Information, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Computation, Security, Cryptography and Computation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Entanglement28▲ 108×4 topics
  2. Quantum Information25▲ 123×3 topics
  3. Quantum Simulation22▲ 170×2 topics
  4. Quantum Algorithms21▲ 419×1 topic
  5. Quantum Computation21▲ 419×1 topic
  6. Security19▲ 30×3 topics
  7. Cryptography19▲ 113×2 topics
  8. Computation19▲ 164×2 topics
  9. Metrology19▲ 230×1 topic
  10. Quantum19▲ 156×1 topic
  11. Spintronics18▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Electron Spin17▲ 159×1 topic
  13. Semiconductor Quantum Dots17▲ 159×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning10▲ 3.1×15 topics
  15. Electronic Structure Calculations7▲ 20×2 topics
  16. Cuprate Superconductors6▲ 43×1 topic
  17. High-Temperature Superconductivity6▲ 43×1 topic
  18. Topological Order6▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Deep Learning5▲ 1.58×16 topics
  20. Dynamics5▲ 56×2 topics
  21. Many-Body Localization5▲ 166×1 topic
  22. Quantum Thermalization5▲ 166×1 topic
  23. Parallel Computing4▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Distributed Systems4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  25. Fractal Dimension4▲ 26×2 topics
  26. High-Performance Computing3▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Nanotechnology3▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Bell Inequality3▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Decoherence3▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Fault Tolerance3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  31. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  32. Optical Lattices2▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Phase Transitions2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Quantum Dots2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  35. Resource Management2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  36. Semiconductor Lasers2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Single-Photon Source2▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Distributed Storage2▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Network Coding2▲ 16×1 topic
  40. GPU Computing2▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does D-Wave Systems (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Quantum many-body systems, Quantum Information and Cryptography and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Quantum Computing Algori…3Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 3 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems1Quantum many-body systems: 1 fractional worksQuantum Information and …1Quantum Information and Cryptography: 1 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 1 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 1 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…1Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 1 fractional worksGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies: 1 fractional worksTheoretical and Computational Physics: 0 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsGeophysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  2. 2 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  3. 3 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  5. 5 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  8. 8 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Theoretical and Computational Physics Condensed Matter Physics 0 works
  10. 10 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available60.7%not open39.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.8%domestic only61.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has D-Wave Systems (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is D-Wave Systems (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000068% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%D-Wave Systems (Canada)0.000030% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of D-Wave Systems (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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