Martin B. Plenio

51.0k total citations · 18 hit papers
434 papers, 35.0k citations indexed

About

Martin B. Plenio is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin B. Plenio has authored 434 papers receiving a total of 35.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 394 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 240 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 68 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Martin B. Plenio's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (236 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (129 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (116 papers). Martin B. Plenio is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (236 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (129 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (116 papers). Martin B. Plenio collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Spain. Martin B. Plenio's co-authors include Susana F. Huelga, M. Cramer, Jens Eisert, Vlatko Vedral, P. L. Knight, Tillmann Baumgratz, Alex W. Chin, P. L. Knight, Michael J. Hartmann and Alex Retzker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Martin B. Plenio

427 papers receiving 34.1k citations

Hit Papers

Quantifying Coherence 1997 2026 2006 2016 2014 2010 1997 2017 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Quantifying Coherence
    2014 1.8k citations M. Cramer, Martin B. Plenio et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Colloquium: Area laws for the entanglement entropy
    2010 1.8k citations Jens Eisert, M. Cramer et al. profile →
  3. Quantifying Entanglement
    1997 1.3k citations Martin B. Plenio, P. L. Knight et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Colloquium: Quantum coherence as a resource
    2017 1.2k citations Martin B. Plenio et al. profile →
  5. The quantum-jump approach to dissipative dynamics in quantum optics
    1998 1.0k citations Martin B. Plenio et al. profile →
  6. Logarithmic Negativity: A Full Entanglement Monotone That is not Convex
    2005 1000 citations Martin B. Plenio Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Entanglement measures and purification procedures
    1998 965 citations Martin B. Plenio et al. Physical Review A profile →
  8. Entanglement and Non-Markovianity of Quantum Evolutions
    2010 718 citations Susana F. Huelga, Martin B. Plenio et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  9. Strongly interacting polaritons in coupled arrays of cavities
    2006 711 citations Martin B. Plenio et al. profile →
  10. Improvement of Frequency Standards with Quantum Entanglement
    1997 696 citations Susana F. Huelga, Martin B. Plenio et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  11. Distilling Gaussian States with Gaussian Operations is Impossible
    2002 452 citations Jens Eisert, Martin B. Plenio et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  12. Quantum Metrology in Non-Markovian Environments
    2012 442 citations Alex W. Chin, Susana F. Huelga et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Efficient quantum state tomography
    2010 420 citations M. Cramer, Martin B. Plenio et al. profile →
  14. The role of non-equilibrium vibrational structures in electronic coherence and recoherence in pigment–protein complexes
    2013 414 citations Alex W. Chin, Javier Prior et al. profile →
  15. Vibrations, quanta and biology
    2013 400 citations Susana F. Huelga, Martin B. Plenio profile →
  16. An introduction to entanglement measures
    2007 389 citations Martin B. Plenio et al. profile →
  17. Quantum Speed Limits in Open System Dynamics
    2013 334 citations Martin B. Plenio, Susana F. Huelga et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  18. Quantum Phase Transition and Universal Dynamics in the Rabi Model
    2015 313 citations Myung-Joong Hwang, Martin B. Plenio et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin B. Plenio Germany 88 30.9k 23.3k 5.0k 2.6k 2.1k 434 35.0k
Marlan O. Scully United States 91 33.7k 1.1× 13.7k 0.6× 4.4k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 5.2k 2.5× 822 39.0k
Charles H. Bennett United States 46 33.9k 1.1× 37.2k 1.6× 2.9k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 2.7k 1.3× 95 43.8k
Franco Nori United States 112 51.3k 1.7× 24.2k 1.0× 11.2k 2.2× 4.3k 1.6× 10.0k 4.8× 900 61.2k
Wojciech H. Zurek United States 66 21.2k 0.7× 15.7k 0.7× 6.3k 1.2× 435 0.2× 730 0.4× 184 25.8k
Mikhail D. Lukin United States 134 54.4k 1.8× 23.5k 1.0× 2.6k 0.5× 15.0k 5.6× 10.9k 5.3× 452 65.9k
Vlatko Vedral United Kingdom 66 23.6k 0.8× 20.8k 0.9× 4.5k 0.9× 310 0.1× 1.3k 0.6× 325 26.6k
Ronnie Kosloff Israel 73 18.6k 0.6× 4.5k 0.2× 5.9k 1.2× 1.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 328 23.9k
J. I. Cirac Germany 124 64.5k 2.1× 42.3k 1.8× 6.6k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 3.7k 1.8× 594 70.7k
C. Monroe United States 78 27.3k 0.9× 22.0k 0.9× 2.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 2.3k 1.1× 228 31.4k
P. Zoller Austria 129 63.9k 2.1× 35.2k 1.5× 6.0k 1.2× 1.7k 0.6× 5.4k 2.6× 526 68.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Huelga, Susana F., et al.. (2025). Making quantum collision models exact. Communications Physics. 8(1). 2 indexed citations
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Lim, James, et al.. (2025). Full microscopic simulations uncover persistent quantum effects in primary photosynthesis. Science Advances. 11(40). eady6751–eady6751.
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Lim, James, et al.. (2024). Systematic Coarse Graining of Environments for the Nonperturbative Simulation of Open Quantum Systems. Physical Review Letters. 132(10). 100403–100403. 17 indexed citations
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Casanova, J., et al.. (2023). Robust two-qubit gates using pulsed dynamical decoupling. New Journal of Physics. 25(6). 63023–63023. 6 indexed citations
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Smirne, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Optimized auxiliary oscillators for the simulation of general open quantum systems. Physical review. A. 101(5). 69 indexed citations
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Marty, Oliver, et al.. (2019). Dissipation-Assisted Matrix Product Factorization. Physical Review Letters. 123(10). 100502–100502. 55 indexed citations
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Abdi, Mehdi & Martin B. Plenio. (2019). Quantum Effects in a Mechanically Modulated Single-Photon Emitter. Physical Review Letters. 122(2). 23602–23602. 22 indexed citations
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Tamascelli, Dario, et al.. (2019). Efficient Simulation of Finite-Temperature Open Quantum Systems. Physical Review Letters. 123(9). 90402–90402. 115 indexed citations
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Theurer, Thomas, Dario Egloff, Lijian Zhang, & Martin B. Plenio. (2018). Quantifying the Coherence of Operations. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Casanova, J., et al.. (2017). Enhanced Resolution in Nanoscale NMR via Quantum Sensing with Pulses of Finite Duration. UCL Discovery (University College London). 17 indexed citations
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Smirne, Andrea, et al.. (2017). Open Systems with Error Bounds: Spin-Boson Model with Spectral Density Variations. Physical Review Letters. 118(10). 100401–100401. 35 indexed citations
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Hwang, Myung-Joong & Martin B. Plenio. (2016). Quantum Phase Transition in the Finite Jaynes-Cummings Lattice Systems. Physical Review Letters. 117(12). 123602–123602. 106 indexed citations
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Mohseni, Masoud, Yasser Omar, Gregory S. Engel, & Martin B. Plenio. (2014). Quantum Effects in Biology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 44 indexed citations
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Cramer, M., A. Bernard, Nicole Fabbri, et al.. (2013). Entanglement of bosons in optical lattices. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Prior, Javier, Alex W. Chin, Susana F. Huelga, & Martin B. Plenio. (2010). Efficient Simulation of Strong System-Environment Interactions. Physical Review Letters. 105(5). 50404–50404. 338 indexed citations
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Audenaert, Katrien & Martin B. Plenio. (2006). When are correlations quantum. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Cramer, M., Martin B. Plenio, & Jens Eisert. (2006). Entanglement-area law for general bosonic harmonic lattice systems (14 pages). Physical Review A. 73(1). 12309–486. 1 indexed citations
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Jonathan, Daniel & Martin B. Plenio. (1999). Entanglement-Assisted Local Manipulation of Pure Quantum States. Physical Review Letters. 83(17). 3566–3569. 223 indexed citations
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Plenio, Martin B. & P. L. Knight. (1997). Decoherence limits to quantum computation using trapped ions. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 453(1965). 2017–2041. 78 indexed citations

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