Most cited papers in Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
What are the most cited papers in Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture?
The most cited paper in Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture is "Quantum entanglement" (Ryszard Horodecki, Paweł Horodecki, Michał Horodecki et al., 2009), with 10,241 citations. Next come "Identification of common molecular subsequences" (10,175) and "A fast quantum mechanical algorithm for database search" (8,851).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 1,840 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantum entanglement Ryszard Horodecki, Paweł Horodecki, Michał Horodecki et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | 17 Jun 2009 | 10,241 |
| 2 | Identification of common molecular subsequences Temple F. Smith, Michael S. Waterman · Journal of Molecular Biology | Mar 1981 | 10,175 |
| 3 | A fast quantum mechanical algorithm for database search Lov K. Grover | 1996 | 8,851 |
| 4 | Algorithms for quantum computation: discrete logarithms and factoring Peter W. Shor | 17 Dec 2002 | 8,790 |
| 5 | Quantum Computing in the NISQ era and beyond John P. Preskill · Quantum | 6 Aug 2018 | 8,739 |
| 6 | Quantum cryptography Nicolas Gisin, G. Ribordy, Wolfgang Tittel et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | 8 Mar 2002 | 8,510 |
| 7 | Entanglement of Formation of an Arbitrary State of Two Qubits William K. Wootters · Physical Review Letters | 9 Mar 1998 | 8,424 |
| 8 | Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor Frank Arute et al. · Nature | 23 Oct 2019 | 7,216 |
| 9 | Quantum computation with quantum dots Daniel Loss, David P. DiVincenzo · Physical Review A | 1998 | 6,904 |
| 10 | A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics E. Knill, Raymond Laflamme, Gerard J Milburn · Nature | 2001 | 5,952 |
| 11 | Communication via one- and two-particle operators on Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen states Charles H. Bennett, Stephen J. Wiesner · Physical Review Letters | 16 Nov 1992 | 5,575 |
| 12 | Experimental quantum teleportation Dik Bouwmeester, Jian-Wei Pan, Klaus Mattle et al. · Nature | Dec 1997 | 5,547 |
| 13 | Mixed-state entanglement and quantum error correction Charles H. Bennett, David P. DiVincenzo, John A. Smolin et al. · Physical Review A | Nov 1996 | 5,429 |
| 14 | Separability Criterion for Density Matrices Asher Peres · Physical Review Letters | 19 Aug 1996 | 5,317 |
| 15 | Computable measure of entanglement Guifré Vidal, Reinhard F. Werner · Physical Review A | 22 Feb 2002 | 5,035 |
| 16 | Quantum machine learning Jacob Biamonte, Péter Wittek, Nicola Pancotti et al. · Nature | Sep 2017 | 4,771 |
| 17 | A variational eigenvalue solver on a photonic quantum processor Alberto Peruzzo, Jarrod R. McClean, Peter Shadbolt et al. · Nature Communications | 23 Jul 2014 | 4,756 |
| 18 | Quantum theory, the Church–Turing principle and the universal quantum computer David Deutsch · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 8 Jul 1985 | 4,661 |
| 19 | Scheme for reducing decoherence in quantum computer memory Peter W. Shor · Physical Review A | Oct 1995 | 4,592 |
| 20 | A One-Way Quantum Computer Robert Raussendorf, Hans J. Briegel · Physical Review Letters | 28 May 2001 | 4,581 |
| 21 | Elementary gates for quantum computation Adriano Barenco, Charles H. Bennett, Richard Cleve et al. · Physical Review A | Nov 1995 | 4,417 |
| 22 | Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical Wojciech Hubert Zurek · Reviews of Modern Physics | 22 May 2003 | 4,357 |
| 23 | Quantum cryptography: Public key distribution and coin tossing Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard · Theoretical Computer Science | 8 Oct 2014 | 4,097 |
| 24 | Advances in quantum metrology Vittorio Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, Lorenzo Maccone · Nature Photonics | 31 Mar 2011 | 3,984 |
| 25 | Quantum information with continuous variables Samuel L. Braunstein, Peter van Loock · Reviews of Modern Physics | 29 Jun 2005 | 3,885 |
| 26 | Strong coupling of a single photon to a superconducting qubit using circuit quantum electrodynamics Andreas J. Wallraff, David Schuster, Alexandre Blais et al. · Nature | Sep 2004 | 3,819 |
| 27 | A silicon-based nuclear spin quantum computer Bruce E. Kane · Nature | May 1998 | 3,802 |
| 28 | The security of practical quantum key distribution Valerio Scarani, Helle Bechmann-Pasquinucci, Nicolas J. Cerf et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | 29 Sep 2009 | 3,784 |
| 29 | Gaussian quantum information Christian Weedbrook, Stefano Pirandola, Raúl García−Patrón et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | May 2012 | 3,761 |
| 30 | Logical Reversibility of Computation C. H. Bennett · IBM Journal of Research and Development | Nov 1973 | 3,735 |
| 31 | Quantum Discord: A Measure of the Quantumness of Correlations H Ollivier, Wojciech Hubert Zurek · Physical Review Letters | 14 Dec 2001 | 3,675 |
| 32 | Quantum computers Thaddeus D. Ladd, Fedor Jelezko, Raymond Laflamme et al. · Nature | Mar 2010 | 3,589 |
| 33 | How to play ANY mental game Oded Goldreich, Silvio Micali, Avi Wigderson | 1987 | 3,577 |
| 34 | Quantum Repeaters: The Role of Imperfect Local Operations in Quantum Communication H. J. Briegel, Wolfgang Dür, J. I. Cirac et al. · Physical Review Letters | 28 Dec 1998 | 3,513 |
| 35 | Three qubits can be entangled in two inequivalent ways Wolfgang Dür, Guifré Vidal, J. I. Cirac · Physical Review A | 14 Nov 2000 | 3,461 |
| 36 | Charge-insensitive qubit design derived from the Cooper pair box Jens Koch, Terri M. Yu, Jay Gambetta et al. · Physical Review A | 12 Oct 2007 | 3,456 |
| 37 | Quantum Algorithm for Linear Systems of Equations Aram W. Harrow, Avinatan Hassidim, Seth Lloyd · Physical Review Letters | 7 Oct 2009 | 3,411 |
| 38 | Quantum secret sharing Mark S. Hillery, Vladimír Bužek, André Berthiaume · Physical Review A | Mar 1999 | 3,405 |
| 39 | Variational quantum algorithms M. Cerezo, Andrew Arrasmith, Ryan Babbush et al. · Nature Reviews Physics | 12 Aug 2021 | 3,280 |
| 40 | Quantum information and computation Charles H. Bennett, David P. DiVincenzo · Nature | Mar 2000 | 3,270 |
| 41 | Concentrating partial entanglement by local operations Charles H. Bennett, Herbert Jacob Bernstein, Sandu Popescu et al. · Physical Review A | Apr 1996 | 3,172 |
| 42 | Universal Quantum Simulators Seth Lloyd · Science | 23 Aug 1996 | 3,169 |
| 43 | Surface codes: Towards practical large-scale quantum computation Austin G. Fowler, M. Mariantoni, John M. Martinis et al. · Physical Review A | 18 Sep 2012 | 3,166 |
| 44 | Quantum-Enhanced Measurements: Beating the Standard Quantum Limit Vittorio Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, Lorenzo Maccone · Science | 18 Nov 2004 | 3,110 |
| 45 | Simple Proof of Security of the BB84 Quantum Key Distribution Protocol Peter W. Shor, John P. Preskill · Physical Review Letters | 10 Jul 2000 | 3,104 |
| 46 | Quantum cryptography using any two nonorthogonal states Charles H. Bennett · Physical Review Letters | 25 May 1992 | 3,074 |
| 47 | Unconditional Quantum Teleportation Akira Furusawa, Jens Lykke Sørensen, Samuel L. Braunstein et al. · Science | 23 Oct 1998 | 3,026 |
| 48 | Cavity quantum electrodynamics for superconducting electrical circuits: An architecture for quantum computation Alexandre Blais, Ren-Shou Huang, Andreas J. Wallraff et al. · Physical Review A | 29 Jun 2004 | 3,020 |
| 49 | Purification of Noisy Entanglement and Faithful Teleportation via Noisy Channels Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Sandu Popescu et al. · Physical Review Letters | 29 Jan 1996 | 2,994 |
| 50 | Entanglement of a Pair of Quantum Bits Scott Hill, William K. Wootters · Physical Review Letters | 30 Jun 1997 | 2,884 |
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