Most cited papers in Quantum Mechanics and Applications
What are the most cited papers in Quantum Mechanics and Applications?
The most cited paper in Quantum Mechanics and Applications is "Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels" (Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Claude Crépeau et al., 1993), with 13,933 citations. Next come "Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics" (13,114) and "On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen paradox" (12,389).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 2,184 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Claude Crépeau et al. · Physical Review Letters | 29 Mar 1993 | 13,933 |
| 2 | Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics E. T. Jaynes · Physical Review | 15 May 1957 | 13,114 |
| 3 | On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen paradox James S. Bell · Physics Physique Fizika | Nov 1964 | 12,389 |
| 4 | Quantum cryptography based on Bell’s theorem ARTUR K. EKERT · Physical Review Letters | 5 Aug 1991 | 10,906 |
| 5 | Quantum entanglement Ryszard Horodecki, Paweł Horodecki, Michał Horodecki et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | 17 Jun 2009 | 10,241 |
| 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 | The free-energy principle: a unified brain theory? Karl John Friston · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 13 Jan 2010 | 8,331 |
| 9 | On the generators of quantum dynamical semigroups Göran Lindblad · Communications in Mathematical Physics | Jun 1976 | 7,738 |
| 10 | Proposed Experiment to Test Local Hidden-Variable Theories John F. Clauser, Michael Horne, Abner Shimony et al. · Physical Review Letters | 13 Oct 1969 | 7,714 |
| 11 | Coherent and Incoherent States of the Radiation Field Roy J. Glauber · Physical Review | 15 Sep 1963 | 6,849 |
| 12 | The quantum internet Harry J. Kimble · Nature | Jun 2008 | 6,016 |
| 13 | Mach's Principle and a Relativistic Theory of Gravitation Carl H. Brans, R. H. Dicke · Physical Review | Nov 1961 | 5,679 |
| 14 | A Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of "Hidden" Variables. I David Böhm · Physical Review | 15 Jan 1952 | 5,580 |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Experimental quantum teleportation Dik Bouwmeester, Jian-Wei Pan, Klaus Mattle et al. · Nature | Dec 1997 | 5,547 |
| 17 | A single quantum cannot be cloned William K. Wootters, Wojciech Hubert Zurek · Nature | Oct 1982 | 5,478 |
| 18 | Comparison of quantum and semiclassical radiation theories with application to the beam maser E. T. Jaynes, F.W. Cummings · Proceedings of the IEEE | 1963 | 5,409 |
| 19 | Separability Criterion for Density Matrices Asher Peres · Physical Review Letters | 19 Aug 1996 | 5,317 |
| 20 | The Principles of Quantum Mechanics P. A. M. Dirac, J. C. Polkinghorne · Physics Today | Jun 1958 | 5,315 |
| 21 | Computable measure of entanglement Guifré Vidal, Reinhard F. Werner · Physical Review A | 22 Feb 2002 | 5,035 |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | Scheme for reducing decoherence in quantum computer memory Peter W. Shor · Physical Review A | Oct 1995 | 4,592 |
| 24 | A One-Way Quantum Computer Robert Raussendorf, Hans J. Briegel · Physical Review Letters | 28 May 2001 | 4,581 |
| 25 | Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical Wojciech Hubert Zurek · Reviews of Modern Physics | 22 May 2003 | 4,357 |
| 26 | Quantum states with Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations admitting a hidden-variable model Reinhard F. Werner · Physical Review A | Oct 1989 | 4,149 |
| 27 | Introduction to Quantum Field Theory Peter W. Milonni · Elsevier eBooks | 1994 | 4,149 |
| 28 | Quantum cryptography: Public key distribution and coin tossing Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard · Theoretical Computer Science | 8 Oct 2014 | 4,097 |
| 29 | Classical electrodynamics B. Roy Frieden · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 10 Dec 1998 | 4,089 |
| 30 | Advances in quantum metrology Vittorio Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, Lorenzo Maccone · Nature Photonics | 31 Mar 2011 | 3,984 |
| 31 | Experimental Test of Bell's Inequalities Using Time- Varying Analyzers Alain Aspect, Jean Dalibard, Gérard Roger · Physical Review Letters | 20 Dec 1982 | 3,983 |
| 32 | Quantum detection and estimation theory Carl W. Helstrom · Journal of Statistical Physics | 1969 | 3,895 |
| 33 | Quantum information with continuous variables Samuel L. Braunstein, Peter van Loock · Reviews of Modern Physics | 29 Jun 2005 | 3,885 |
| 34 | 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 |
| 35 | Gaussian quantum information Christian Weedbrook, Stefano Pirandola, Raúl García−Patrón et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | May 2012 | 3,761 |
| 36 | Quantum Discord: A Measure of the Quantumness of Correlations H Ollivier, Wojciech Hubert Zurek · Physical Review Letters | 14 Dec 2001 | 3,675 |
| 37 | Long-distance quantum communication with atomic ensembles and linear optics L.-M. Duan, Mikhail D. Lukin, J. I. Cirac et al. · Nature | Nov 2001 | 3,655 |
| 38 | 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 |
| 39 | Three qubits can be entangled in two inequivalent ways Wolfgang Dür, Guifré Vidal, J. I. Cirac · Physical Review A | 14 Nov 2000 | 3,461 |
| 40 | "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics Hugh Everett · Reviews of Modern Physics | Jul 1957 | 3,426 |
| 41 | Quantum Theory of Gravity. I. The Canonical Theory Bryce Seligman DeWitt · Physical Review | 25 Aug 1967 | 3,416 |
| 42 | Quantum secret sharing Mark S. Hillery, Vladimír Bužek, André Berthiaume · Physical Review A | Mar 1999 | 3,405 |
| 43 | Entanglement of the orbital angular momentum states of photons Alois Mair, Alipasha Vaziri, Gregor Weihs et al. · Nature | Jul 2001 | 3,342 |
| 44 | Quantum electrodynamics Matthew D. Schwartz · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 15 Dec 2013 | 3,275 |
| 45 | Quantum information and computation Charles H. Bennett, David P. DiVincenzo · Nature | Mar 2000 | 3,270 |
| 46 | Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics. II E. T. Jaynes · Physical Review | 15 Oct 1957 | 3,253 |
| 47 | Quantum-mechanical noise in an interferometer Carlton M. Caves · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields | 15 Apr 1981 | 3,244 |
| 48 | Statistical distance and the geometry of quantum states Samuel L. Braunstein, Carlton M. Caves · Physical Review Letters | 30 May 1994 | 3,236 |
| 49 | Concentrating partial entanglement by local operations Charles H. Bennett, Herbert Jacob Bernstein, Sandu Popescu et al. · Physical Review A | Apr 1996 | 3,172 |
| 50 | Universal Quantum Simulators Seth Lloyd · Science | 23 Aug 1996 | 3,169 |
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