Kostas Blekos

493 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 214 citations indexed

About

Kostas Blekos is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kostas Blekos has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 214 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Kostas Blekos's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (8 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (3 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (2 papers). Kostas Blekos is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (8 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (3 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (2 papers). Kostas Blekos collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United States and Italy. Kostas Blekos's co-authors include Rui-Hao Li, Andrea Ceschini, Emmanuel Paspalakis, Dionisis Stefanatos, Aris S. Lalos, Christos Alexakos, Evangelos Vlachos, Dimitris Alexandropoulos, Vasilios Karanikolas and Ioannis Thanopulos and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Reports, Applied Sciences and Physical review. D.

In The Last Decade

Kostas Blekos

14 papers receiving 207 citations

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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.

A review on Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm and its variants

2024 130 citations Kostas Blekos, Andrea Ceschini et al. Physics Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kostas Blekos Greece	6	142	75	32	26	16	16	214
Chenhui Jin China	10	328 2.3×	111 1.5×	28 0.9×	31 1.2×	10 0.6×	94	407
Florian Neukart Netherlands	6	164 1.2×	32 0.4×	49 1.5×	16 0.6×	22 1.4×	30	237
Sofiène Jerbi Austria	6	255 1.8×	71 0.9×	34 1.1×	35 1.3×	7 0.4×	11	289
Wenyuan Wang Canada	11	355 2.5×	264 3.5×	19 0.6×	62 2.4×	7 0.4×	21	411
Andrea Skolik Netherlands	6	375 2.6×	101 1.3×	80 2.5×	55 2.1×	10 0.6×	8	412
Christopher Portmann Switzerland	5	312 2.2×	246 3.3×	16 0.5×	19 0.7×	12 0.8×	8	353
Hao–Chung Cheng Taiwan	10	200 1.4×	66 0.9×	32 1.0×	85 3.3×	27 1.7×	40	247
Shuvro Chowdhury United States	10	176 1.2×	40 0.5×	101 3.2×	111 4.3×	28 1.8×	21	268
Janis Nötzel Germany	10	163 1.1×	68 0.9×	22 0.7×	115 4.4×	50 3.1×	51	249
Yongshan Ding United States	11	281 2.0×	110 1.5×	49 1.5×	63 2.4×	10 0.6×	24	323

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Athenodorou, Andreas, et al.. (2025). Realizing string breaking dynamics in a Z 2 lattice gauge theory on quantum hardware. Physical review. D. 112(11).

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Blekos, Kostas, et al.. (2024). A review on Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm and its variants. Physics Reports. 1068. 1–66. 130 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blekos, Kostas, et al.. (2023). Principles and requirements for nanomaterial representations to facilitate machine processing and cooperation with nanoinformatics tools. Journal of Cheminformatics. 15(1). 44–44. 5 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas, et al.. (2023). A Review on Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm and its Variants. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas & Dimitrios Kosmopoulos. (2022). Quantum Data Reduction with Application to Video Classification. 430–435.

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Vlachos, Evangelos & Kostas Blekos. (2022). Quantum Computing-Assisted Channel Estimation for Massive MIMO mmWave Systems. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Thanopulos, Ioannis, et al.. (2021). Memory effects and quantum speedup for a quantum emitter near a molybdenum disulfide nanodisk. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 133. 114780–114780. 4 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas, et al.. (2021). Analysis, Modeling and Multi-Spectral Sensing for the Predictive Management of Verticillium Wilt in Olive Groves. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks. 10(1). 15–15. 16 indexed citations

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Stefanatos, Dionisis, Kostas Blekos, & Emmanuel Paspalakis. (2020). Robustness of STIRAP Shortcuts under Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Noise in the Energy Levels. Applied Sciences. 10(5). 1580–1580. 8 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas, et al.. (2020). Faithful extraction of quantum coherence. Physical review. A. 101(4). 4 indexed citations

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Mylona, Eugenia, et al.. (2020). Ensemble Learning for Prediction of Toxicity in Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: Comparison Between Stacking and Genetic Algorithm Weighted Voting. 2 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas, Dionisis Stefanatos, & Emmanuel Paspalakis. (2020). Performance of superadiabatic stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in the presence of dissipation and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck dephasing. Physical review. A. 102(2). 18 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas, et al.. (2020). Efficient automated U - Net based tree crown delineation using UAV multi-spectral imagery on embedded devices. arXiv (Cornell University). 541–546. 10 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas, et al.. (2020). Field assisted extraction and swelling of quantum coherence for moving Unruh-DeWitt detectors. Physical review. D. 102(6). 9 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas, et al.. (2014). Polarization-entangled photon generation in a semiconductor quantum dot coupled to a cavity interacting with external fields. Quantum Information Processing. 13(12). 2633–2643. 1 indexed citations

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Blekos, Kostas, Constantinos Simserides, Andreas Terzis, et al.. (2010). Effects of Detuning on Control of Intersubband Quantum Well Transitions with Chirped Electromagnetic Pulses. AIP conference proceedings. 137–141. 1 indexed citations

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