Jonathan Simon

9.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
75 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Simon is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Simon has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 29 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 19 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Simon's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (28 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (26 papers) and Geometric and Algebraic Topology (15 papers). Jonathan Simon is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (28 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (26 papers) and Geometric and Algebraic Topology (15 papers). Jonathan Simon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Jonathan Simon's co-authors include David Schuster, Ruichao Ma, Iacopo Carusotto, Mikael C. Rechtsman, Tomoki Ozawa, Oded Zilberberg, Mohammad Hafezi, Nathan Goldman, Hannah M. Price and A. Amo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Simon

74 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Topological photonics 2010 2026 2015 2020 2019 2011 2010 2019 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Topological photonics
    2019 2.4k citations David Schuster, Jonathan Simon et al. profile →
  2. Quantum simulation of antiferromagnetic spin chains in an optical lattice
    2011 641 citations Jonathan Simon, Waseem Bakr et al. Nature profile →
  3. Probing the Superfluid–to–Mott Insulator Transition at the Single-Atom Level
    2010 558 citations Waseem Bakr, M. Eric Tai et al. profile →
  4. A dissipatively stabilized Mott insulator of photons
    2019 218 citations Ruichao Ma, Brendan Saxberg et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Simon United States 28 5.4k 1.5k 760 689 663 75 6.1k
Nathan Goldman Belgium 40 9.4k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 842 1.2× 1.4k 2.1× 105 9.8k
Oded Zilberberg Switzerland 33 7.0k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 1.1k 1.5× 805 1.2× 100 7.6k
Mark S. Rudner United States 37 5.8k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 860 1.1× 1.0k 1.5× 776 1.2× 94 6.8k
Henning Schomerus United Kingdom 40 4.8k 0.9× 551 0.4× 1.9k 2.5× 708 1.0× 594 0.9× 143 5.4k
Yoav Lahini Israel 28 3.7k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.6× 1.1k 1.6× 383 0.6× 64 5.2k
A. Amo France 40 8.5k 1.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.7× 1.4k 2.1× 515 0.8× 113 9.0k
Netanel H. Lindner Israel 27 5.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 413 0.5× 835 1.2× 1.0k 1.5× 75 5.7k
Anatoli Polkovnikov United States 47 8.6k 1.6× 1.9k 1.3× 2.6k 3.5× 371 0.5× 2.8k 4.3× 127 9.5k
M. B. Hastings United States 30 3.5k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 162 0.2× 1.5k 2.2× 73 4.5k
Yaakov Lumer Israel 26 6.3k 1.2× 445 0.3× 1.7k 2.2× 1.2k 1.8× 300 0.5× 72 6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan Simon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Simon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Simon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jaffe, Matt, et al.. (2023). A cavity loadlock apparatus for next-generation quantum optics experiments. Review of Scientific Instruments. 94(8). 3 indexed citations
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Kumar, Aishwarya, et al.. (2023). Quantum-enabled millimetre wave to optical transduction using neutral atoms. Nature. 615(7953). 614–619. 48 indexed citations
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Saxberg, Brendan, Srivatsan Chakram, Ruichao Ma, et al.. (2022). Chiral cavity quantum electrodynamics. Nature Physics. 18(9). 1048–1052. 53 indexed citations
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Osman, Amr, Jonathan Simon, Andreas Bengtsson, et al.. (2021). Simplified Josephson-junction fabrication process for reproducibly high-performance superconducting qubits. Applied Physics Letters. 118(6). 59 indexed citations
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Flood, Mark D., Dror Y. Kenett, Robin L. Lumsdaine, & Jonathan Simon. (2020). The Complexity of Bank Holding Companies: A Topological Approach. Journal of Banking & Finance. 118. 105789–105789. 11 indexed citations
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Jia, Ningyuan, et al.. (2016). Observation of Cavity Rydberg Polaritons. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Jia, Ningyuan, Ariel Sommer, David Schuster, & Jonathan Simon. (2014). Time Reversal Invariant Topologically Insulating Circuit. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Simon, Jonathan. (2014). Magnetic fields without magnetic fields. Nature. 515(7526). 202–203. 3 indexed citations
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Bakr, Waseem, Philipp M. Preiss, M. Eric Tai, et al.. (2011). Interaction-induced orbital excitation blockade of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Ruichao, M. Eric Tai, Philipp M. Preiss, et al.. (2011). Photon-Assisted Tunneling in a Biased Strongly Correlated Bose Gas. Physical Review Letters. 107(9). 95301–95301. 110 indexed citations
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Simon, Jonathan, Haruka Tanji, James K. Thompson, & Vladan Vuletić. (2007). Interfacing Collective Atomic Excitations and Single Photons. Physical Review Letters. 98(18). 183601–183601. 117 indexed citations
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Rawdon, Eric J. & Jonathan Simon. (2002). Möbius energy of thick knots. Topology and its Applications. 125(1). 97–109. 12 indexed citations
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Buck, Gregory & Jonathan Simon. (1999). Thickness and crossing number of knots. Topology and its Applications. 91(3). 245–257. 51 indexed citations
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Litherland, R. A., et al.. (1999). Thickness of knots. Topology and its Applications. 91(3). 233–244. 79 indexed citations
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Kauffman, Louis H., et al.. (1993). Invariants of theta-curves and other graphs in 3-space. Topology and its Applications. 49(3). 193–216. 16 indexed citations
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Buck, Gregory & Jonathan Simon. (1993). Knots as dynamical systems. Topology and its Applications. 51(3). 229–246. 13 indexed citations
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Simon, Jonathan. (1986). Topological chirality of certain molecules. Topology. 25(2). 229–235. 62 indexed citations
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Simon, Jonathan. (1980). How Many Knots Have the Same Group?. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 80(1). 162–162. 1 indexed citations
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Simon, Jonathan. (1980). How many knots have the same group?. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 80(1). 162–166. 4 indexed citations
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Simon, Jonathan. (1976). On the problems of determining knots by their complements and knot complements by their groups. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 57(1). 140–142. 3 indexed citations

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