D. Wecker

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 938 citations indexed

About

D. Wecker is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Wecker has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 938 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in D. Wecker's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (4 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (2 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (1 paper). D. Wecker is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (4 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (2 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (1 paper). D. Wecker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. D. Wecker's co-authors include Matthias Troyer, Daniel A. Lidar, Sergio Boixo, Troels F. Rønnow, Sergei V. Isakov, John M. Martinis, Zhihui Wang, Joshua Job, David Poulin and Nathan Wiebe and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Physics and Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie.

In The Last Decade

D. Wecker

7 papers receiving 899 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.

Evidence for quantum annealing with more than one hundred qubits

2014 476 citations Sergio Boixo, Troels F. Rønnow et al. Nature Physics profile →
Defining and detecting quantum speedup

2014 363 citations Troels F. Rønnow, Zhihui Wang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Wecker United States	4	804	443	165	88	75	7	938
Troels F. Rønnow Switzerland	10	976 1.2×	518 1.2×	215 1.3×	140 1.6×	105 1.4×	13	1.2k
Joshua Job United States	6	561 0.7×	231 0.5×	127 0.8×	58 0.7×	50 0.7×	10	650
David Gosset United States	17	1.1k 1.3×	704 1.6×	286 1.7×	104 1.2×	60 0.8×	39	1.3k
Geordie Rose United States	11	553 0.7×	344 0.8×	128 0.8×	82 0.9×	78 1.0×	17	719
Yantao Wu United States	6	467 0.6×	354 0.8×	119 0.7×	57 0.6×	53 0.7×	16	684
Jim Harrington United States	9	1.3k 1.7×	1.1k 2.4×	225 1.4×	157 1.8×	52 0.7×	12	1.5k
Juha J. Vartiainen Finland	13	740 0.9×	571 1.3×	258 1.6×	171 1.9×	88 1.2×	20	1.1k
Dave Wecker United States	10	1.5k 1.8×	1.1k 2.4×	255 1.5×	109 1.2×	63 0.8×	14	1.7k
Hari Krovi United States	19	1.1k 1.4×	710 1.6×	247 1.5×	133 1.5×	28 0.4×	40	1.3k
Ben W. Reichardt United States	15	898 1.1×	577 1.3×	302 1.8×	92 1.0×	46 0.6×	27	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Wecker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. Wecker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. Wecker 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 D. Wecker. D. Wecker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Haah, Jeongwan, Matthew B. Hastings, David Poulin, & D. Wecker. (2018). Magic state distillation at intermediate size. Quantum Information and Computation. 18(1&2). 114–140. 3 indexed citations

2.

Poulin, David, et al.. (2015). The Trotter step size required for accurate quantum simulation of quantum chemistry. Quantum Information and Computation. 361–384. 73 indexed citations

3.

Boixo, Sergio, Troels F. Rønnow, Sergei V. Isakov, et al.. (2014). Evidence for quantum annealing with more than one hundred qubits. Nature Physics. 10(3). 218–224. 476 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Rønnow, Troels F., Zhihui Wang, Joshua Job, et al.. (2014). Defining and detecting quantum speedup. Science. 345(6195). 420–424. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wecker, D. & R. N. Schindler. (1984). Untersuchungen mit Hilfe der Elektronenzyklotronresonanz-(ECR)-Technik XVI .Wechselwirkung von HNO₃ und CINO₃ mit niederenergetischen Elektronen in der Gasphase / Studies by the Electron Cyclotron Resonance-(ECR)-Technique. XVI. Interactions of Thermal- Energy Electrons with the Molecules HNO₃ and CINO₃. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 39(6). 542–547. 3 indexed citations

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Wecker, D., et al.. (1982). ESR‐spektroskopische Untersuchungen der Reaktion von O(³P)‐Atomen mit Dichlormonoxid. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 86(6). 532–538. 2 indexed citations

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Wecker, D., A. A. Christodoulides, & R. N. Schindler. (1981). Studies by the electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) technique. XV. Interactions of thermal-energy electrons with ClO2 and Cl2O. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 38(2-3). 391–406. 18 indexed citations

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