Chris Sparrow

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Chris Sparrow is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Sparrow has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chris Sparrow's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (5 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (4 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (3 papers). Chris Sparrow is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (5 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (4 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (3 papers). Chris Sparrow collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and United States. Chris Sparrow's co-authors include Anthony Laing, Jeremy L. O’Brien, Nobuyuki Matsuda, Toshikazu Hashimoto, Jacques Carolan, Christopher Harrold, Enrique Martín-López, Jonathan C. F. Matthews, Graham D. Marshall and Nicholas J. Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chris Sparrow

6 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Universal linear optics

2015 695 citations Jacques Carolan, Christopher Harrold et al. Science profile →
Fusion-based quantum computation

2023 158 citations Patrick M. Birchall, Hugo Cable et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Sparrow United Kingdom	6	927	570	502	40	30	6	1.1k
Enrique Martín-López United Kingdom	4	886 1.0×	557 1.0×	487 1.0×	39 1.0×	17 0.6×	7	1.1k
Bryn A. Bell United Kingdom	17	716 0.8×	313 0.5×	836 1.7×	32 0.8×	59 2.0×	40	1.0k
Guilherme B. Xavier Chile	17	980 1.1×	297 0.5×	924 1.8×	43 1.1×	28 0.9×	60	1.2k
Han-Sen Zhong China	12	896 1.0×	230 0.4×	836 1.7×	57 1.4×	41 1.4×	22	1.1k
M. Menotti Italy	11	615 0.7×	395 0.7×	547 1.1×	64 1.6×	23 0.8×	17	916
Piotr Roztocki Canada	13	743 0.8×	897 1.6×	1.2k 2.3×	58 1.4×	20 0.7×	40	1.5k
Z. Vernon Canada	9	581 0.6×	376 0.7×	516 1.0×	17 0.4×	24 0.8×	13	851
Konstantinos Poulios United Kingdom	6	617 0.7×	233 0.4×	480 1.0×	24 0.6×	62 2.1×	12	804
Jacques Carolan United States	14	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 2.1×	869 1.7×	121 3.0×	43 1.4×	24	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Sparrow

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Sparrow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chris Sparrow. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chris Sparrow. The network helps show where Chris Sparrow may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Sparrow

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Sparrow. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Sparrow based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Sparrow. Chris Sparrow is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Birchall, Patrick M., Hugo Cable, C. Dawson, et al.. (2023). Fusion-based quantum computation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 912–912. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Carolan, Jacques, Chris Sparrow, Levon Chakhmakhchyan, et al.. (2022). Photonic quantum simulations of coupled PT-symmetric Hamiltonians. Physical Review Research. 4(1). 11 indexed citations

3.

Sparrow, Chris, Enrique Martín-López, Alex Neville, et al.. (2018). Simulating the vibrational quantum dynamics of molecules using photonics. Nature. 557(7707). 660–667. 149 indexed citations

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Neville, Alex, Chris Sparrow, Raphaël Clifford, et al.. (2017). Classical boson sampling algorithms with superior performance to near-term experiments. Nature Physics. 13(12). 1153–1157. 95 indexed citations

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Rubenok, Allison, Peter B. R. Nisbet-Jones, Graham D. Marshall, et al.. (2016). Quantum Logic with Cavity Photons From Single Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 117(2). 23602–23602. 10 indexed citations

6.

Carolan, Jacques, Christopher Harrold, Chris Sparrow, et al.. (2015). Universal linear optics. Science. 349(6249). 711–716. 695 indexed citations breakdown →

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