Nick S. Blunt

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nick S. Blunt is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick S. Blunt has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Nick S. Blunt's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (13 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (7 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (7 papers). Nick S. Blunt is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (13 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (7 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (7 papers). Nick S. Blunt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Nick S. Blunt's co-authors include George H. Booth, Sandeep Sharma, Elvira R. Sayfutyarova, James McClain, Zhendong Li, Timothy C. Berkelbach, Garnet Kin‐Lic Chan, Junzi Liu, Qiming Sun and Sebastian Wouters and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Nick S. Blunt

22 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

PySCF: the Python‐based simulations of chemistry framework

2017 1.1k citations Qiming Sun, Timothy C. Berkelbach et al. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nick S. Blunt United Kingdom	15	1.2k	455	393	239	187	23	1.8k
James McClain United States	10	1.1k 0.9×	591 1.3×	304 0.8×	170 0.7×	173 0.9×	11	1.6k
Sebastian Wouters Belgium	13	1.5k 1.2×	552 1.2×	345 0.9×	289 1.2×	311 1.7×	20	2.1k
Elvira R. Sayfutyarova United States	11	979 0.8×	505 1.1×	297 0.8×	95 0.4×	197 1.1×	18	1.5k
Stijn De Baerdemacker Belgium	22	1.1k 0.9×	226 0.5×	188 0.5×	189 0.8×	296 1.6×	78	1.5k
Adam Holmes United States	11	916 0.7×	330 0.7×	180 0.5×	134 0.6×	223 1.2×	18	1.2k
Nicholas J. Mayhall United States	26	1.4k 1.1×	507 1.1×	1.0k 2.7×	82 0.3×	270 1.4×	60	2.3k
Qiming Sun United States	21	1.9k 1.5×	881 1.9×	395 1.0×	297 1.2×	450 2.4×	38	2.8k
Alex J. W. Thom United Kingdom	21	1.2k 1.0×	441 1.0×	136 0.3×	215 0.9×	233 1.2×	61	1.7k
Norm M. Tubman United States	14	802 0.7×	200 0.4×	234 0.6×	191 0.8×	115 0.6×	41	1.1k
Örs Legeza Hungary	29	2.5k 2.0×	644 1.4×	398 1.0×	956 4.0×	458 2.4×	96	3.1k

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All Works

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Blunt, Nick S., et al.. (2025). Quantum Computing Approach to Fixed-Node Monte Carlo Using Classical Shadows. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 21(4). 1652–1666. 2 indexed citations

Izsák, Róbert, et al.. (2025). Fault-Tolerant Quantum Simulation of Generalized Hubbard Models. PRX Quantum. 6(3). 1 indexed citations

Blunt, Nick S., et al.. (2024). Compilation of a simple chemistry application to quantum error correction primitives. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 5 indexed citations

Blunt, Nick S., et al.. (2023). Statistical Phase Estimation and Error Mitigation on a Superconducting Quantum Processor. PRX Quantum. 4(4). 14 indexed citations

Izsák, Róbert, Aleksei V. Ivanov, Nick S. Blunt, Nicole Holzmann, & Frank Neese. (2023). Measuring Electron Correlation: The Impact of Symmetry and Orbital Transformations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 19(10). 2703–2720. 25 indexed citations

Izsák, Róbert, Christoph Riplinger, Nick S. Blunt, et al.. (2022). Quantum computing in pharma: A multilayer embedding approach for near future applications. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 44(3). 406–421. 2 indexed citations

Izsák, Róbert, Christoph Riplinger, Nick S. Blunt, et al.. (2022). Quantum Computing in Pharma: A Multilayer Embedding Approach for Near Future Applications. arXiv (Cornell University). 22 indexed citations

Blunt, Nick S., Ophelia Crawford, Róbert Izsák, et al.. (2022). Perspective on the Current State-of-the-Art of Quantum Computing for Drug Discovery Applications. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 18(12). 7001–7023. 84 indexed citations

Blunt, Nick S., et al.. (2020). Efficient multireference perturbation theory without high-order reduced density matrices. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 153(16). 164120–164120. 19 indexed citations

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Spencer, James S., Nick S. Blunt, W. M. C. Foulkes, et al.. (2019). The HANDE-QMC Project: Open-Source Stochastic Quantum Chemistry from the Ground State Up. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 15(3). 1728–1742. 26 indexed citations

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Blunt, Nick S., Alex J. W. Thom, & Charles Scott. (2019). Preconditioning and Perturbative Estimators in Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 15(6). 3537–3551. 18 indexed citations

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Blunt, Nick S., Ali Alavi, & George H. Booth. (2018). Nonlinear biases, stochastically sampled effective Hamiltonians, and spectral functions in quantum Monte Carlo methods. Physical review. B.. 98(8). 13 indexed citations

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Sun, Qiming, Timothy C. Berkelbach, Nick S. Blunt, et al.. (2017). PySCF: the Python‐based simulations of chemistry framework. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science. 8(1). 1127 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blunt, Nick S. & Eric Neuscamman. (2017). Charge-transfer excited states: Seeking a balanced and efficient wave function ansatz in variational Monte Carlo. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 147(19). 194101–194101. 11 indexed citations

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Malone, Fionn D., Nick S. Blunt, Ethan Brown, et al.. (2016). Accurate Exchange-Correlation Energies for the Warm Dense Electron Gas. Physical Review Letters. 117(11). 115701–115701. 80 indexed citations

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Blunt, Nick S., Ali Alavi, & George H. Booth. (2015). Krylov-Projected Quantum Monte Carlo Method. Physical Review Letters. 115(5). 50603–50603. 45 indexed citations

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Spencer, James S., Nick S. Blunt, Fionn D. Malone, et al.. (2015). Open-Source Development Experiences in Scientific Software: The HANDE Quantum Monte Carlo Project. Journal of Open Research Software. 3(1). 9–9. 16 indexed citations

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Spencer, James S., Nick S. Blunt, Fionn D. Malone, et al.. (2014). The Highly Accurate N-DEterminant (HANDE) quantum Monte Carlo project: Open-source stochastic diagonalisation for quantum chemistry. Science and Engineering Ethics. 22(3).

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Overy, Catherine, George H. Booth, Nick S. Blunt, et al.. (2014). Unbiased reduced density matrices and electronic properties from full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 141(24). 244117–244117. 71 indexed citations

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Blunt, Nick S., Thomas W. Rogers, James S. Spencer, & W. M. C. Foulkes. (2014). Density-matrix quantum Monte Carlo method. Physical Review B. 89(24). 71 indexed citations

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