Thomas Beth

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Beth is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Beth has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Beth's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (14 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers) and Coding theory and cryptography (10 papers). Thomas Beth is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (14 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers) and Coding theory and cryptography (10 papers). Thomas Beth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Canada. Thomas Beth's co-authors include Hanfried Lenz, Martin Rötteler, Markus Grassl, D. Jungnickel, G. Alber, H. Lenz, Dominik Janzing, Paweł Wocjan, Michał Horodecki and M. Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review A, Journal of the Optical Society of America A and Theoretical Computer Science.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Beth

56 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

  1. Design theory
    1985 1.0k citations Thomas Beth et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Beth Germany 16 1.5k 1.2k 617 492 351 64 2.2k
J.-M. Goethals Netherlands 19 884 0.6× 834 0.7× 514 0.8× 377 0.8× 76 0.2× 31 1.7k
Eiichi Bannaĭ Japan 21 961 0.6× 929 0.8× 1.2k 2.0× 300 0.6× 77 0.2× 129 2.1k
Ken‐ichi Kawarabayashi Japan 26 1.3k 0.9× 580 0.5× 651 1.1× 1.8k 3.6× 192 0.5× 274 3.7k
Patric R. J. Östergård Finland 22 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 468 0.8× 695 1.4× 21 0.1× 164 2.3k
John Riordan United States 21 534 0.4× 372 0.3× 965 1.6× 673 1.4× 108 0.3× 65 3.2k
Steven Roman United States 18 309 0.2× 182 0.2× 539 0.9× 442 0.9× 98 0.3× 41 2.0k
Leonard J. Schulman United States 26 1.1k 0.7× 351 0.3× 73 0.1× 700 1.4× 177 0.5× 102 2.2k
Victor K. Wei Hong Kong 22 2.0k 1.4× 1.7k 1.4× 226 0.4× 587 1.2× 41 0.1× 70 3.0k
Brendan D. McKay Australia 32 809 0.5× 956 0.8× 1.4k 2.2× 1.9k 3.8× 100 0.3× 161 4.1k
Ran Raz Israel 29 1.8k 1.2× 334 0.3× 110 0.2× 2.5k 5.1× 164 0.5× 139 3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Beth

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Beth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Beth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Beth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Beth based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thomas Beth. Thomas Beth is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wocjan, Paweł, Dominik Janzing, Thomas Decker, & Thomas Beth. (2004). Measuring 4-local n-qubit observables could probablistically solve PSPACE. arXiv (Cornell University). 1–1. 4 indexed citations
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Beth, Thomas, et al.. (2003). A New Class of Designs Which Protect against Quantum Jumps. Designs Codes and Cryptography. 29(1-3). 51–70. 15 indexed citations
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Beth, Thomas, et al.. (2003). Characteristics in human motion - from acquisition to analysis. 24 indexed citations
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Rötteler, Martin, et al.. (2002). Homogeneous Bent Functions, Invariants, and Designs. Designs Codes and Cryptography. 26(1-3). 139–154. 19 indexed citations
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Janzing, Dominik, Paweł Wocjan, & Thomas Beth. (2001). Complexity of inverting n-spin interactions: Arrow of time in quantum control. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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Schmid, M., Rainer Steinwandt, Jörn Müller‐Quade, Martin Rötteler, & Thomas Beth. (2000). Decomposing a matrix into circulant and diagonal factors. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 306(1-3). 131–143. 15 indexed citations
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Steinwandt, Rainer, Markus Grassl, Willi Geiselmann, & Thomas Beth. (2000). Weaknesses in the SL2(IFs2) Hashing Scheme. 287–299. 1 indexed citations
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Püschel, Markus, et al.. (1997). Decomposing a permutation into a conjugated tensor product. 101–108. 4 indexed citations
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Beth, Thomas, et al.. (1994). Construction of Algebraic Wavelet Coefficients. International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications. 341. 2 indexed citations
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Beth, Thomas, et al.. (1993). Verifiable secret sharing for monotone access structures. 189–194. 5 indexed citations
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Beth, Thomas, et al.. (1992). Public-Key Cryptography State. Springer eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Berson, Thomas A. & Thomas Beth. (1989). Local area network security : Workshop LANSEC '89, European Institute for System Security (E.I.S.S.), Karlsruhe, FRG, April 3-6, 1989 : proceedings. Springer eBooks.
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Berson, Thomas A. & Thomas Beth. (1989). LANSEC '89: proceedings of the workshop on Local area network security. Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii. 41(4). 34–8. 1 indexed citations
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Beth, Thomas & Michael Clausen. (1988). Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, AAECC-4 on Applicable algebra, error-correcting codes, combinatorics and computer algebra. Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation. 47(2). 133–8. 1 indexed citations
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Beth, Thomas. (1985). Generalizing the discrete fourier transform. Discrete Mathematics. 56(2-3). 95–100. 7 indexed citations
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Beth, Thomas. (1979). On resolutions of Steiner systems. 3 indexed citations

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