2026 Anton Zeilinger: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	147	318	305	3	3	657	117219

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award
2021 - OSA Fellows Anton Zeilinger Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria For decades of pioneering quantum optics and quantum information contributions, critically advancing understanding of the foundations and applications of quantum physics
2014 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
2010 - Wolf Prize in Physics for their fundamental conceptual and experimental contributions to the foundations of quantum physics, specifically an increasingly sophisticated series of tests of Bell's inequalities, or extensions thereof, using entangled quantum states.
2008 - Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal, Institute of Physics (IOP) for his pioneering conceptual and experimental contributions to the foundations of quantum physics, which have become the cornerstone for the rapidly-evolving field of quantum information
2005 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physics
2004 - Klopsteg Memorial Award, American Association of Physics Teachers
1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For elucidating and extending the mystery of the quantum phenomena of interference and entanglement by elegant experiments with neutrons, atoms, and photon pairs together with new theoretical insights
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Anton Zeilinger is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their work delves deeply into interdisciplinary subjects, with key subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their main topics of work cover a growing breadth of quantum science and technology, including Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, and Quantum Optics and Atomic Interactions. Additional areas of interest include Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Biofield Effects and Biophysics, as well as Advanced Text Analysis Techniques.

Zeilinger has contributed to numerous recent papers, among which are:

Predicting research trends with semantic and neural networks with an application in quantum physics, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Computer-inspired quantum experiments, 2020, Nature Reviews Physics
Quantum indistinguishability by path identity and with undetected photons, 2022, Reviews of Modern Physics
Computer-Inspired Concept for High-Dimensional Multipartite Quantum Gates, 2020, Physical Review Letters
Passively stable distribution of polarisation entanglement over 192 km of deployed optical fibre, 2020, npj Quantum Information

The frequent co-authors with whom Zeilinger collaborates include Armin Hochrainer, Mario Krenn, Manuel Erhard, Mayukh Lahiri, and Gabriela Barreto Lemos.

Their work has appeared extensively in publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review A, Physical Review Letters, and Nature Reviews Physics.

Zeilinger has also published books, including Quantum Arrangements (2021) with Springer International Publishing.

Over the course of their career, Zeilinger has received numerous professional recognitions and awards, including:

OSA Fellows, 2021: For pioneering quantum optics and quantum information contributions advancing understanding of the foundations and applications of quantum physics
Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2014
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
Member of Academia Europaea, 2011
Wolf Prize in Physics, 2010: For fundamental conceptual and experimental contributions to quantum physics foundations, focusing on tests of Bell's inequalities using entangled quantum states
Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal, 2008: For pioneering contributions to quantum physics foundations critical to quantum information development
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 2005
Klopsteg Memorial Award, 2004
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 1998: For elucidating quantum phenomena through experiments and theoretical insights
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Best Publications

Experimental quantum teleportation

D. Bouwmeester;J.-W. Pan;K. Mattle;M. Eibl

7149
Citations
New high-intensity source of polarization-entangled photon pairs.

Paul G. Kwiat;Klaus Mattle;Harald Weinfurter;Anton Zeilinger

4094
Citations
Entanglement of the orbital angular momentum states of photons

Alois Mair;Alipasha Vaziri;Gregor Weihs;Anton Zeilinger

3628
Citations
Bell’s theorem without inequalities

Daniel M. Greenberger;Michael A. Horne;Abner Shimony;Anton Zeilinger

3207
Citations
Entanglement of Orbital Angular Momentum States of Photons

Alois Mair;Alipasha Vaziri;Gregor Weihs;Anton Zeilinger

2964
Citations
The physics of quantum information: basic concepts

D. Bouwmeester;A. Zeilinger

2927
Citations
‘‘Event-ready-detectors’’ Bell experiment via entanglement swapping

M Zukowski;A Zeilinger;MA Horne;AK Ekert

2562
Citations
The Physics of Quantum Information

Dirk Bouwmeester;Artur Ekert;Anton Zeilinger

2477
Citations
Violation of Bell's inequality under strict Einstein locality conditions

Gregor Weihs;Thomas Jennewein;Christoph Simon;Harald Weinfurter

2325
Citations
Experimental realization of any discrete unitary operator.

Michael Reck;Anton Zeilinger;Herbert J. Bernstein;Philip Bertani

2249
Citations
Going Beyond Bell’s Theorem

Daniel M. Greenberger;Michael A. Horne;Anton Zeilinger

1892
Citations
Dense Coding in Experimental Quantum Communication

Klaus Mattle;Harald Weinfurter;Paul G. Kwiat;Paul G. Kwiat;Anton Zeilinger

1806
Citations
Wave–particle duality of C 60 molecules

Markus Arndt;Olaf Nairz;Julian Vos-Andreae;Claudia Keller

1772
Citations
Significant-Loophole-Free Test of Bell's Theorem with Entangled Photons

Marissa Giustina;Marissa Giustina;Marijn A. M. Versteegh;Marijn A. M. Versteegh;Soeren Wengerowsky;Soeren Wengerowsky;Johannes Handsteiner;Johannes Handsteiner

1763
Citations
Experimental Entanglement Swapping: Entangling Photons That Never Interacted

Jian-Wei Pan;Dik Bouwmeester;Harald Weinfurter;Anton Zeilinger

1741
Citations
Multiphoton entanglement and interferometry

Jian-Wei Pan;Zeng-Bing Chen;Chao-Yang Lu;Harald Weinfurter

1639
Citations
Experimental One-Way Quantum Computing

P. Walther;K. J. Resch;T. Rudolph;E. Schenck;E. Schenck

1587
Citations
Entanglement-based quantum communication over 144km

R. Ursin;F. Tiefenbacher;F. Tiefenbacher;T. Schmitt-Manderbach;H. Weier

1495
Citations
Observation of three-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger entanglement

Dik Bouwmeester;Jian-Wei Pan;Matthew Daniell;Harald Weinfurter

1429
Citations
Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics

J. S. Bell;Michael A. Horne;Anton Zeilinger

421
Citations