Josh Izaac

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Josh Izaac is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Josh Izaac has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Josh Izaac's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (18 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (16 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (6 papers). Josh Izaac is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (18 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (16 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (6 papers). Josh Izaac collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Josh Izaac's co-authors include Nathan Killoran, Maria Schuld, Ville Bergholm, Christian Gogolin, James Stokes, Giuseppe Carleo, Nicolás Quesada, Andrea Mari, Thomas R. Bromley and Jingbo Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A and Computer Physics Communications.

In The Last Decade

Josh Izaac

20 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Evaluating analytic gradients on quantum hardware

2019 577 citations Maria Schuld, Ville Bergholm et al. Physical review. A profile →
Quantum Natural Gradient

2020 253 citations James Stokes, Josh Izaac et al. Quantum profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Josh Izaac Australia	14	1.4k	534	218	200	65	20	1.5k
Kosuke Mitarai Japan	16	1.6k 1.1×	682 1.3×	307 1.4×	187 0.9×	54 0.8×	43	1.7k
Vojtěch Havlíček Czechia	7	1.2k 0.9×	403 0.8×	240 1.1×	143 0.7×	29 0.4×	17	1.4k
Alba Cervera-Lierta Canada	8	1.1k 0.8×	567 1.1×	185 0.8×	109 0.5×	48 0.7×	11	1.3k
Troels F. Rønnow Switzerland	10	976 0.7×	518 1.0×	215 1.0×	140 0.7×	68 1.0×	13	1.2k
Leonard Wossnig United Kingdom	9	1.0k 0.7×	459 0.9×	245 1.1×	93 0.5×	38 0.6×	15	1.2k
Iris Cong United States	9	931 0.7×	412 0.8×	193 0.9×	141 0.7×	36 0.6×	10	1.1k
Hayato Goto Japan	18	1.0k 0.8×	647 1.2×	158 0.7×	221 1.1×	71 1.1×	69	1.4k
Nathan Wiebe United States	15	1.4k 1.0×	826 1.5×	312 1.4×	117 0.6×	56 0.9×	26	1.6k
He-Liang Huang China	17	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 2.4×	141 0.6×	367 1.8×	48 0.7×	48	2.1k
Travis S. Humble United States	22	1.2k 0.8×	663 1.2×	252 1.2×	241 1.2×	46 0.7×	120	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Josh Izaac

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josh Izaac

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ittah, David, et al.. (2024). Catalyst: a Python JIT compiler for auto-differentiablehybrid quantum programs. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(99). 6720–6720. 4 indexed citations

Matteo, Olivia Di, Josh Izaac, Thomas R. Bromley, et al.. (2023). Quantum Computing with Differentiable Quantum Transforms. 4(3). 1–20. 5 indexed citations

Brádler, Kamil, Shmuel Friedland, Josh Izaac, Nathan Killoran, & Daiqin Su. (2021). Graph isomorphism and Gaussian boson sampling. Special Matrices. 9(1). 166–196. 22 indexed citations

Izaac, Josh, Kai Wang, Zhaozhong Chen, et al.. (2020). Experimental Parity-Time Symmetric Quantum Walks for Centrality Ranking on Directed Graphs. Physical Review Letters. 125(24). 240501–240501. 14 indexed citations

Stokes, James, Josh Izaac, Nathan Killoran, & Giuseppe Carleo. (2020). Quantum Natural Gradient. Quantum. 4. 269–269. 253 indexed citations breakdown →

Mari, Andrea, Thomas R. Bromley, Josh Izaac, Maria Schuld, & Nathan Killoran. (2020). Transfer learning in hybrid classical-quantum neural networks. Quantum. 4. 340–340. 214 indexed citations

Schuld, Maria, Ville Bergholm, Christian Gogolin, Josh Izaac, & Nathan Killoran. (2019). Evaluating analytic gradients on quantum hardware. Physical review. A. 99(3). 577 indexed citations breakdown →

Killoran, Nathan, Josh Izaac, Nicolás Quesada, et al.. (2019). Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing. Quantum. 3. 129–129. 159 indexed citations

Gupt, Brajesh, Josh Izaac, & Nicolás Quesada. (2019). The Walrus: a library for the calculation of hafnians, Hermite polynomials and Gaussian boson sampling. The Journal of Open Source Software. 4(44). 1705–1705. 48 indexed citations

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Sabapathy, Krishna Kumar, Haoyu Qi, Josh Izaac, & Christian Weedbrook. (2019). Production of photonic universal quantum gates enhanced by machine learning. Physical review. A. 100(1). 37 indexed citations

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Quesada, Nicolás, L. G. Helt, Josh Izaac, et al.. (2019). Simulating realistic non-Gaussian state preparation. Physical review. A. 100(2). 57 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh & Jingbo Wang. (2018). Computational Quantum Mechanics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 19 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh & Jingbo Wang. (2017). Systematic dimensionality reduction for continuous-time quantum walks of interacting fermions. Physical review. E. 96(3). 32136–32136. 3 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh, Xiang Zhan, Zhihao Bian, et al.. (2017). Centrality measure based on continuous-time quantum walks and experimental realization. Physical review. A. 95(3). 33 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh, et al.. (2017). Reconfigurable magnetic domain wall pinning using vortex-generated magnetic fields. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 6 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh, et al.. (2017). Quantum centrality testing on directed graphs via PT-symmetric quantum walks. Physical review. A. 96(3). 11 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh, et al.. (2015). Phase-modified CTQW unable to distinguish strongly regular graphs efficiently. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 48(26). 265301–265301. 5 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh & Jingbo Wang. (2014). pyCTQW: A continuous-time quantum walk simulator on distributed memory computers. Computer Physics Communications. 186. 81–92. 16 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh, et al.. (2013). Continuous-time quantum walks with defects and disorder. Physical Review A. 88(4). 14 indexed citations

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Izaac, Josh, et al.. (2013). Position-defect-induced reflection, trapping, transmission, and resonance in quantum walks. Physical Review A. 87(1). 24 indexed citations

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