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Anton Zeilinger

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Physics
Austria
2026

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Physics

D-Index
147
Citations
117219
World Ranking
318
National Ranking
3

Anton Zeilinger publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton Zeilinger sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 657 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Anton Zeilinger D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton Zeilinger sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 147 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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
  • 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

  • New high-intensity source of polarization-entangled photon pairs.

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

  • Entanglement of the orbital angular momentum states of photons

    Alois Mair;Alipasha Vaziri;Gregor Weihs;Anton Zeilinger

  • Bell’s theorem without inequalities

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

  • Entanglement of Orbital Angular Momentum States of Photons

    Alois Mair;Alipasha Vaziri;Gregor Weihs;Anton Zeilinger

  • The physics of quantum information: basic concepts

    D. Bouwmeester;A. Zeilinger

  • ‘‘Event-ready-detectors’’ Bell experiment via entanglement swapping

    M Zukowski;A Zeilinger;MA Horne;AK Ekert

  • The Physics of Quantum Information

    Dirk Bouwmeester;Artur Ekert;Anton Zeilinger

  • Violation of Bell's inequality under strict Einstein locality conditions

    Gregor Weihs;Thomas Jennewein;Christoph Simon;Harald Weinfurter

  • Experimental realization of any discrete unitary operator.

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

  • Going Beyond Bell’s Theorem

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

  • Dense Coding in Experimental Quantum Communication

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

  • Wave–particle duality of C 60 molecules

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

  • 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

  • Experimental Entanglement Swapping: Entangling Photons That Never Interacted

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

  • Multiphoton entanglement and interferometry

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

  • Experimental One-Way Quantum Computing

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

  • Entanglement-based quantum communication over 144km

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

  • Observation of three-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger entanglement

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

  • Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Jennewein
Thomas Jennewein University of Waterloo
Harald Weinfurter
Harald Weinfurter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Markus Aspelmeyer
Markus Aspelmeyer University of Vienna
Jian-Wei Pan
Jian-Wei Pan University of Science and Technology of China
Časlav Brukner
Časlav Brukner Austrian Academy of Sciences
Paul G. Kwiat
Paul G. Kwiat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John Rarity
John Rarity University of Bristol
Vlatko Vedral
Vlatko Vedral University of Oxford
Renato Renner
Renato Renner ETH Zurich

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