Andrew M. Childs

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
95 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Andrew M. Childs is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew M. Childs has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 30 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Andrew M. Childs's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (80 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (62 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (17 papers). Andrew M. Childs is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (80 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (62 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (17 papers). Andrew M. Childs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Andrew M. Childs's co-authors include Jeffrey Goldstone, Edward Farhi, Robin Kothari, Rolando D. Somma, John Preskill, Dominic W. Berry, Yuan Su, Sam Gutmann, Debbie Leung and Nathan Wiebe and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Andrew M. Childs

92 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Universal Computation by Quantum Walk

2009 627 citations Andrew M. Childs Physical Review Letters profile →
Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics with a Truncated Taylor Series

2015 426 citations Dominic W. Berry, Andrew M. Childs et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Quantum Algorithm for Systems of Linear Equations with Exponentially Improved Dependence on Precision

2017 348 citations Andrew M. Childs, Robin Kothari et al. profile →
Toward the first quantum simulation with quantum speedup

2018 318 citations Andrew M. Childs, Dmitri Maslov et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew M. Childs United States	33	5.5k	3.1k	1.7k	329	281	95	6.1k
Aram W. Harrow United States	30	5.4k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	561 1.7×	297 1.1×	79	6.1k
Sergio Boixo United States	27	4.5k 0.8×	2.9k 0.9×	686 0.4×	450 1.4×	330 1.2×	52	5.2k
Richard Cleve Canada	26	7.9k 1.4×	4.8k 1.6×	2.4k 1.4×	579 1.8×	235 0.8×	57	8.5k
Kristan Temme United States	17	5.0k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	861 0.5×	537 1.6×	248 0.9×	32	5.7k
Ryan Babbush United States	34	6.1k 1.1×	3.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	560 1.7×	218 0.8×	66	6.9k
Andrew Steane United Kingdom	30	4.8k 0.9×	4.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	434 1.3×	240 0.9×	82	6.2k
Scott Aaronson United States	27	3.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	541 1.6×	179 0.6×	109	4.4k
Sergey Bravyi United States	37	5.3k 1.0×	4.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	607 1.8×	418 1.5×	75	7.0k
Patrick J. Coles United States	36	4.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	604 0.4×	413 1.3×	414 1.5×	84	5.0k
Sam Gutmann United States	22	3.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	160 0.5×	301 1.1×	37	3.8k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Childs, Andrew M., et al.. (2025). Quantum Divide and Conquer. 6(2). 1–26. 1 indexed citations

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Hangleiter, Dominik, et al.. (2025). Efficiently Verifiable Quantum Advantage on Near-Term Analog Quantum Simulators. PRX Quantum. 6(1).

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Zhao, Qi, You Zhou, & Andrew M. Childs. (2025). Entanglement accelerates quantum simulation. Nature Physics. 21(8). 1338–1345. 2 indexed citations

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Schoute, Eddie, et al.. (2024). Quantum routing with teleportation. Physical Review Research. 6(3). 3 indexed citations

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Chakrabarti, Shouvanik, Andrew M. Childs, Shih-Han Hung, et al.. (2023). Quantum Algorithm for Estimating Volumes of Convex Bodies. 4(3). 1–60. 3 indexed citations

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Tran, Minh C., et al.. (2020). Destructive Error Interference in Product-Formula Lattice Simulation. Physical Review Letters. 124(22). 220502–220502. 26 indexed citations

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Alagic, Gorjan, Andrew M. Childs, & Shih-Han Hung. (2019). Two-message verification of quantum computation.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Nam, Yunseong, Neil J. Ross, Yuan Su, Andrew M. Childs, & Dmitri Maslov. (2018). Automated optimization of large quantum circuits with continuous parameters. npj Quantum Information. 4(1). 114 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M., David Gosset, & Zak Webb. (2015). . Theory of Computing. 11(1). 491–603. 4 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M., Robin Kothari, & Rolando D. Somma. (2015). Quantum linear systems algorithm with exponentially improved dependence on precision. arXiv (Cornell University). 16 indexed citations

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Brod, Daniel J. & Andrew M. Childs. (2014). The computational power of matchgates and the XY interaction on arbitrary graphs. Quantum Information and Computation. 14(11). 901–916. 9 indexed citations

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Berry, Dominic W. & Andrew M. Childs. (2012). Black-box hamiltonian simulation and unitary implementation. Quantum Information and Computation. 12(1). 29–62. 46 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M. & Robin Kothari. (2011). Quantum query complexity of minor-closed graph properties. 6 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M. & Robin Kothari. (2010). Limitations on the simulation of non-sparse hamiltonians. arXiv (Cornell University). 10(7). 669–684. 17 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M.. (2009). On the Relationship Between Continuous- and Discrete-Time Quantum Walk. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 294(2). 581–603. 228 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M., Ben W. Reichardt, Robert Špalek, & Shengyu Zhang. (2007). Every NAND formula on N variables can be evaluated in time O(N^{1/2+eps}). arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M. & Wim van Dam. (2007). Quantum algorithm for a generalized hidden shift problem. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 1225–1232. 12 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M.. (2005). Secure assisted quantum computation. Quantum Information and Computation. 5(6). 456–466. 70 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M. & Jared V. Goldstone. (2004). Spatial search and the Dirac equation (5 pages). Physical Review A. 70(4). 42312. 3 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M., Edward Farhi, & Sam Gutmann. (2002). An Example of the Difference Between Quantum and Classical Random Walks. Quantum Information Processing. 1(1-2). 35–43. 289 indexed citations

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