Simon J. Devitt

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Simon J. Devitt is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon J. Devitt has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 17 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Simon J. Devitt's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (61 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (55 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (19 papers). Simon J. Devitt is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (61 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (55 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (19 papers). Simon J. Devitt collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and United Kingdom. Simon J. Devitt's co-authors include Kae Nemoto, William J. Munro, Austin G. Fowler, Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg, Ashley M. Stephens, Rodney Van Meter, Alexandru Paler, Andrew D. Greentree, Franco Nori and Ilia Polian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Simon J. Devitt

64 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Quantum error correction for beginners

2013 376 citations Simon J. Devitt, William J. Munro et al. Reports on Progress in Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon J. Devitt Japan	21	1.9k	1.4k	374	297	124	68	2.2k
Maika Takita United States	12	2.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	398 1.1×	253 0.9×	294 2.4×	18	2.6k
He-Liang Huang China	17	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	141 0.4×	367 1.2×	74 0.6×	48	2.1k
Easwar Magesan United States	21	2.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	227 0.6×	389 1.3×	89 0.7×	32	2.6k
Philip Krantz Sweden	15	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	92 0.2×	313 1.1×	120 1.0×	25	1.9k
Tobias Haug Singapore	18	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	191 0.5×	214 0.7×	107 0.9×	41	2.0k
Troels F. Rønnow Switzerland	10	976 0.5×	518 0.4×	215 0.6×	140 0.5×	122 1.0×	13	1.2k
Shantanu Debnath United States	11	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	170 0.5×	152 0.5×	43 0.3×	17	1.6k
M. H. S. Amin Canada	31	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	151 0.4×	138 0.5×	52 0.4×	76	2.4k
Josh Izaac Australia	14	1.4k 0.7×	534 0.4×	218 0.6×	200 0.7×	61 0.5×	20	1.5k
Nathan Wiebe United States	15	1.4k 0.7×	826 0.6×	312 0.8×	117 0.4×	54 0.4×	26	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon J. Devitt

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Devitt, Simon J., et al.. (2025). Compare the pair: Rotated versus unrotated surface codes at equal logical error rates. Physical Review Research. 7(3). 2 indexed citations

Morello, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Single-step parity check gate set for quantum error correction. Quantum Science and Technology. 9(3). 35037–35037. 6 indexed citations

Rohde, Peter P., et al.. (2023). Upper bounds for the clock speeds of fault-tolerant distributed quantum computation using satellites to supply entangled photon pairs. Physical Review Research. 5(4). 3 indexed citations

Bremner, Michael J., et al.. (2023). Transversal injection for direct encoding of ancilla states for non-Clifford gates using stabilizer codes. Physical Review Research. 5(3).

Nemoto, Kae, Simon J. Devitt, & William J. Munro. (2017). Noise management to achieve superiority in quantum information systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 375(2099). 20160236–20160236. 1 indexed citations

Lekitsch, B., Sebastian Weidt, Austin G. Fowler, et al.. (2017). Blueprint for a microwave trapped ion quantum computer. Science Advances. 3(2). e1601540–e1601540. 153 indexed citations

Horsman, Dominic, Austin G. Fowler, Simon J. Devitt, & Rodney Van Meter. (2016). Surface code quantum computing by lattice surgery. 75 indexed citations

Paler, Alexandru, Simon J. Devitt, & Austin G. Fowler. (2016). Synthesis of Arbitrary Quantum Circuits to Topological Assembly. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30600–30600. 17 indexed citations

Devitt, Simon J., Andrew D. Greentree, Ashley M. Stephens, & Rodney Van Meter. (2016). High-speed quantum networking by ship. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 36163–36163. 17 indexed citations

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Meter, Rodney Van & Simon J. Devitt. (2016). The Path to Scalable Distributed Quantum Computing. Computer. 49(9). 31–42. 112 indexed citations

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Paler, Alexandru & Simon J. Devitt. (2015). An introduction into fault-tolerant quantum computing. 1–6. 10 indexed citations

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Paler, Alexandru, Simon J. Devitt, Kae Nemoto, & Ilia Polian. (2014). Software-based pauli tracking in fault-tolerant quantum circuits. Design, Automation, and Test in Europe. 124. 8 indexed citations

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Paler, Alexandru, Simon J. Devitt, Kae Nemoto, & Ilia Polian. (2014). Software-based Pauli tracking in fault-tolerant quantum circuits. Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2014. 1–4. 3 indexed citations

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Devitt, Simon J., William J. Munro, & Kae Nemoto. (2013). Quantum error correction for beginners. Reports on Progress in Physics. 76(7). 76001–76001. 376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fowler, Austin G., Simon J. Devitt, & Cody Jones. (2013). Surface code implementation of block code state distillation. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1939–1939. 48 indexed citations

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Devitt, Simon J., Kae Nemoto, & William J. Munro. (2009). The idiots guide to Quantum Error Correction. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Devitt, Simon J., Austin G. Fowler, & Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg. (2006). Robustness of Shor's algorithm. Quantum Information and Computation. 6(7). 616–629. 6 indexed citations

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Devitt, Simon J., Andrew D. Greentree, & Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg. (2005). Information free quantum bus for universal quantum computation. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Devitt, Simon J., Austin G. Fowler, & Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg. (2004). Simulations of Shor's algorithm with implications to scaling and quantum error correction. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Fowler, Austin G., Simon J. Devitt, & Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg. (2004). Implementation of Shor's algorithm on a linear nearest neighbour qubit array. arXiv (Cornell University). 4(4). 237–251. 86 indexed citations

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