Dave Wecker

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Dave Wecker is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Dave Wecker has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Dave Wecker's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (11 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (6 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (5 papers). Dave Wecker is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (11 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (6 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (5 papers). Dave Wecker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and India. Dave Wecker's co-authors include Matthias Troyer, Matthew B. Hastings, Nathan Wiebe, Bela Bauer, Krysta M. Svore, Markus Reiher, Bryan K. Clark, Andrew J. Millis, Chetan Nayak and Jarrod R. McClean and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Dave Wecker

14 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Progress towards practical quantum variational algorithms

2015 441 citations Dave Wecker, Matthew B. Hastings et al. Physical Review A profile →
Elucidating reaction mechanisms on quantum computers

2017 417 citations Markus Reiher, Nathan Wiebe et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dave Wecker United States	10	1.5k	1.1k	255	109	77	14	1.7k
Craig Gidney United States	12	1.3k 0.9×	782 0.7×	321 1.3×	119 1.1×	56 0.7×	19	1.4k
Sam McArdle United Kingdom	9	1.5k 1.0×	982 0.9×	242 0.9×	104 1.0×	98 1.3×	13	1.7k
Nathan Wiebe United States	15	1.4k 1.0×	826 0.8×	312 1.2×	117 1.1×	54 0.7×	26	1.6k
Matthias Degroote United States	12	1.1k 0.8×	726 0.7×	208 0.8×	117 1.1×	73 0.9×	26	1.4k
William J. Huggins United States	12	1.1k 0.7×	773 0.7×	160 0.6×	87 0.8×	75 1.0×	19	1.3k
Suguru Endo Japan	14	2.1k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	323 1.3×	173 1.6×	109 1.4×	32	2.4k
Guang Hao Low United States	17	1.2k 0.8×	675 0.6×	267 1.0×	73 0.7×	58 0.8×	35	1.3k
Kosuke Mitarai Japan	16	1.6k 1.1×	682 0.6×	307 1.2×	187 1.7×	90 1.2×	43	1.7k
Caroline Figgatt United States	13	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	172 0.7×	135 1.2×	36 0.5×	18	1.7k
Sarah Sheldon United States	11	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	210 0.8×	222 2.0×	39 0.5×	23	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Dave Wecker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dave Wecker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dave Wecker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dave Wecker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dave 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 Dave Wecker. Dave 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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14 of 14 papers shown

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Unsleber, Jan P., Hongbin Liu, Leopold Talirz, et al.. (2023). High-throughput ab initio reaction mechanism exploration in the cloud with automated multi-reference validation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(8). 84803–84803. 13 indexed citations

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Roetteler, Martin, Krysta M. Svore, Dave Wecker, & Nathan Wiebe. (2017). Design automation for quantum architectures. 15. 1312–1317. 1 indexed citations

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Reiher, Markus, Nathan Wiebe, Krysta M. Svore, Dave Wecker, & Matthias Troyer. (2017). Elucidating reaction mechanisms on quantum computers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(29). 7555–7560. 417 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wecker, Dave, Matthew B. Hastings, & Matthias Troyer. (2016). Training a quantum optimizer. Physical review. A. 94(2). 51 indexed citations

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Bauer, Bela, Dave Wecker, Andrew J. Millis, Matthew B. Hastings, & Matthias Troyer. (2016). Hybrid Quantum-Classical Approach to Correlated Materials. Physical Review X. 6(3). 158 indexed citations

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Babbush, Ryan, Jarrod R. McClean, Dave Wecker, Alán Aspuru‐Guzik, & Nathan Wiebe. (2015). Chemical basis of Trotter-Suzuki errors in quantum chemistry simulation. Physical Review A. 91(2). 125 indexed citations

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Wecker, Dave, Matthew B. Hastings, Nathan Wiebe, et al.. (2015). Solving strongly correlated electron models on a quantum computer. Physical Review A. 92(6). 183 indexed citations

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Wecker, Dave, Matthew B. Hastings, & Matthias Troyer. (2015). Towards Practical Quantum Variational Algorithms. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations

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Wecker, Dave, Matthew B. Hastings, & Matthias Troyer. (2015). Progress towards practical quantum variational algorithms. Physical Review A. 92(4). 441 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wecker, Dave. (2015). LIQUi|> and SoLi|>: Simulation and Compilation of Quantum Algorithms. 1 indexed citations

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Hastings, Matthew B., Dave Wecker, Bela Bauer, & Matthias Troyer. (2015). Improving quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry. Quantum Information and Computation. 15(1&2). 1–21. 75 indexed citations

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Wecker, Dave, Bela Bauer, Bryan K. Clark, Matthew B. Hastings, & Matthias Troyer. (2014). Gate-count estimates for performing quantum chemistry on small quantum computers. Physical Review A. 90(2). 182 indexed citations

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Wecker, Dave, Bela Bauer, Bryan K. Clark, Matthew B. Hastings, & Matthias Troyer. (2013). Can quantum chemistry be performed on a small quantum computer. 10 indexed citations

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Bernstein, Philip A., Dave Wecker, Dinesh Manocha, et al.. (2011). Technology and Data-Intensive Science in the Beginning of the 21st Century. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 15(4). 203–207. 3 indexed citations

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