David McKay

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

David McKay is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, David McKay has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in David McKay's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (17 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (16 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers). David McKay is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (17 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (16 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers). David McKay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. David McKay's co-authors include Brian DeMarco, Sarah Sheldon, Jay Gambetta, Matthew White, Jerry M. Chow, Matthew Pasienski, Christopher J. Wood, Abhinav Kandala, Sergey Bravyi and Easwar Magesan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David McKay

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Efficient Z gates for quantum computing 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2021 100 200 300
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.

  1. Efficient Z gates for quantum computing
    2017 333 citations David McKay, Christopher J. Wood et al. Physical review. A profile →
  2. Mitigating measurement errors in multiqubit experiments
    2021 209 citations Sarah Sheldon, Abhinav Kandala et al. Physical review. A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David McKay United States 23 1.7k 1.2k 278 153 152 49 2.3k
Olivier Giraud France 21 733 0.4× 380 0.3× 214 0.8× 15 0.1× 48 0.3× 98 1.1k
Frank Deppe Germany 22 2.2k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 119 0.4× 294 1.9× 23 0.2× 60 2.4k
Stefano Forte Italy 41 265 0.2× 234 0.2× 45 0.2× 134 0.9× 27 0.2× 143 7.1k
Diego Porras Spain 31 3.8k 2.2× 2.1k 1.8× 587 2.1× 160 1.0× 3 0.0× 87 4.1k
A. R. Dixon United Kingdom 13 567 0.3× 888 0.8× 14 0.1× 255 1.7× 7 0.0× 22 1.2k
Klaus M. Frahm France 21 819 0.5× 108 0.1× 289 1.0× 77 0.5× 4 0.0× 65 1.3k
Peter C. Humphreys United Kingdom 17 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 4 0.0× 560 3.7× 107 0.7× 58 1.9k
Axel Görlitz Germany 23 3.5k 2.0× 364 0.3× 456 1.6× 58 0.4× 15 0.1× 47 3.6k
Wolfgang Krieger Germany 26 752 0.4× 41 0.0× 35 0.1× 228 1.5× 40 0.3× 94 2.3k
Roberto Franzosi Italy 19 502 0.3× 126 0.1× 140 0.5× 7 0.0× 38 0.3× 57 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David McKay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David McKay

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Govia, Luke C. G., et al.. (2025). Randomized benchmarking protocol for dynamic circuits. Physical review. A. 111(1). 1 indexed citations
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Govia, Luke C. G., Bradley Mitchell, Alireza Seif, et al.. (2025). Bounding the Systematic Error in Quantum Error Mitigation due to Model Violation. PRX Quantum. 6(1). 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Ken Xuan, et al.. (2024). Native Two-Qubit Gates in Fixed-Coupling, Fixed-Frequency Transmons Beyond Cross-Resonance Interaction. PRX Quantum. 5(2). 11 indexed citations
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Govia, Luke C. G., Petar Jurcevic, Christopher J. Wood, et al.. (2023). A randomized benchmarking suite for mid-circuit measurements. New Journal of Physics. 25(12). 123016–123016. 12 indexed citations
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Wei, Ken Xuan, Easwar Magesan, Isaac Lauer, et al.. (2022). Hamiltonian Engineering with Multicolor Drives for Fast Entangling Gates and Quantum Crosstalk Cancellation. Physical Review Letters. 129(6). 60501–60501. 50 indexed citations
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Kandala, Abhinav, Ken Xuan Wei, Srikanth Srinivasan, et al.. (2021). Demonstration of a High-Fidelity cnot Gate for Fixed-Frequency Transmons with Engineered ZZ Suppression. Physical Review Letters. 127(13). 130501–130501. 104 indexed citations
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Brink, Markus, et al.. (2020). Suppression of Unwanted ZZ Interactions in a Hybrid Two-Qubit System. Physical Review Letters. 125(20). 200504–200504. 64 indexed citations
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Pritchett, Emily, Abhinav Kandala, & David McKay. (2020). Bounds on cross-resonance gate fidelity in an extended parameter regime. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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Kandala, Abhinav, Kristan Temme, Seth Merkel, et al.. (2020). Experimental considerations for zero noise extrapolation. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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McKay, David, Sarah Sheldon, John A. Smolin, Jerry M. Chow, & Jay Gambetta. (2019). Three-Qubit Randomized Benchmarking. Physical Review Letters. 122(20). 200502–200502. 90 indexed citations
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Naik, Ravi, Nelson L. C. Leung, Srivatsan Chakram, et al.. (2017). Random access quantum information processors using multimode circuit quantum electrodynamics. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1904–1904. 89 indexed citations
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McKay, David, Ravi Naik, Philip Reinhold, Lev S. Bishop, & David Schuster. (2015). High-Contrast Qubit Interactions Using Multimode Cavity QED. Physical Review Letters. 114(8). 80501–80501. 49 indexed citations
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McKay, David, et al.. (2013). Slow Thermalization between a Lattice and Free Bose Gas. Physical Review Letters. 111(6). 63002–63002. 13 indexed citations
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McKay, David, et al.. (2011). Low-temperature high-density magneto-optical trapping of potassium using the open4S→5Ptransition at 405 nm. Physical Review A. 84(6). 43 indexed citations
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McKay, David & Brian DeMarco. (2011). Cooling in strongly correlated optical lattices: prospects and challenges. Reports on Progress in Physics. 74(5). 54401–54401. 130 indexed citations
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White, Matthew, et al.. (2009). Strongly Interacting Bosons in a Disordered Optical Lattice. Physical Review Letters. 102(5). 55301–55301. 171 indexed citations
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McKay, David, Matthew White, Matthew Pasienski, & Brian DeMarco. (2008). Phase-slip-induced dissipation in an atomic Bose–Hubbard system. Nature. 453(7191). 76–79. 62 indexed citations
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Aubin, S., M. Extavour, Stefan Myrskog, et al.. (2005). Trapping Fermionic 40K and Bosonic 87Rb on a Chip. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 140(5-6). 377–396. 26 indexed citations
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McKay, David. (1999). Federalism and European Union: A Political Economy Perspective. OUP Catalogue. 9 indexed citations
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McKay, David. (1999). The Political Sustainability of European Monetary Union. British Journal of Political Science. 29(3). 463–485. 22 indexed citations

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