David Pérez-Garcı́a

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
104 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

David Pérez-Garcı́a is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pérez-Garcı́a has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 48 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 24 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in David Pérez-Garcı́a's work include Quantum many-body systems (55 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (36 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (34 papers). David Pérez-Garcı́a is often cited by papers focused on Quantum many-body systems (55 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (36 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (34 papers). David Pérez-Garcı́a collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and United States. David Pérez-Garcı́a's co-authors include J. I. Cirac, Norbert Schuch, Frank Verstraete, Michael M. Wolf, M. M. Wolf, Ignacio Villanueva, Mikel Sanz, Didier Poilblanc, Toby S. Cubitt and Carlos Palazuelos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Pérez-Garcı́a

103 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Classifying quantum phase... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2021 100 200 300 400
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. Classifying quantum phases using matrix product states and projected entangled pair states
    2011 499 citations Norbert Schuch, David Pérez-Garcı́a et al. profile →
  2. Matrix product states and projected entangled pair states: Concepts, symmetries, theorems
    2021 447 citations J. I. Cirac, David Pérez-Garcı́a et al. Reviews of Modern Physics 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 Pérez-Garcı́a Spain 36 3.7k 1.9k 1.1k 538 521 104 4.6k
M. Fannes Belgium 21 2.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 636 0.6× 947 1.8× 308 0.6× 93 3.0k
Bruno Nachtergaele United States 20 2.0k 0.5× 655 0.3× 909 0.8× 544 1.0× 244 0.5× 78 2.5k
V. E. Korepin United States 42 4.9k 1.3× 1.0k 0.5× 3.1k 2.8× 2.1k 3.8× 392 0.8× 190 7.4k
Michael Freedman United States 32 7.9k 2.1× 1.6k 0.8× 3.5k 3.2× 465 0.9× 1.4k 2.7× 119 10.9k
M. B. Hastings United States 30 3.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 2.0× 173 0.3× 73 4.5k
Zhenghan Wang United States 27 2.9k 0.8× 755 0.4× 1.4k 1.3× 323 0.6× 351 0.7× 96 3.8k
Luigi Accardi Italy 26 1.8k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 143 0.1× 812 1.5× 1.1k 2.1× 324 3.3k
Ingemar Bengtsson Sweden 27 2.5k 0.7× 2.4k 1.3× 83 0.1× 1.3k 2.5× 197 0.4× 104 4.3k
Douglas Stanford United States 18 3.3k 0.9× 991 0.5× 830 0.7× 3.0k 5.6× 153 0.3× 24 6.4k
José I. Latorre Spain 42 4.5k 1.2× 2.9k 1.5× 994 0.9× 1.0k 1.9× 51 0.1× 118 8.9k

Countries citing papers authored by David Pérez-Garcı́a

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Pérez-Garcı́a

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Styliaris, Georgios, Rahul Trivedi, David Pérez-Garcı́a, & J. I. Cirac. (2025). Matrix-product unitaries: Beyond quantum cellular automata. Quantum. 9. 1645–1645. 2 indexed citations
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Cubitt, Toby S., et al.. (2025). Undecidability in physics: A review. Physics Reports. 1138. 1–29.
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Pérez-Garcı́a, David, et al.. (2024). Hawking-Page transition on a spin chain. Physical Review Research. 6(3). 1 indexed citations
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Cubitt, Toby S., et al.. (2024). Security of quantum position-verification limits Hamiltonian simulation via holography. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(8). 1 indexed citations
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Pérez-Garcı́a, David, et al.. (2024). TensorKrowch: Smooth integration of tensor networks in machine learning. Quantum. 8. 1364–1364. 1 indexed citations
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Pérez-Garcı́a, David, et al.. (2023). Locality Estimates for Complex Time Evolution in 1D. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 399(2). 929–970. 11 indexed citations
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Lucia, Ángelo, et al.. (2023). Thermalization in Kitaev’s quantum double models via tensor network techniques. Forum of Mathematics Sigma. 11. 7 indexed citations
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Cubitt, Toby S., David Pérez-Garcı́a, & Michael M. Wolf. (2022). Undecidability of the Spectral Gap. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 6 indexed citations
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Cirac, J. I., David Pérez-Garcı́a, Norbert Schuch, & Frank Verstraete. (2021). Matrix product states and projected entangled pair states: Concepts, symmetries, theorems. Reviews of Modern Physics. 93(4). 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scarpa, Giuseppe, Yimin Ge, Juan José García‐Ripoll, et al.. (2018). Computational complexity of PEPS zero testing. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Cuevas, Gemma De las, Toby S. Cubitt, J. I. Cirac, Michael M. Wolf, & David Pérez-Garcı́a. (2016). Fundamental limitations in the purifications of tensor networks. UCL Discovery (University College London). 14 indexed citations
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Cubitt, Toby S., David Pérez-Garcı́a, & Michael M. Wolf. (2015). Undecidability of the spectral gap. Nature. 528(7581). 207–211. 111 indexed citations
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Pérez-Garcı́a, David, et al.. (2013). スピン-ボソン格子模型及びトラップイオンに対するLieb-Robinson限界. Physical Review Letters. 111(23). 1–230404. 6 indexed citations
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Schuch, Norbert, et al.. (2012). Gapless Hamiltonians for the Toric Code Using the Projected Entangled Pair State Formalism. Physical Review Letters. 109(26). 260401–260401. 14 indexed citations
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Haegeman, Jutho, David Pérez-Garcı́a, J. I. Cirac, & Norbert Schuch. (2012). Order Parameter for Symmetry-Protected Phases in One Dimension. Physical Review Letters. 109(5). 50402–50402. 68 indexed citations
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Masanes, Lluís, et al.. (2012). A digital approach to quantum theory. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Cavalcanti, Daniel, et al.. (2010). Bell inequalities from multilinear contractions. Quantum Information and Computation. 10(7). 703–719. 2 indexed citations
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Pérez-Garcı́a, David, Frank Verstraete, Michael M. Wolf, & J. I. Cirac. (2008). Peps as unique ground states of local hamiltonians. Quantum Information and Computation. 8(6). 650–663. 46 indexed citations
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Verstraete, Frank, M. M. Wolf, David Pérez-Garcı́a, & J. I. Cirac. (2006). Criticality, the Area Law, and the Computational Power of Projected Entangled Pair States. Physical Review Letters. 96(22). 220601–220601. 368 indexed citations
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Pérez-Garcı́a, David & Ignacio Villanueva. (2005). Unconditional bases in tensor products of Hilbert spaces. MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA. 96(2). 280–280. 3 indexed citations

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