Stefano Pironio

13.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Stefano Pironio is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Pironio has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 69 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Stefano Pironio's work include Quantum Mechanics and Applications (68 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (68 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (46 papers). Stefano Pironio is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Applications (68 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (68 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (46 papers). Stefano Pironio collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Spain and Switzerland. Stefano Pironio's co-authors include Antonio Acín, Nicolas Brunner, Valerio Scarani, Nicolas Gisin, Serge Massar, Daniel Cavalcanti, Stephanie Wehner, Miguel Navascués, Jonathan Barrett and Jean-Daniel Bancal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Pironio

73 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

Bell nonlocality 2007 2026 2013 2019 2014 2007 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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. Bell nonlocality
    2014 1.7k citations Nicolas Brunner, Daniel Cavalcanti et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →
  2. Device-Independent Security of Quantum Cryptography against Collective Attacks
    2007 1.1k citations Antonio Acín, Nicolas Brunner et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Random numbers certified by Bell’s theorem
    2010 917 citations Stefano Pironio, Antonio Acín et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefano Pironio Belgium 35 8.0k 7.6k 1.0k 434 273 75 8.5k
Nicolas Brunner Switzerland 54 10.4k 1.3× 9.7k 1.3× 2.1k 2.1× 347 0.8× 218 0.8× 177 11.4k
Stephanie Wehner Netherlands 38 7.2k 0.9× 6.9k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 350 0.8× 193 0.7× 130 8.6k
Antonio Acín Spain 59 12.9k 1.6× 12.8k 1.7× 1.8k 1.8× 606 1.4× 235 0.9× 203 14.4k
Adán Cabello Spain 39 6.1k 0.8× 5.6k 0.7× 800 0.8× 267 0.6× 395 1.4× 231 6.5k
Valerio Scarani Singapore 53 12.9k 1.6× 12.7k 1.7× 1.6k 1.5× 448 1.0× 236 0.9× 184 14.4k
Christopher A. Fuchs United States 31 6.6k 0.8× 6.6k 0.9× 696 0.7× 269 0.6× 301 1.1× 95 7.6k
Renato Renner Switzerland 45 6.1k 0.8× 6.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 459 1.1× 110 0.4× 138 8.1k
Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano Italy 44 6.3k 0.8× 6.4k 0.8× 948 0.9× 546 1.3× 221 0.8× 249 7.5k
Otfried Gühne Germany 52 10.5k 1.3× 10.7k 1.4× 873 0.9× 275 0.6× 72 0.3× 210 11.6k
Lev Vaidman Israel 37 7.0k 0.9× 5.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 105 0.2× 279 1.0× 139 7.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefano Pironio

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Pironio

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pironio, Stefano, et al.. (2025). Information capacity of quantum communication under natural physical assumptions. Quantum. 9. 1637–1637. 4 indexed citations
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Masini, Michele, Marie Ioannou, Nicolas Brunner, Stefano Pironio, & Pavel Sekatski. (2024). Joint-measurability and quantum communication with untrusted devices. Quantum. 8. 1574–1574. 3 indexed citations
3.
Tavakoli, Armin, Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro, Erik Woodhead, & Stefano Pironio. (2020). Characterising correlations under informational restrictions. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
4.
Salavrakos, Alexia, Remigiusz Augusiak, Jordi Tura, et al.. (2017). Bell Inequalities Tailored to Maximally Entangled States. Physical Review Letters. 119(4). 40402–40402. 58 indexed citations
5.
Acín, Antonio, et al.. (2016). Necessary detection efficiencies for secure quantum key distribution and bound randomness. Physical review. A. 93(1). 14 indexed citations
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Woodhead, Erik & Stefano Pironio. (2015). Secrecy in Prepare-and-Measure Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt Tests with a Qubit Bound. Physical Review Letters. 115(15). 150501–150501. 35 indexed citations
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Brunner, Nicolas, Daniel Cavalcanti, Stefano Pironio, Valerio Scarani, & Stephanie Wehner. (2014). Bell nonlocality. Reviews of Modern Physics. 86(2). 419–478. 1717 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pironio, Stefano. (2014). All Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt polytopes. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 47(42). 424020–424020. 22 indexed citations
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Pironio, Stefano, et al.. (2013). No-Go Theorems forψ-Epistemic Models Based on a Continuity Assumption. Physical Review Letters. 111(9). 90402–90402. 29 indexed citations
10.
Acín, Antonio, Serge Massar, & Stefano Pironio. (2012). Randomness versus Nonlocality and Entanglement. Physical Review Letters. 108(10). 100402–100402. 185 indexed citations
11.
Masanes, Lluís, Stefano Pironio, & Antonio Acín. (2011). Secure device-independent quantum key distribution with causally independent measurement devices. Nature Communications. 2(1). 238–238. 221 indexed citations
12.
Silman, Jonathan, et al.. (2011). Fully Distrustful Quantum Bit Commitment and Coin Flipping. Physical Review Letters. 106(22). 220501–220501. 29 indexed citations
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Bancal, Jean-Daniel, Nicolas Gisin, Yeong-Cherng Liang, & Stefano Pironio. (2011). Device-Independent Witnesses of Genuine Multipartite Entanglement. Physical Review Letters. 106(25). 250404–250404. 178 indexed citations
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Pironio, Stefano, Antonio Acín, Serge Massar, et al.. (2010). Random numbers certified by Bell’s theorem. Nature. 464(7291). 1021–1024. 917 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gisin, Nicolas, Stefano Pironio, & Nicolas Sangouard. (2010). Proposal for Implementing Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Based on a Heralded Qubit Amplifier. Physical Review Letters. 105(7). 70501–70501. 217 indexed citations
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Navascués, Miguel, Stefano Pironio, & Antonio Acín. (2007). Bounding the Set of Quantum Correlations. Physical Review Letters. 98(1). 10401–10401. 298 indexed citations
17.
Barrett, Jonathan, Adrian Kent, & Stefano Pironio. (2006). Maximally Nonlocal and Monogamous Quantum Correlations. Physical Review Letters. 97(17). 170409–170409. 129 indexed citations
18.
Roberts, David A., Serge Massar, Stefano Pironio, et al.. (2005). Nonlocal correlations as an information-theoretic resource (11 pages). Physical Review A. 71(2). 22101. 33 indexed citations
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Barrett, Jonathan & Stefano Pironio. (2005). Popescu-Rohrlich Correlations as a Unit of Nonlocality. Physical Review Letters. 95(14). 140401–140401. 66 indexed citations
20.
Pironio, Stefano & Serge Massar. (2003). Violation of local realism versus detection efficiency (7 pages). Physical Review A. 68(6). 62109. 1 indexed citations

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