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IonQ (United States)

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Research works
53
▲ 96% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
44.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
IonQ (United States)

Not ranked overall: IonQ (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does IonQ (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at IonQ (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (58%), Physics and Astronomy (24%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 90.9% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 57.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 49.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 23.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 21.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIonQ (UnitedStates)36fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences91%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 3 domains and 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science2157.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy923.9%
    3. Engineering25.8%
    4. Materials Science12.4%
    5. Chemistry00.6%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.9%
    2. Psychology11.9%
    3. Social Sciences11.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does IonQ (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 20.7 works7.4×
  2. Physical SciencesDomain · 32.6 works2.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 7.41× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 10.77× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy10.77×9 works
  2. Computer Science7.41×21 works
  3. Decision Sciences0.96×0 works
  4. Materials Science0.68×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.64×1 works
  7. Psychology0.61×1 works
  8. Engineering0.39×2 works
  9. Mathematics0.39×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.36×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.15×1 works

Who are the top researchers at IonQ (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Yunseong Nam, Sonika Johri and Kenneth Wright lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IonQ (United States).

  1. 1 Yunseong Nam United States · #338,548 worldwide 3.3k citations · 87 works
  2. 2 Sonika Johri United States · #397,495 worldwide 1.5k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Kenneth Wright United States · #451,147 worldwide 2.9k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Jason Iaconis United States · #977,808 worldwide 418 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Andrii Maksymov United States · #1,087,018 worldwide 402 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Jason Nguyen United States · #1,242,079 worldwide 914 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Neal C. Pisenti United States · #1,313,531 worldwide 1.3k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at IonQ (United States)

What are the most cited papers from IonQ (United States)?

The most cited paper from IonQ (United States) is "Observation of a discrete time crystal" (J. Zhang, Paul Hess, A. Kyprianidis et al., 2017), with 1,188 citations. Next come "Observation of a many-body dynamical phase transition with a 53-qubit quantum simulator" (1,135) and "Demonstration of a small programmable quantum computer with atomic qubits" (803).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of a discrete time crystal J. Zhang, Paul Hess, A. Kyprianidis et al. · Nature Open access 7 Mar 2017 1,188
2 Observation of a many-body dynamical phase transition with a 53-qubit quantum simulator J. Zhang, Guido Pagano, Paul Hess et al. · Nature Open access 28 Nov 2017 1,135
3 Demonstration of a small programmable quantum computer with atomic qubits Shantanu Debnath, Norbert M. Linke, Caroline Figgatt et al. · Nature Open access 3 Aug 2016 803
4 Toward the first quantum simulation with quantum speedup Andrew M. Childs, Dmitri A Maslov, Yunseong Nam et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 6 Sep 2018 588
5 Benchmarking an 11-qubit quantum computer Kenneth Wright et al. · Nature Communications Open access 29 Nov 2019 525
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IonQ (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantum Information, Entanglement, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Computation, Security, Cryptography and Quantum.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Quantum Information10▲ 232×3 topics
  2. Entanglement9▲ 169×4 topics
  3. Quantum Simulation9▲ 313×2 topics
  4. Quantum Algorithms8▲ 413×1 topic
  5. Quantum Computation8▲ 413×1 topic
  6. Security8▲ 32×2 topics
  7. Cryptography7▲ 165×1 topic
  8. Quantum7▲ 250×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning4▲ 3.3×9 topics
  10. Quantum Computing3▲ 77×2 topics
  11. Semiconductor Quantum Dots2▲ 194×1 topic
  12. Spintronics2▲ 54×1 topic
  13. Nanotechnology2▲ 27×2 topics
  14. QCA2▲ 372×1 topic
  15. Quantum-dot Cellular Automata2▲ 372×1 topic
  16. Energy Efficiency1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  17. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency1▲ 172×1 topic
  18. Slow Light1▲ 71×1 topic
  19. Many-Body Localization1▲ 133×1 topic
  20. Quantum Thermalization1▲ 133×1 topic
  21. Renormalization Group1▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Big Data1▲ 2.9×2 topics
  23. Cloud Computing1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  24. Neural Networks1▲ 1.80×4 topics
  25. Superfluidity1▲ 68×2 topics

Which research topics does IonQ (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum and electron transport phenomena and Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata.

Quantum Computing Algori…8Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 8 fractional worksQuantum Information and …7Quantum Information and Cryptography: 7 fractional worksQuantum and electron tra…2Quantum and electron transport phenomena: 2 fractional worksQuantum-Dot Cellular Aut…2Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata: 2 fractional worksQuantum optics and atomi…1Quantum optics and atomic interactions: 1 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 1 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 1 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 1 fractional worksCommunication in Education and Healthcare: 1 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsComputational Theory and MathematicsSocial Psychology

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

  1. 1 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  2. 2 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  3. 3 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  4. 4 Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  5. 5 Quantum optics and atomic interactions Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  6. 6 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  7. 7 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  8. 8 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Communication in Education and Healthcare Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 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 available74.5%not open25.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has IonQ (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 96% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 IonQ (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%IonQ (United States)0.00016% in 20252020

Fractional works of IonQ (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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