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Herschel Rabitz 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 Herschel Rabitz sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,070 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Herschel Rabitz 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 Herschel Rabitz sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1975 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Herschel Rabitz is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has made significant contributions to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Computer Science. Their research spans a variety of subfields, notably Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Molecular Biology, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

Their main research topics include Quantum Information and Cryptography, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Quantum many-body systems, Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design.

Herschel Rabitz has published extensively, with frequent appearances in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review A, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, and Quantum.

Recent papers by Herschel Rabitz include:

  • Robust quantum control in games: An adversarial learning approach (2020, Physical Review A)
  • The optimization landscape of hybrid quantum-classical algorithms: From quantum control to NISQ applications (2022, Annual Reviews in Control)
  • Progress toward favorable landscapes in quantum combinatorial optimization (2021, Physical Review A)
  • Digital quantum simulation of molecular dynamics and control (2021, Physical Review Research)
  • Assessing three closed-loop learning algorithms by searching for high-quality quantum control pulses (2020, Physical Review A)

Frequent co-authors in Herschel Rabitz's work include Re-Bing Wu, Tak-San Ho, Peyman Azodi, Alicia Magann, and Christian Arenz.

Herschel Rabitz has received recognition through awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004 and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1975.

Best Publications

  • Teaching lasers to control molecules.

    Richard S. Judson;Herschel Rabitz

  • Whither the future of controlling quantum phenomena

    Herschel Rabitz;Regina de Vivie-Riedle;Marcus Motzkus;Karl Kompa

  • Coherent control of quantum dynamics: the dream is alive.

    Warren S. Warren;Herschel Albert Rabitz;Mohammed Dahleh

  • Optimal control of quantum-mechanical systems: Existence, numerical approximation, and applications

    Anthony P. Peirce;Mohammed A. Dahleh;Herschel Albert Rabitz

  • Selective Bond Dissociation and Rearrangement with Optimally Tailored, Strong-Field Laser Pulses

    Robert J. Levis;Getahun M. Menkir;Herschel Rabitz

  • General foundations of high-dimensional model representations

    Herschel Albert Rabitz;Ömer F. Aliş

  • Control of quantum phenomena: past, present and future

    Constantin Brif;Raj Chakrabarti;Herschel Albert Rabitz

  • Sensitivity Analysis in Chemical Kinetics

    H. Rabitz;M. Kramer;D. Dacol

  • Efficient input-output model representations

    Herschel Albert Rabitz;Ömer F. Aliş;Jeffrey Shorter;Kyurhee Shim

  • Quantum Physics Under Control

    Ian Walmsley;Herschel Rabitz

  • Optimal control of selective vibrational excitation in harmonic linear chain molecules

    Shenghua Shi;Andrea Woody;Herschel Rabitz

  • High Dimensional Model Representations

    Genyuan Li;Carey Rosenthal;Herschel Albert Rabitz

  • RAPIDLY CONVERGENT ITERATION METHODS FOR QUANTUM OPTIMAL CONTROL OF POPULATION

    Wusheng Zhu;Jair Botina;Herschel Albert Rabitz

  • Quantum Optimally Controlled Transition Landscapes

    Herschel Albert Rabitz;Michael M. Hsieh;Carey M. Rosenthal

  • A general method for constructing multidimensional molecular potential energy surfaces from ab initio calculations

    Tak‐San Ho;Herschel Rabitz

  • Controllability of molecular systems

    Viswanath Ramakrishna;Murti V. Salapaka;Mohammed Dahleh;Herschel Albert Rabitz

  • Quantum number and energy scaling for nonreactive collisions

    Andrew E. DePristo;Andrew E. DePristo;Stuart D. Augustin;Ramakrishna Ramaswamy;Ramakrishna Ramaswamy;Herschel Albert Rabitz

  • Quantum mechanical optimal control of physical observables in microsystems

    Shenghua Shi;Herschel Albert Rabitz

  • A RAPID MONOTONICALLY CONVERGENT ITERATION ALGORITHM FOR QUANTUM OPTIMAL CONTROL OVER THE EXPECTATION VALUE OF A POSITIVE DEFINITE OPERATOR

    Wusheng Zhu;Herschel Albert Rabitz

  • Practical Approaches To Construct RS-HDMR Component Functions

    Genyuan Li;Sheng-Wei Wang;Herschel Rabitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Kosut
Robert L. Kosut SC Solutions (United States)
Richard A. Yetter
Richard A. Yetter Pennsylvania State University
Gabriel Turinici
Gabriel Turinici Paris Dauphine University
Frederick L. Dryer
Frederick L. Dryer University of South Carolina
Joshua D. Rabinowitz
Joshua D. Rabinowitz Princeton University
Daoyi Dong
Daoyi Dong University of New South Wales
Ian A. Walmsley
Ian A. Walmsley Imperial College London
Christodoulos A. Floudas
Christodoulos A. Floudas Texas A&M University
Charles E. Kolb
Charles E. Kolb Aerodyne Research
Ian R. Petersen
Ian R. Petersen Australian National University

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