Martín Larocca

1.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
25 papers, 734 citations indexed

About

Martín Larocca is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Martín Larocca has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 734 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Martín Larocca's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (19 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (18 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers). Martín Larocca is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (19 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (18 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers). Martín Larocca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Canada. Martín Larocca's co-authors include M. Cerezo, Patrick J. Coles, Frédéric Sauvage, Diego A. Wisniacki, Kunal Sharma, Diego García-Martín, Piotr Czarnik, Guillaume Verdon, Pablo M. Poggi and Łukasz Cincio and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Nature Physics.

In The Last Decade

Martín Larocca

23 papers receiving 695 citations

Hit Papers

Diagnosing Barren Plateaus with Tools from Quantum Optima... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2025 40 80 120
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. Diagnosing Barren Plateaus with Tools from Quantum Optimal Control
    2022 139 citations Martín Larocca, Piotr Czarnik et al. Quantum profile →
  2. Theory of overparametrization in quantum neural networks
    2023 102 citations Martín Larocca, Diego García-Martín et al. Nature Computational Science profile →
  3. A Lie algebraic theory of barren plateaus for deep parameterized quantum circuits
    2024 61 citations Bojko Bakalov, Frédéric Sauvage et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Barren plateaus in variational quantum computing
    2025 51 citations Martín Larocca, Supanut Thanasilp et al. Nature Reviews 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
Martín Larocca United States 14 640 313 105 56 44 25 734
Zoë Holmes United States 15 938 1.5× 469 1.5× 119 1.1× 89 1.6× 40 0.9× 29 1.0k
Kanav Setia United States 5 565 0.9× 349 1.1× 115 1.1× 45 0.8× 40 0.9× 7 651
Zhaokai Li China 13 491 0.8× 372 1.2× 94 0.9× 48 0.9× 86 2.0× 28 644
Jules Tilly United Kingdom 5 517 0.8× 341 1.1× 103 1.0× 43 0.8× 37 0.8× 5 625
Shuxiang Cao United Kingdom 5 535 0.8× 325 1.0× 107 1.0× 52 0.9× 35 0.8× 13 629
Tyler Volkoff United States 9 926 1.4× 505 1.6× 142 1.4× 94 1.7× 35 0.8× 30 994
Hongxiang Chen China 5 554 0.9× 325 1.0× 110 1.0× 45 0.8× 44 1.0× 13 648
Geoff Gillett Australia 6 688 1.1× 610 1.9× 56 0.5× 84 1.5× 38 0.9× 9 813
A. Shen China 2 610 1.0× 381 1.2× 197 1.9× 44 0.8× 10 0.2× 3 709
Nengkun Yu Australia 20 1.0k 1.6× 733 2.3× 142 1.4× 53 0.9× 13 0.3× 64 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Martín Larocca

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martín Larocca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martín Larocca

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cerezo, M., et al.. (2025). Gate-Based Quantum Simulation of Gaussian Bosonic Circuits on Exponentially Many Modes. Physical Review Letters. 134(7). 70604–70604. 4 indexed citations
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Cerezo, M., Martín Larocca, Diego García-Martín, et al.. (2025). Does provable absence of barren plateaus imply classical simulability?. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7907–7907. 13 indexed citations
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Larocca, Martín, Supanut Thanasilp, Samson Wang, et al.. (2025). Barren plateaus in variational quantum computing. Nature Reviews Physics. 7(4). 174–189. 51 indexed citations breakdown →
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Larocca, Martín, et al.. (2025). Parallel-in-time quantum simulation via Page and Wootters quantum time. Physical Review Research. 7(3).
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Nguyen, Kate, et al.. (2024). Theory for Equivariant Quantum Neural Networks. PRX Quantum. 5(2). 43 indexed citations
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Larocca, Martín, et al.. (2024). On the universality of Sn-equivariant k-body gates. New Journal of Physics. 26(5). 53030–53030. 8 indexed citations
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Larocca, Martín, et al.. (2024). Theoretical guarantees for permutation-equivariant quantum neural networks. npj Quantum Information. 10(1). 47 indexed citations
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Bakalov, Bojko, Frédéric Sauvage, A. F. Kemper, et al.. (2024). A Lie algebraic theory of barren plateaus for deep parameterized quantum circuits. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7172–7172. 61 indexed citations breakdown →
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Larocca, Martín, Supanut Thanasilp, Samson Wang, et al.. (2024). Barren Plateaus in Variational Quantum Computing. arXiv (Cornell University). 23 indexed citations
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García-Martín, Diego, Martín Larocca, & M. Cerezo. (2024). Effects of noise on the overparametrization of quantum neural networks. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 11 indexed citations
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Sauvage, Frédéric, Martín Larocca, Patrick J. Coles, & M. Cerezo. (2023). Building spatial symmetries into parameterized quantum circuits for faster training. Quantum Science and Technology. 9(1). 15029–15029. 28 indexed citations
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Sauvage, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Diabatic quantum annealing for the frustrated ring model. Quantum Science and Technology. 8(4). 45033–45033. 8 indexed citations
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Larocca, Martín, et al.. (2023). Theory of overparametrization in quantum neural networks. Nature Computational Science. 3(6). 542–551. 102 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wisniacki, Diego A., et al.. (2022). Loschmidt-echo approach to error estimation in Krylov-subspace approximation. Physical review. A. 106(4). 2 indexed citations
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Larocca, Martín, et al.. (2022). Diagnosing Barren Plateaus with Tools from Quantum Optimal Control. Quantum. 6. 824–824. 139 indexed citations breakdown →
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Larocca, Martín & Diego A. Wisniacki. (2021). Krylov-subspace approach for the efficient control of quantum many-body dynamics. Physical review. A. 103(2). 16 indexed citations
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Larocca, Martín, Esteban Calzetta, & Diego A. Wisniacki. (2020). Fourier compression: A customization method for quantum control protocols. Physical review. A. 102(3). 5 indexed citations
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Larocca, Martín, Esteban Calzetta, & Diego A. Wisniacki. (2020). Exploiting landscape geometry to enhance quantum optimal control. Physical review. A. 101(2). 22 indexed citations
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Larocca, Martín, Pablo M. Poggi, & Diego A. Wisniacki. (2018). Quantum control landscape for a two-level system near the quantum speed limit. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 51(38). 385305–385305. 29 indexed citations

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