René Schwonnek

709 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 417 citations indexed

About

René Schwonnek is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, René Schwonnek has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 417 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in René Schwonnek's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (14 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (13 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (12 papers). René Schwonnek is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (14 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (13 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (12 papers). René Schwonnek collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Singapore and United States. René Schwonnek's co-authors include Reinhard F. Werner, Charles Ci Wen Lim, Valerio Scarani, Wei Zhang, Harald Weinfurter, Wenjamin Rosenfeld, Florian Fertig, Kai Redeker, Sebastian Eppelt and Tim van Leent and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Communications in Mathematical Physics.

In The Last Decade

René Schwonnek

19 papers receiving 405 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.

  1. A device-independent quantum key distribution system for distant users
    2022 156 citations Wei Zhang, Tim van Leent et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
René Schwonnek Germany 10 352 347 56 16 14 20 417
Tanumoy Pramanik India 15 596 1.7× 587 1.7× 59 1.1× 9 0.6× 8 0.6× 27 640
Lê Phuc Thinh Singapore 11 421 1.2× 431 1.2× 44 0.8× 11 0.7× 24 1.7× 20 496
Ana C. S. Costa Brazil 10 627 1.8× 657 1.9× 119 2.1× 21 1.3× 14 1.0× 20 733
Christoph Spengler Austria 6 320 0.9× 315 0.9× 27 0.5× 12 0.8× 9 0.6× 12 360
А. С. Трушечкин Russia 12 333 0.9× 385 1.1× 188 3.4× 25 1.6× 16 1.1× 37 493
Masahito Hayashi Japan 9 220 0.6× 184 0.5× 64 1.1× 15 0.9× 16 1.1× 38 319
Matty J. Hoban United Kingdom 12 376 1.1× 407 1.2× 69 1.2× 7 0.4× 34 2.4× 31 444
Juan Bermejo-Vega Germany 10 347 1.0× 302 0.9× 38 0.7× 26 1.6× 52 3.7× 16 398
Jay Lawrence United States 9 237 0.7× 230 0.7× 32 0.6× 20 1.3× 33 2.4× 12 309
Kaifeng Bu United States 15 687 2.0× 610 1.8× 120 2.1× 27 1.7× 39 2.8× 33 786

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René Schwonnek

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All Works

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Schwonnek, René, et al.. (2025). Deep-Circuit QAOA. Quantum. 9. 1882–1882. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhen‐Peng, René Schwonnek, & Andreas Winter. (2024). Bounding the Joint Numerical Range of Pauli Strings by Graph Parameters. PRX Quantum. 5(2). 6 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, et al.. (2024). Elementary proof of QAOA convergence. New Journal of Physics. 26(7). 73001–73001. 5 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, et al.. (2024). The Schmidt Rank for the Commuting Operator Framework. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 405(7). 4 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, et al.. (2024). Entropic uncertainty principle for mixed states. Physical Review Research. 6(3). 1 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, et al.. (2023). Complete Hierarchy for High-Dimensional Steering Certification. Physical Review Letters. 131(1). 10201–10201. 12 indexed citations
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Leent, Tim van, Wei Zhang, Robert Garthoff, et al.. (2023). Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Using Entangled Atoms. 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Tim van Leent, Kai Redeker, et al.. (2022). A device-independent quantum key distribution system for distant users. Nature. 607(7920). 687–691. 156 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tan, Ernest Y.-Z., et al.. (2021). Computing secure key rates for quantum cryptography with untrusted devices. npj Quantum Information. 7(1). 29 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, Koon Tong Goh, Ernest Y.-Z. Tan, et al.. (2021). Device-independent quantum key distribution with random key basis. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 52 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René & Reinhard F. Werner. (2020). The Wigner distribution of n arbitrary observables. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 61(8). 3 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, Koon Tong Goh, Ernest Y.-Z. Tan, et al.. (2020). Robust Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yuanyuan, Guo‐Yong Xiang, Xiao‐Min Hu, et al.. (2019). Entanglement Detection by Violations of Noisy Uncertainty Relations: A Proof of Principle. Physical Review Letters. 122(22). 220401–220401. 12 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, et al.. (2019). Entanglement detection with scrambled data. Physical review. A. 99(6). 1 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, et al.. (2017). State-Independent Uncertainty Relations and Entanglement Detection in Noisy Systems. Physical Review Letters. 119(17). 170404–170404. 40 indexed citations
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Chemissany, Wissam, et al.. (2016). Optimal uncertainty relations in a modified Heisenberg algebra. Physical review. D. 94(12). 13 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, David Reeb, & Reinhard F. Werner. (2016). Measurement Uncertainty for Finite Quantum Observables. Mathematics. 4(2). 38–38. 10 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, Hans Maassen, Fabian Furrer, et al.. (2015). \nOptimality of entropic uncertainty relations. Radboud Repository (Radboud University). 16 indexed citations
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Schwonnek, René, et al.. (2015). Uncertainty relations for angular momentum. Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universität Hannover (Leibniz Universität Hannover). 54 indexed citations

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