Zhenyu Cai

904 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 488 citations indexed

About

Zhenyu Cai is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenyu Cai has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 488 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhenyu Cai's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (12 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (8 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (4 papers). Zhenyu Cai is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (12 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (8 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (4 papers). Zhenyu Cai collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Zhenyu Cai's co-authors include Simon C. Benjamin, William J. Huggins, Jarrod R. McClean, Thomas E. O’Brien, Ying Li, Ryan Babbush, Suguru Endo, Xiaosi Xu, Bálint Koczor and H. Chau Nguyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics, Proceedings of the IEEE and Physical review. A.

In The Last Decade

Zhenyu Cai

16 papers receiving 476 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.

Quantum error mitigation

2023 260 citations Zhenyu Cai, Ryan Babbush et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenyu Cai United Kingdom	9	407	270	68	59	18	17	488
Lukas Postler Austria	8	594 1.5×	469 1.7×	88 1.3×	75 1.3×	17 0.9×	16	730
Ivan Pogorelov Austria	8	548 1.3×	452 1.7×	80 1.2×	57 1.0×	22 1.2×	11	676
Christian D. Marciniak Austria	8	510 1.3×	453 1.7×	95 1.4×	56 0.9×	15 0.8×	16	677
Roman Stricker Austria	5	380 0.9×	275 1.0×	46 0.7×	58 1.0×	11 0.6×	10	447
Tom Manovitz Israel	10	350 0.9×	391 1.4×	53 0.8×	29 0.5×	20 1.1×	14	536
Eric R. Anschuetz United States	6	514 1.3×	613 2.3×	51 0.8×	44 0.7×	33 1.8×	13	800
Agustín Di Paolo United States	14	374 0.9×	385 1.4×	48 0.7×	28 0.5×	26 1.4×	19	520
Shannon X. Wang United States	6	332 0.8×	281 1.0×	37 0.5×	38 0.6×	9 0.5×	6	446
Thomas Feldker Germany	11	480 1.2×	592 2.2×	63 0.9×	47 0.8×	25 1.4×	15	761
Andreas Bengtsson Sweden	15	352 0.9×	395 1.5×	78 1.1×	24 0.4×	31 1.7×	23	509

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenyu Cai

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All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

Cai, Zhenyu, et al.. (2025). High-dimensional subspace expansion using classical shadows. Physical review. A. 111(2). 2 indexed citations

Cai, Zhenyu, et al.. (2025). Biased estimator channels for classical shadows. Physical review. A. 111(3). 1 indexed citations

Hanzo, Lajos, Zunaira Babar, Zhenyu Cai, et al.. (2025). Quantum Information Processing, Sensing, and Communications: Their Myths, Realities, and Futures. Proceedings of the IEEE. 113(9). 1024–1074. 6 indexed citations

Cai, Zhenyu, et al.. (2025). Virtual Channel Purification. PRX Quantum. 6(2). 2 indexed citations

Cai, Zhenyu, et al.. (2024). Quantum Error Mitigated Classical Shadows. PRX Quantum. 5(1). 24 indexed citations

González-Zalba, M. Fernando, et al.. (2024). Pipeline quantum processor architecture for silicon spin qubits. npj Quantum Information. 10(1). 7 indexed citations

Cai, Zhenyu, Adam Siegel, & Simon C. Benjamin. (2023). Looped Pipelines Enabling Effective 3D Qubit Lattices in a Strictly 2D Device. PRX Quantum. 4(2). 13 indexed citations

Cai, Zhenyu, Ryan Babbush, Simon C. Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Quantum error mitigation. Reviews of Modern Physics. 95(4). 260 indexed citations breakdown →

Cai, Zhenyu. (2021). Quantum Error Mitigation using Symmetry Expansion. Quantum. 5. 548–548. 36 indexed citations

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Zeng, Wei, et al.. (2021). Multi-objective Optimization of Turning Tool Geometric Parameters Based on Kriging Model. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2137(1). 12046–12046.

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Cai, Zhenyu. (2021). Multi-exponential error extrapolation and combining error mitigation techniques for NISQ applications. npj Quantum Information. 7(1). 48 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhenyu, Xiaosi Xu, & Simon C. Benjamin. (2020). Mitigating coherent noise using Pauli conjugation. npj Quantum Information. 6(1). 29 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhenyu. (2019). Resource Estimation for Quantum Variational Simulations of the Hubbard Model: The Advantage of Multi-core NISQ Processing. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhenyu, et al.. (2019). A Silicon Surface Code Architecture Resilient Against Leakage Errors. Quantum. 3. 212–212. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Min, et al.. (2019). A Research on the Order Picking Optimization for Stacker's Composite Operation of Semi-tray out of the Automated Warehouse. 22(1). 90. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhenyu, et al.. (2018). Network architecture for a topological quantum computer in silicon. Quantum Science and Technology. 4(2). 25003–25003. 21 indexed citations

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Bonetti, Stefano, Hendrik Ohldag, Niladri Banerjee, et al.. (2016). Magnetic coupling at rare earth ferromagnet/transition metal ferromagnet interfaces: A comprehensive study of Gd/Ni.. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 23 indexed citations

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