Antonio Mezzacapo

9.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Antonio Mezzacapo is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonio Mezzacapo has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Antonio Mezzacapo's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (32 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (28 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (23 papers). Antonio Mezzacapo is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (32 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (28 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (23 papers). Antonio Mezzacapo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Switzerland. Antonio Mezzacapo's co-authors include Jay Gambetta, Abhinav Kandala, Jerry M. Chow, Kristan Temme, Maika Takita, Markus Brink, E. Solano, Lucas Lamata, Antonio Córcoles and J. Casanova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Antonio Mezzacapo

40 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hardware-efficient variational quantum eigensolver for small molecules and quantum magnets

2017 1.7k citations Abhinav Kandala, Antonio Mezzacapo et al. profile →
Error mitigation extends the computational reach of a noisy quantum processor

2019 502 citations Abhinav Kandala, Kristan Temme et al. profile →
Chemistry beyond the scale of exact diagonalization on a quantum-centric supercomputer

2025 23 citations Javier Robledo Moreno, Mário Motta et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Antonio Mezzacapo United States	25	3.6k	2.8k	531	304	218	41	4.2k
Norbert M. Linke United States	26	2.9k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	285 0.5×	310 1.0×	146 0.7×	63	3.8k
Kristan Temme United States	17	5.0k 1.4×	3.0k 1.1×	861 1.6×	537 1.8×	215 1.0×	32	5.7k
Man‐Hong Yung China	31	5.0k 1.4×	3.4k 1.2×	663 1.2×	829 2.7×	291 1.3×	103	5.9k
Abhinav Kandala United States	18	4.4k 1.2×	2.9k 1.1×	751 1.4×	542 1.8×	535 2.5×	28	5.4k
Antonio Córcoles United States	21	3.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	486 0.9×	571 1.9×	162 0.7×	32	4.5k
Łukasz Cincio United States	29	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	425 0.8×	288 0.9×	135 0.6×	72	3.4k
Nathan Killoran United Kingdom	23	3.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	425 0.8×	535 1.8×	236 1.1×	49	3.7k
Dan E. Browne United Kingdom	31	4.3k 1.2×	3.6k 1.3×	408 0.8×	519 1.7×	101 0.5×	75	4.8k
Alberto Peruzzo Australia	19	3.6k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	583 1.1×	950 3.1×	248 1.1×	38	4.4k
Colm A. Ryan United States	27	1.9k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	202 0.4×	338 1.1×	243 1.1×	40	2.7k

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Trenev, Dimitar, Pauline J. Ollitrault, Stuart M. Harwood, et al.. (2025). Refining resource estimation for the quantum computation of vibrational molecular spectra through Trotter error analysis. Quantum. 9. 1630–1630. 2 indexed citations

Moreno, Javier Robledo, Mário Motta, Ali Javadi-Abhari, et al.. (2025). Chemistry beyond the scale of exact diagonalization on a quantum-centric supercomputer. Science Advances. 11(25). eadu9991–eadu9991. 23 indexed citations breakdown →

Kaliakin, Danil, Akhil Shajan, Javier Robledo Moreno, et al.. (2025). Accurate quantum-centric simulations of intermolecular interactions. Communications Physics. 8(1). 396–396. 1 indexed citations

Shajan, Akhil, Danil Kaliakin, Javier Robledo Moreno, et al.. (2025). Toward Quantum-Centric Simulations of Extended Molecules: Sample-Based Quantum Diagonalization Enhanced with Density Matrix Embedding Theory. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 21(14). 6801–6810. 5 indexed citations

Motta, Mário, Antonio Mezzacapo, & Giacomo Guarnieri. (2025). Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Precision through a Quantum-Centric Computation. Physical Review Letters. 135(18). 180601–180601.

Hermann, Jan, Kenny Choo, Antonio Mezzacapo, et al.. (2023). Ab initio quantum chemistry with neural-network wavefunctions. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 7(10). 692–709. 63 indexed citations

Kirby, William, Mário Motta, & Antonio Mezzacapo. (2023). Exact and efficient Lanczos method on a quantum computer. Quantum. 7. 1018–1018. 32 indexed citations

Liu, Junyu, et al.. (2023). Analytic Theory for the Dynamics of Wide Quantum Neural Networks. Physical Review Letters. 130(15). 150601–150601. 29 indexed citations

Kirby, William, et al.. (2022). Second-Quantized Fermionic Operators with Polylogarithmic Qubit and Gate Complexity. PRX Quantum. 3(2). 12 indexed citations

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Eddins, Andrew, Mário Motta, Tanvi P. Gujarati, et al.. (2022). Doubling the Size of Quantum Simulators by Entanglement Forging. PRX Quantum. 3(1). 116 indexed citations

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Liu, Junyu, et al.. (2022). Representation Learning via Quantum Neural Tangent Kernels. PRX Quantum. 3(3). 39 indexed citations

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Gujarati, Tanvi P., Andrew Eddins, Sergey Bravyi, et al.. (2021). Reducing circuit size in the variational quantum eigensolver -- Part 1: Theory. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Eddins, Andrew, Tanvi P. Gujarati, Sergey Bravyi, et al.. (2021). Reducing circuit size in the variational quantum eigensolver -- Part 2: Experiment. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Kandala, Abhinav, Antonio Mezzacapo, Kristan Temme, et al.. (2017). Hardware-efficient Quantum Optimizer for Small Molecules and Quantum Magnets. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations

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Paik, Hanhee, Antonio Mezzacapo, Martin Sandberg, et al.. (2016). Experimental Demonstration of a Resonator-Induced Phase Gate in a Multiqubit Circuit-QED System. Physical Review Letters. 117(25). 250502–250502. 90 indexed citations

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Mezzacapo, Antonio, E. Rico, Carlos Sabín, et al.. (2015). Non-Abelian SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theories in Superconducting Circuits. Physical Review Letters. 115(24). 240502–240502. 79 indexed citations

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Mezzacapo, Antonio, Mikel Sanz, Lucas Lamata, et al.. (2015). Quantum Simulator for Transport Phenomena in Fluid Flows. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13153–13153. 39 indexed citations

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Casanova, J., Antonio Mezzacapo, Lucas Lamata, & E. Solano. (2012). Quantum Simulation of Interacting Fermion Lattice Models in Trapped Ions. Physical Review Letters. 108(19). 190502–190502. 77 indexed citations

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Mezzacapo, Antonio, J. Casanova, Lucas Lamata, & E. Solano. (2012). Digital Quantum Simulation of the Holstein Model in Trapped Ions. Physical Review Letters. 109(20). 200501–200501. 58 indexed citations

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Lucignano, Procolo, Antonio Mezzacapo, F. Tafuri, & A. Tagliacozzo. (2012). Advantages of using high-temperature cuprate superconductor heterostructures in the search for Majorana fermions. Physical Review B. 86(14). 27 indexed citations

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