Read interviews, first-person essays, profiles, and other features about
people in a wide variety of fields, along with information on journals
& institutions in the topic of Quantum Computers. All of the author
comments below are also listed in the site-wide
Author Commentaries listings
(available by month/year or alphabetically).
August 2010
Hans Briegel; Our Special Topics analysis of
quantum computers research over the past decade shows that
the work of Professor Hans Briegel of the University of
Innsbruck ranks at #9 by total cites, based on 41 papers
cited a total of 2,672 times. Two of these papers are among
the 20 most-cited over the past decade—one of them is
the second most-cited of the past decade. This month,
ScienceWatch.com correspondent Dr. Simon Mitton
talks with Briegel to find out more about the key
contributions he and his group have made to quantum
computation. View
Article
July 2010
Guifre
Vidal; Our Special Topics analysis of quantum
computers research over the past decade shows that the work
of Professor Guifre Vidal ranks at #8 by total cites, with
27 papers cited 2,751 times. His record
inEssential Science IndicatorsSM from
Thomson
Reuters includes 47 papers cited a total of 3,888 times
between January 1, 2000 and February 28, 2010 in the field
of Physics. This month, ScienceWatch.com talks
with him about his highly cited work.. View
Article
June 2010
Gerard Milburn; Our Special Topics analysis on
quantum computers shows that the work of Professor Gerard
Milburn ranks at #10 by total cites, based on 48 papers
cited a total of 2,603 times. One of these papers is the
most-cited paper in the topic for the decade. His record in
Essential Science Indicators from Clarivate
includes 99 papers, the majority of which are classified in
the field of Physics, cited a total of 3,651 times from
January 1, 2000 to February 28, 2010. In this interview,
ScienceWatch.com talks with Milburn about his
highly cited work. View
Article
May 2010
Daniel Lidar; Our Special Topics
analysis of quantum computers research over the past decade
shows that the work of Dr. Daniel Lidar ranks at #4 by
total number of papers, based on 79 papers cited a total of
1,814 times between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2009.
Six of these papers have been named as Highly Cited Papers
in the field of Physics inEssential Science
IndicatorsSM from Clarivate. In
this interview, he talks with ScienceWatch.com
about his highly cited research on quantum
computers. View
Article
April 2010
Ignacio Cirac; According to our Special Topic
on Quantum Computers, the work of Prof. Dr. Ignacio Cirac
ranks at #1 by cites and #2 by papers, based on 100 papers
cited a total of 5,555 times. Prof. Dr. Cirac's record in
Essential Science IndicatorsSM from
Clarivate includes 194 papers, the majority of which
are classified in Physics, cited a total of 10,551 times
between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2009. This month,
he talks with ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary
Taubes about his highly cited work. View
Article