David Hume

8.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
49 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

David Hume is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, David Hume has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in David Hume's work include Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (24 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (22 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (17 papers). David Hume is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (24 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (22 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (17 papers). David Hume collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. David Hume's co-authors include C. W. Chou, T. Rosenband, D. J. Wineland, D. J. Wineland, Wayne M. Itano, J. C. J. Koelemeij, David R. Leibrandt, D. Leibfried, Piet O. Schmidt and Roee Ozeri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Hume

46 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Frequency Ratio of Al+and Hg+Single-Ion Optical Clocks; M... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2008 2005 2010 2010 2019 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Frequency Ratio of Al+and Hg+Single-Ion Optical Clocks; Metrology at the 17th Decimal Place
    2008 1000 citations T. Rosenband, David Hume et al. profile →
  2. Creation of a six-atom ‘Schrödinger cat’ state
    2005 651 citations D. Leibfried, S. Seidelin et al. Nature profile →
  3. Frequency Comparison of Two High-AccuracyAl+Optical Clocks
    2010 607 citations C. W. Chou, David Hume et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Optical Clocks and Relativity
    2010 468 citations C. W. Chou, David Hume et al. profile →
  5. Al+27 Quantum-Logic Clock with a Systematic Uncertainty below 10−18
    2019 440 citations Samuel M. Brewer, Jwo-Sy Chen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  6. Fisher information and entanglement of non-Gaussian spin states
    2014 300 citations Helmut Strobel, W. Muessel et al. profile →

Peers

David Hume
C. W. Chou United States
T. Rosenband United States
Piet O. Schmidt Germany
E. Peik Germany
C. Salomon France
J.H. Shirley United States
David S. Weiss United States
H. G. Robinson United States
Eite Tiesinga United States
T. W. Hänsch Germany
C. W. Chou United States
David Hume
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Hume

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Hume

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aeppli, Alexander, Kyungtae Kim, Dahyeon Lee, et al.. (2025). High-Stability Single-Ion Clock with 5.5×10−19 Systematic Uncertainty. Physical Review Letters. 135(3). 33201–33201. 9 indexed citations
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McGrew, William F., Ethan Clements, Youssef S. Hassan, et al.. (2022). Improved interspecies optical clock comparisons through differential spectroscopy. Nature Physics. 19(1). 25–29. 25 indexed citations
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Brewer, Samuel M., Jwo-Sy Chen, Aaron Hankin, et al.. (2019). Al+27 Quantum-Logic Clock with a Systematic Uncertainty below 10−18. Physical Review Letters. 123(3). 33201–33201. 440 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hankin, Aaron, Ethan Clements, Yao Huang, et al.. (2019). Systematic uncertainty due to background-gas collisions in trapped-ion optical clocks. Physical review. A. 100(3). 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Jwo-Sy, Samuel M. Brewer, C. W. Chou, et al.. (2017). Sympathetic Ground State Cooling and Time-Dilation Shifts in an Al27+ Optical Clock. Physical Review Letters. 118(5). 53002–53002. 78 indexed citations
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Chou, C. W., et al.. (2017). Preparation and coherent manipulation of pure quantum states of a single molecular ion. Nature. 545(7653). 203–207. 112 indexed citations
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Hume, David, et al.. (2013). Accurate Atom Counting in Mesoscopic Ensembles. Physical Review Letters. 111(25). 253001–253001. 57 indexed citations
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Chou, C. W., David Hume, Michael J. Thorpe, D. J. Wineland, & T. Rosenband. (2011). Quantum Coherence between Two Atoms beyondQ=1015. Physical Review Letters. 106(16). 160801–160801. 49 indexed citations
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Hume, David, C. W. Chou, David R. Leibrandt, et al.. (2011). Trapped-Ion State Detection through Coherent Motion. Physical Review Letters. 107(24). 243902–243902. 28 indexed citations
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Chou, C. W., David Hume, J. C. J. Koelemeij, D. J. Wineland, & T. Rosenband. (2010). Frequency Comparison of Two High-AccuracyAl+Optical Clocks. Physical Review Letters. 104(7). 70802–70802. 607 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rosenband, T., Piet O. Schmidt, David Hume, et al.. (2007). Observation of theS01→P03Clock Transition inAl+27. Physical Review Letters. 98(22). 220801–220801. 169 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Piet O., J. C. J. Koelemeij, David Hume, et al.. (2006). Spectroscopy of atomic and molecular ions using quantum logic. AIP conference proceedings. 862. 305–312. 12 indexed citations
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Seidelin, S., John Chiaverini, R. Reichle, et al.. (2006). Microfabricated Surface-Electrode Ion Trap for Scalable Quantum Information Processing. Physical Review Letters. 96(25). 253003–253003. 305 indexed citations
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Ozeri, Roee, C. Langer, J. D. Jost, et al.. (2005). Hyperfine Coherence in the Presence of Spontaneous Photon Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 95(3). 30403–30403. 85 indexed citations
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Langer, C., Roee Ozeri, J. D. Jost, et al.. (2005). Long-Lived Qubit Memory Using Atomic Ions. Physical Review Letters. 95(6). 60502–60502. 262 indexed citations
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Hume, David & Antony Flew. (1988). An enquiry concerning human understanding ; My own life ; An abstract of A treatise of human nature. 3 indexed citations
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Hume, David. (1983). Life's Embarrassing Moments–Right Treaty, Wrong Adhesion: John Semmens and the Split Lake Indians. Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists).
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Hume, David, et al.. (1967). The worlds of Hume and Kant. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Hume, David, et al.. (1965). David Hume's theory of history : a study in the relationship between his philosophical, sociological, and historical methodology. In-house reproduction eBooks.
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Hume, David & Ernest Campbell Mossner. (1963). An enquiry concerning human understandng and other essays. 1 indexed citations

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