Michele Mosca

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Michele Mosca is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele Mosca has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 29 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Michele Mosca's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (58 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (41 papers) and Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (17 papers). Michele Mosca is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (58 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (41 papers) and Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (17 papers). Michele Mosca collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Michele Mosca's co-authors include Richard Cleve, Dmitri Maslov, Jonathan A. Jones, Artur Ekert, Chiara Macchiavello, Rasmus Hvass Hansen, Phillip Kaye, Matthew Amy, Raymond Laflamme and Alain Tapp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michele Mosca

70 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Quantum algorithms revisited

1998 656 citations Artur Ekert, Chiara Macchiavello et al. profile →
A Meet-in-the-Middle Algorithm for Fast Synthesis of Depth-Optimal Quantum Circuits

2013 286 citations Dmitri Maslov, Michele Mosca et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michele Mosca Canada	27	3.5k	1.5k	1.3k	325	150	76	3.9k
Jacob Biamonte Russia	24	3.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	818 0.6×	545 1.7×	114 0.8×	64	4.6k
Nathan Wiebe United States	28	5.1k 1.5×	2.4k 1.6×	967 0.7×	685 2.1×	149 1.0×	67	5.9k
Ryan Babbush United States	34	6.1k 1.7×	3.6k 2.3×	1.1k 0.8×	560 1.7×	107 0.7×	66	6.9k
Andrew M. Childs United States	33	5.5k 1.6×	3.1k 2.0×	1.7k 1.3×	329 1.0×	107 0.7×	95	6.1k
Abhinav Kandala United States	18	4.4k 1.3×	2.9k 1.9×	751 0.6×	542 1.7×	84 0.6×	28	5.4k
Kristan Temme United States	17	5.0k 1.4×	3.0k 1.9×	861 0.7×	537 1.7×	85 0.6×	32	5.7k
Sergio Boixo United States	27	4.5k 1.3×	2.9k 1.9×	686 0.5×	450 1.4×	74 0.5×	52	5.2k
Patrick J. Coles United States	36	4.5k 1.3×	2.6k 1.7×	604 0.5×	413 1.3×	54 0.4×	84	5.0k
Jarrod R. McClean United States	26	8.0k 2.3×	4.6k 3.0×	1.5k 1.1×	759 2.3×	144 1.0×	51	8.8k
Harry Buhrman Netherlands	28	3.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	207 0.6×	55 0.4×	138	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michele Mosca

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2025). A Complete and Natural Rule Set for Multi-Qutrit Clifford Circuits. Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science. 426. 23–78.

Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and Arithmetic of Single Qutrit Circuits. Quantum. 9. 1647–1647.

Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2022). Factoring semi-primes with (quantum) SAT-solvers. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 7982–7982. 10 indexed citations

Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2020). Immigration to Europe between Emergency and Integration: The Case of the “Land of Fires”. Journal of European economic history. 49(1). 175–197.

Mosca, Michele. (2020). Policies to Combat Organized Crime in Europe: The Italian Experience. Journal of European economic history. 49(3). 153–171. 1 indexed citations

Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2015). Asymptotic Bound for Heat-Bath Algorithmic Cooling. Physical Review Letters. 114(10). 100404–100404. 27 indexed citations

Laarhoven, Thijs, Michele Mosca, & Joop van de Pol. (2015). Finding shortest lattice vectors faster using quantum search. Designs Codes and Cryptography. 77(2-3). 375–400. 41 indexed citations

Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2014). Post-quantum cryptography : 6th International Workshop, PQCrypto 2014 Waterloo, ON, Canada, October 1-3, 2014 : proceedings. Springer eBooks. 4 indexed citations

Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2014). Public-key cryptography based on bounded quantum reference frames. Theoretical Computer Science. 560. 33–45. 7 indexed citations

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Kliuchnikov, Vadym, Dmitri Maslov, & Michele Mosca. (2013). Asymptotically Optimal Approximation of Single Qubit Unitaries by Clifford andTCircuits Using a Constant Number of Ancillary Qubits. Physical Review Letters. 110(19). 190502–190502. 75 indexed citations

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Wei, Tzu-Chieh, Michele Mosca, & Ashwin Nayak. (2010). Interacting Boson Problems Can Be QMA Hard. Physical Review Letters. 104(4). 40501–40501. 34 indexed citations

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Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2010). Universal quantum computation in a hidden basis. Quantum Information and Computation. 10(7&8). 541–561. 1 indexed citations

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Childs, Andrew M., et al.. (2009). Theory of quantum computation, communication and cryptography : 4th Workshop, TQC 2009, Waterloo, Canada, May 11-13, 2009 : revised selected papers. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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McKague, Matthew, Michele Mosca, & Nicolas Gisin. (2009). Simulating Quantum Systems Using Real Hilbert Spaces. Physical Review Letters. 102(2). 20505–20505. 50 indexed citations

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Mosca, Michele, et al.. (2008). Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography: Third Workshop, TQC 2008 Tokyo, Japan, January 30 - February 1, 2008. Revised Selected Papers. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Dam, Wim van, Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano, Artur Ekert, Chiara Macchiavello, & Michele Mosca. (2007). Optimal Quantum Circuits for General Phase Estimation. Physical Review Letters. 98(9). 90501–90501. 62 indexed citations

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Pérez-Delgado, Carlos A., Michele Mosca, Paola Cappellaro, & David G. Cory. (2006). Single Spin Measurement Using Cellular Automata Techniques. Physical Review Letters. 97(10). 100501–100501. 27 indexed citations

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Mosca, Michele. (2003). Quantum Computer Algorithms. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 2003. 26 indexed citations

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Mosca, Michele. (2001). Counting by quantum eigenvalue estimation. Theoretical Computer Science. 264(1). 139–153. 20 indexed citations

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Jones, Jonathan A., R. Hansen, & Michele Mosca. (1998). Quantum Logic Gates and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Pulse Sequences. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 135(2). 353–360. 61 indexed citations

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