Stephen Brierley

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Stephen Brierley is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Brierley has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 8 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Stephen Brierley's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (8 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (7 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (7 papers). Stephen Brierley is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (8 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (7 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (7 papers). Stephen Brierley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. Stephen Brierley's co-authors include Daochen Wang, Oscar Higgott, Stefan Weigert, R. Longchamp, J. Chiasson, Stanisław H. Żak, E. Lee, Beatrix C. Hiesmayr, Christoph Spengler and Marcus Huber and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Brierley

25 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Variational Quantum Computation of Excited States 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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. Variational Quantum Computation of Excited States
    2019 256 citations Oscar Higgott, Daochen Wang et al. Quantum profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Brierley United Kingdom 13 851 581 241 234 102 25 1.3k
Sanzheng Qiao Canada 16 170 0.2× 83 0.1× 124 0.5× 401 1.7× 136 1.3× 62 824
Lin Chen China 19 942 1.1× 831 1.4× 23 0.1× 154 0.7× 52 0.5× 124 1.2k
Christopher G. Baker Australia 17 131 0.2× 600 1.0× 34 0.1× 191 0.8× 495 4.9× 42 1.1k
David Sutter United States 17 449 0.5× 354 0.6× 24 0.1× 60 0.3× 109 1.1× 73 822
Vadim Olshevsky United States 19 109 0.1× 256 0.4× 48 0.2× 770 3.3× 177 1.7× 54 1.1k
Koji Tsumura Japan 26 339 0.4× 303 0.5× 687 2.9× 81 0.3× 89 0.9× 141 2.5k
Mario Sigalotti France 19 75 0.1× 192 0.3× 419 1.7× 125 0.5× 23 0.2× 92 914
Yuji Nakatsukasa United Kingdom 17 170 0.2× 109 0.2× 43 0.2× 376 1.6× 47 0.5× 73 748
Krešimir Veselić Germany 16 83 0.1× 213 0.4× 142 0.6× 757 3.2× 97 1.0× 56 1.2k
Neal Zierler United States 14 543 0.6× 103 0.2× 44 0.2× 399 1.7× 268 2.6× 27 971

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Brierley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Brierley

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Brierley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Crawford, Ophelia, et al.. (2021). Efficient quantum measurement of Pauli operators in the presence of finite sampling error. Quantum. 5. 385–385. 110 indexed citations
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Crawford, Ophelia, et al.. (2019). Efficient quantum measurement of Pauli operators. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Daochen, Oscar Higgott, & Stephen Brierley. (2019). Accelerated Variational Quantum Eigensolver. Physical Review Letters. 122(14). 140504–140504. 148 indexed citations
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Higgott, Oscar, Daochen Wang, & Stephen Brierley. (2019). Variational Quantum Computation of Excited States. Quantum. 3. 156–156. 256 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brierley, Stephen, et al.. (2015). Nonclassicality of Temporal Correlations. Physical Review Letters. 115(12). 26 indexed citations
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Maxwell, Andrew & Stephen Brierley. (2014). On properties of Karlsson Hadamards and sets of mutually unbiased bases in dimension six. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 466. 296–306. 6 indexed citations
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Markiewicz, Marcin, et al.. (2014). Genuinely multipoint temporal quantum correlations and universal measurement-based quantum computing. Physical Review A. 89(6). 6 indexed citations
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Appleby, D. M., Ingemar Bengtsson, Stephen Brierley, et al.. (2014). Systems of Imprimitivity for the Clifford group. Quantum Information and Computation. 14(3&4). 339–360. 4 indexed citations
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Beals, Robert, et al.. (2013). Efficient distributed quantum computing. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 469(2153). 121 indexed citations
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Brierley, Stephen, et al.. (2013). Space Launch Flight Termination System initial development. 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Spengler, Christoph, et al.. (2012). Entanglement detection via mutually unbiased bases. Physical Review A. 86(2). 126 indexed citations
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Appleby, D. M., Ingemar Bengtsson, Stephen Brierley, et al.. (2012). The monomial representations of the Clifford group. Quantum Information and Computation. 12(5&6). 404–431. 14 indexed citations
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Brierley, Stephen & Stefan Weigert. (2009). Constructing mutually unbiased bases in dimension six. Physical Review A. 79(5). 60 indexed citations
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Brierley, Stephen & R. Longchamp. (1990). Application of sliding-mode control to air-air interception problem. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 26(2). 306–325. 105 indexed citations
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Brierley, Stephen, et al.. (1987). Coefficient assignment for generalised linear systems. 134(2). 129–136. 3 indexed citations
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Chiasson, J., Stephen Brierley, & E. Lee. (1986). Corrections to "A simplified derivation of the Zeheb-Walach 2-D stability test with applications to time-delay systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 31(1). 91–92. 4 indexed citations
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Brierley, Stephen. (1986). Delay-independent stability criterion for discrete systems using the Lyapunov equation. 910–911. 1 indexed citations
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Żak, Stanisław H., et al.. (1984). Stabilization of generalized linear systems via the algebraic Riccati equation†. International Journal of Control. 39(5). 1025–1041. 11 indexed citations
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Brierley, Stephen, et al.. (1984). Solution of the equation A(z)X(z) + X(z)B(z) = C(z) and its application to the stability of generalized linear systems†. International Journal of Control. 40(6). 1065–1075. 5 indexed citations
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Brierley, Stephen, J. Chiasson, E. Lee, & Stanisław H. Żak. (1982). On stability independent of delay for linear systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 27(1). 252–254. 127 indexed citations

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