Sarah Sheldon

3.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
23 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sarah Sheldon is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Sheldon has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Sarah Sheldon's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (17 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (14 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (13 papers). Sarah Sheldon is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (17 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (14 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (13 papers). Sarah Sheldon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Sarah Sheldon's co-authors include Jay Gambetta, Jerry M. Chow, David McKay, Lev S. Bishop, Easwar Magesan, Andrew W. Cross, Paul D. Nation, Christopher J. Wood, Sergey Bravyi and Abhinav Kandala and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Physics.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Sheldon

22 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits

2019 371 citations Andrew W. Cross, Lev S. Bishop et al. Physical review. A profile →
Efficient Z gates for quantum computing

2017 333 citations David McKay, Christopher J. Wood et al. Physical review. A profile →
Procedure for systematically tuning up cross-talk in the cross-resonance gate

2016 276 citations Sarah Sheldon, Easwar Magesan et al. Physical review. A profile →
Mitigating measurement errors in multiqubit experiments

2021 209 citations Sergey Bravyi, Sarah Sheldon et al. Physical review. A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah Sheldon United States	11	1.6k	1.2k	222	210	51	23	1.8k
Shantanu Debnath United States	11	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	152 0.7×	170 0.8×	23 0.5×	17	1.6k
Nathan Wiebe United States	15	1.4k 0.8×	826 0.7×	117 0.5×	312 1.5×	40 0.8×	26	1.6k
He-Liang Huang China	17	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	367 1.7×	141 0.7×	24 0.5×	48	2.1k
Dave Wecker United States	10	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	109 0.5×	255 1.2×	45 0.9×	14	1.7k
Kosuke Mitarai Japan	16	1.6k 0.9×	682 0.6×	187 0.8×	307 1.5×	50 1.0×	43	1.7k
Craig Gidney United States	12	1.3k 0.8×	782 0.7×	119 0.5×	321 1.5×	41 0.8×	19	1.4k
Suguru Endo Japan	14	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	173 0.8×	323 1.5×	44 0.9×	32	2.4k
K. A. Landsman United States	15	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	139 0.6×	195 0.9×	30 0.6×	19	1.8k
Caroline Figgatt United States	13	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	135 0.6×	172 0.8×	27 0.5×	18	1.7k
Josh Izaac Australia	14	1.4k 0.8×	534 0.5×	200 0.9×	218 1.0×	25 0.5×	20	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Sheldon

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Chen, Edward H., Guoyi Zhu, Ruben Verresen, et al.. (2024). Nishimori transition across the error threshold for constant-depth quantum circuits. Nature Physics. 21(1). 161–167. 11 indexed citations

Layden, David, Guglielmo Mazzola, Ryan V. Mishmash, et al.. (2023). Quantum-enhanced Markov chain Monte Carlo. Nature. 619(7969). 282–287. 39 indexed citations

Pednault, Edwin, Chai Wah Wu, Sarah Sheldon, et al.. (2023). Active learning of quantum system Hamiltonians yields query advantage. Physical Review Research. 5(3). 8 indexed citations

Eddins, Andrew, Mário Motta, Tanvi P. Gujarati, et al.. (2022). Doubling the Size of Quantum Simulators by Entanglement Forging. PRX Quantum. 3(1). 116 indexed citations

Eddins, Andrew, Tanvi P. Gujarati, Sergey Bravyi, et al.. (2021). Reducing circuit size in the variational quantum eigensolver -- Part 2: Experiment. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

Gujarati, Tanvi P., Andrew Eddins, Sergey Bravyi, et al.. (2021). Reducing circuit size in the variational quantum eigensolver -- Part 1: Theory. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

Bishop, Lev S., et al.. (2021). Hardware-efficient random circuits to classify noise in a multi-qubit system. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations

Kanazawa, Naoki, Haggai Landa, David McKay, et al.. (2020). Experimental implementation of non-Clifford interleaved randomized benchmarking with a controlled-S gate. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

Wei, Ken Xuan, Isaac Lauer, Srikanth Srinivasan, et al.. (2020). Verifying multipartite entangled Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states via multiple quantum coherences. Physical review. A. 101(3). 88 indexed citations

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Ollitrault, Pauline J., Abhinav Kandala, Chun-Fu Chen, et al.. (2020). Quantum equation of motion for computing molecular excitation energies on a noisy quantum processor. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 142 indexed citations

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Maslov, Dmitri, et al.. (2020). Quantum advantage for computations with limited space. arXiv (Cornell University).

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McKay, David, Sarah Sheldon, John A. Smolin, Jerry M. Chow, & Jay Gambetta. (2019). Three-Qubit Randomized Benchmarking. Physical Review Letters. 122(20). 200502–200502. 90 indexed citations

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Cross, Andrew W., Lev S. Bishop, Sarah Sheldon, Paul D. Nation, & Jay Gambetta. (2019). Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits. Physical review. A. 100(3). 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haas, H., Sarah Sheldon, R. Deshpande, et al.. (2018). NMR study of optically hyperpolarized phosphorus donor nuclei in silicon. Physical review. B.. 98(18). 1 indexed citations

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McKay, David, Christopher J. Wood, Sarah Sheldon, Jerry M. Chow, & Jay Gambetta. (2017). Efficient Z gates for quantum computing. Physical review. A. 96(2). 333 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sheldon, Sarah, Lev S. Bishop, Easwar Magesan, et al.. (2016). Characterizing errors on qubit operations via iterative randomized benchmarking. Physical review. A. 93(1). 85 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Sarah & David G. Cory. (2015). Demonstration of open-quantum-system optimal control in dynamic nuclear polarization. Physical Review A. 92(4). 1 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Sarah, et al.. (2007). ISPO consensus conference on wheelchairs for developing countries. Prosthetics and Orthotics International. 31(2). 217–223. 9 indexed citations

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Shirron, Peter, et al.. (2006). An adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator capable of continuous cooling at 10 mK and below. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 559(2). 651–653. 7 indexed citations

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Sheldon, Sarah, et al.. (2000). Fast wire per wire X-ray data acquisition system for time-resolved small angle scattering experiments. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 47(2). 70–74. 3 indexed citations

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