World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Quantum Science and Technology
H-index 30

Quantum Science and Technology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 80 70 95 23
Engineering and Technology 524 33 51 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 172
Documents by Best Scientists*: 192
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.911
Impact Factor: 5

Top Publications

  • Demonstration of quantum volume 64 on a superconducting quantum computing system

    Petar Jurcevic;Ali Javadi-Abhari;Lev S Bishop;Isaac Lauer

    (2021)
    388 Citations
  • Quantum circuit optimizations for NISQ architectures

    Beatrice Nash;Beatrice Nash;Beatrice Nash;Vlad Gheorghiu;Michele Mosca

    (2020)
    194 Citations
  • Matter-wave Atomic Gradiometer Interferometric Sensor (MAGIS-100)

    Mahiro Abe;Philip Adamson;Marcel Borcean;Daniela Bortoletto

    (2021)
    155 Citations
  • Towards scalable bosonic quantum error correction

    Barbara M. Terhal;Jonathan Conrad;Christophe Vuillot

    (2020)
    128 Citations
  • Building blocks of a flip-chip integrated superconducting quantum processor

    (2021)
    121 Citations
  • Mechanical quantum sensing in the search for dark matter

    Daniel Carney;Daniel Carney;Gordan Krnjaic;Gordan Krnjaic;David C Moore;Cindy A Regal

    (2021)
    106 Citations
  • Software tools for quantum control: Improving quantum computer performance through noise and error suppression

    Harrison Ball;Michael J Biercuk;Andre R R Carvalho;Jiayin Chen

    (2021)
    101 Citations
  • Achieving a quantum smart workforce

    Clarice D Aiello;D D Awschalom;D D Awschalom;Hannes Bernien;Tina Brower

    (2021)
    80 Citations
  • Learning quantum data with the quantum earth mover’s distance

    (2021)
    73 Citations

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