Norbert Schuch

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Norbert Schuch is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Norbert Schuch has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 38 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 34 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Norbert Schuch's work include Quantum many-body systems (81 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (48 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (32 papers). Norbert Schuch is often cited by papers focused on Quantum many-body systems (81 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (48 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (32 papers). Norbert Schuch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Norbert Schuch's co-authors include J. I. Cirac, Frank Verstraete, David Pérez-Garcı́a, Didier Poilblanc, Michael M. Wolf, Jens Siewert, Jutho Haegeman, Christina V. Kraus, Jens Eisert and Thorsten B. Wahl and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Norbert Schuch

93 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Classifying quantum phases using matrix product states an... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2021 100 200 300 400
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. Classifying quantum phases using matrix product states and projected entangled pair states
    2011 499 citations Norbert Schuch, David Pérez-Garcı́a et al. profile →
  2. Matrix product states and projected entangled pair states: Concepts, symmetries, theorems
    2021 447 citations J. I. Cirac, David Pérez-Garcı́a et al. Reviews of Modern 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
Norbert Schuch Germany 34 4.1k 1.7k 1.6k 510 221 96 4.4k
Jutho Haegeman Belgium 33 3.2k 0.8× 666 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 583 1.1× 179 0.8× 72 3.6k
V. Murg Austria 16 3.2k 0.8× 801 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 451 0.9× 86 0.4× 20 3.5k
Ian P. McCulloch Australia 38 4.5k 1.1× 551 0.3× 2.7k 1.6× 818 1.6× 128 0.6× 116 5.1k
Mari Carmen Bañuls Germany 30 2.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 895 0.5× 642 1.3× 61 0.3× 83 3.2k
Marcello Dalmonte Italy 36 5.1k 1.2× 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 906 1.8× 104 0.5× 99 5.5k
Sarang Gopalakrishnan United States 42 5.1k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 1.8k 3.5× 146 0.7× 145 5.5k
Bela Bauer United States 24 2.3k 0.6× 723 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 499 1.0× 61 0.3× 46 2.7k
Maksym Serbyn United States 30 5.5k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.2× 2.0k 4.0× 224 1.0× 66 5.9k
Marko Žnidarič Slovenia 32 3.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.8k 3.5× 121 0.5× 81 4.1k
Luca Tagliacozzo Spain 24 2.6k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 935 0.6× 551 1.1× 67 0.3× 52 2.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schuch, Norbert, et al.. (2025). Fractional domain wall statistics in spin chains with anomalous symmetries. SciPost Physics. 18(2). 2 indexed citations
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Schuch, Norbert, et al.. (2025). Stable and efficient differentiation of tensor network algorithms. Physical Review Research. 7(1). 3 indexed citations
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Schuch, Norbert, et al.. (2025). Gauging quantum phases: A matrix product state approach. Physical review. B.. 112(11).
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Hangleiter, Dominik, et al.. (2025). Sign Problem in Tensor-Network Contraction. PRX Quantum. 6(1). 4 indexed citations
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Ljubotina, Marko, et al.. (2024). Tangent Space Generators of Matrix Product States and Exact Floquet Quantum Scars. PRX Quantum. 5(4). 3 indexed citations
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Dreyer, Henrik, Laurens Vanderstraeten, Ji-Yao Chen, Ruben Verresen, & Norbert Schuch. (2024). Robustness of critical U(1) spin liquids and emergent symmetries in tensor networks. Physical review. B.. 109(19). 1 indexed citations
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Vanhecke, Bram, et al.. (2023). Detecting Emergent Continuous Symmetries at Quantum Criticality. Physical Review Letters. 131(3). 36505–36505. 4 indexed citations
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Schuch, Norbert, et al.. (2022). Tensor Networks Can Resolve Fermi Surfaces. Physical Review Letters. 129(20). 206401–206401. 16 indexed citations
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Cirac, J. I., David Pérez-Garcı́a, Norbert Schuch, & Frank Verstraete. (2021). Matrix product states and projected entangled pair states: Concepts, symmetries, theorems. Reviews of Modern Physics. 93(4). 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Ji-Yao, Sylvain Capponi, Alexander Wietek, et al.. (2020). SU(3)1 Chiral Spin Liquid on the Square Lattice: A View from Symmetric Projected Entangled Pair States. Physical Review Letters. 125(1). 17201–17201. 29 indexed citations
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Ge, Yimin, et al.. (2020). Projected Entangled Pair States: Fundamental Analytical and Numerical Limitations. Physical Review Letters. 125(21). 210504–210504. 14 indexed citations
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Ge, Yimin, et al.. (2018). A generalization of the injectivity condition for projected entangled pair states. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 59(2). 24 indexed citations
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Scarpa, Giuseppe, Yimin Ge, Juan José García‐Ripoll, et al.. (2018). Computational complexity of PEPS zero testing. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Shuo, Thorsten B. Wahl, Hong-Hao Tu, Norbert Schuch, & J. I. Cirac. (2015). Chiral Projected Entangled-Pair State with Topological Order. Physical Review Letters. 114(10). 106803–106803. 45 indexed citations
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Poilblanc, Didier, et al.. (2014). Edge Theories in Projected Entangled Pair State Models. Physical Review Letters. 112(3). 36402–36402. 35 indexed citations
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Haegeman, Jutho, Spyridon Michalakis, Bruno Nachtergaele, et al.. (2013). Elementary Excitations in Gapped Quantum Spin Systems. Physical Review Letters. 111(8). 80401–80401. 61 indexed citations
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Haegeman, Jutho, David Pérez-Garcı́a, J. I. Cirac, & Norbert Schuch. (2012). Order Parameter for Symmetry-Protected Phases in One Dimension. Physical Review Letters. 109(5). 50402–50402. 68 indexed citations
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Schuch, Norbert, et al.. (2012). Gapless Hamiltonians for the Toric Code Using the Projected Entangled Pair State Formalism. Physical Review Letters. 109(26). 260401–260401. 14 indexed citations
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Schuch, Norbert, Michael M. Wolf, Frank Verstraete, & J. I. Cirac. (2008). Simulation of Quantum Many-Body Systems with Strings of Operators and Monte Carlo Tensor Contractions. Physical Review Letters. 100(4). 40501–40501. 79 indexed citations

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