Mhlambululi Mafu

735 total citations
32 papers, 475 citations indexed

About

Mhlambululi Mafu is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mhlambululi Mafu has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 475 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mhlambululi Mafu's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (23 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (21 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (17 papers). Mhlambululi Mafu is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (23 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (21 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (17 papers). Mhlambululi Mafu collaborates with scholars based in Botswana, South Africa and United States. Mhlambululi Mafu's co-authors include Francesco Petruccione, Daniel Giovannini, Thomas Konrad, Angela Dudley, Melanie McLaren, Sandeep K. Goyal, Andrew Forbes, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Miles J. Padgett and Eleni Diamanti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Mhlambululi Mafu

29 papers receiving 449 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mhlambululi Mafu Botswana 8 378 378 61 56 13 32 475
Xuemei Gu China 14 278 0.7× 311 0.8× 43 0.7× 67 1.2× 17 1.3× 25 433
D. B. Horoshko Belarus 14 457 1.2× 347 0.9× 37 0.6× 102 1.8× 5 0.4× 56 533
Daniele Cozzolino Denmark 11 519 1.4× 524 1.4× 96 1.6× 231 4.1× 24 1.8× 22 723
Wen-Bo Xing China 7 427 1.1× 461 1.2× 18 0.3× 48 0.9× 12 0.9× 7 511
Raju Valivarthi United States 10 303 0.8× 344 0.9× 25 0.4× 120 2.1× 9 0.7× 20 436
S. Etcheverry Spain 11 229 0.6× 239 0.6× 96 1.6× 90 1.6× 11 0.8× 28 392
Kjeld Dalgaard Denmark 8 344 0.9× 256 0.7× 56 0.9× 298 5.3× 9 0.7× 26 519
Jasmin D. A. Meinecke Germany 9 296 0.8× 430 1.1× 22 0.4× 114 2.0× 22 1.7× 15 515
Cen-Xiao Huang China 6 400 1.1× 429 1.1× 21 0.3× 38 0.7× 13 1.0× 9 477
Thomas Brougham United Kingdom 10 261 0.7× 288 0.8× 15 0.2× 59 1.1× 7 0.5× 31 357

Countries citing papers authored by Mhlambululi Mafu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mhlambululi Mafu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mhlambululi Mafu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2025). Leveraging Equity and Inclusion to Demystify and Diversify Undergraduate Quantum Science Education. The Physics Teacher. 63(2). 90–94. 1 indexed citations
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Ismail, Yaseera, et al.. (2025). Quantum metamaterials: Applications in quantum information science. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 3 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2024). Africa’s quantum future. Physics World. 37(5). 23–23. 1 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2024). A novel quantum key distribution resistant against large‐pulse attacks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 282–290. 5 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2023). Quantum technology for development framework as a tool for science diplomacy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 1279376–1279376. 3 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2023). Measurement device-independent quantum key distribution with vector vortex modes under diverse weather conditions. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14931–14931. 4 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2023). High-dimensional quantum key distribution implemented with biphotons. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 1229–1229. 12 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi. (2023). Technology transfer as a catalyst for effective university-industry collaboration in Botswana. African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development. 15(5). 606–623. 2 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2022). Leveraging artificial intelligence to optimize COVID-19 robust spread and vaccination roll-out strategies in Southern Africa. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 5. 1013010–1013010. 2 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2022). Sentiment Analysis of South African News Company. 12. 1–5.
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2022). Tripartite Quantum Key Distribution Implemented with Imperfect Sources. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 191–208. 4 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2021). Design and Implementation of Efficient Quantum Support Vector Machine. 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET). 1–4. 13 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2021). Security of quantum-key-distribution protocol by using the post-selection technique. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 100075–100075. 6 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2021). Quantum state sharing of an arbitrarym-particle state using Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen pairs and application in quantum voting. Modern Physics Letters A. 36(21). 2150151–2150151. 5 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2021). A quantum algorithm for single parity check code. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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McCutcheon, Will, Anna Pappa, Bryn A. Bell, et al.. (2016). Experimental verification of multipartite entanglement in quantum networks. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13251–13251. 84 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, et al.. (2015). Six-State Symmetric Quantum Key Distribution Protocol. 5(2). 33–40. 6 indexed citations
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Dudley, Angela, Mhlambululi Mafu, Sandeep K. Goyal, et al.. (2014). Encoding mutually unbiased bases in orbital angular momentum for quantum key distribution. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8999. 89991I–89991I. 1 indexed citations
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Mafu, Mhlambululi, Angela Dudley, Sandeep K. Goyal, et al.. (2013). Higher-dimensional orbital-angular-momentum-based quantum key distribution with mutually unbiased bases. Physical Review A. 88(3). 244 indexed citations

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