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J. I. Cirac 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 J. I. Cirac sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 760 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. I. Cirac 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 J. I. Cirac sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 167 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to quantum optics theory, in particular the problem of implementing quantum information with quantum optics and the theory of quantum degenerate atomic gases

Overview

J. I. Cirac is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within physics and computer science, with a strong focus on quantum systems and computational methods.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science

Their subfields of study cover areas such as:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

The core topics of their work are:

  • Quantum many-body systems
  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

J. I. Cirac has published extensively in scientific journals and repositories. Their publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • Matrix product states and projected entangled pair states: Concepts, symmetries, theorems (2021, Reviews of Modern Physics)
  • Exact dynamics in dual-unitary quantum circuits (2020, Physical Review B)
  • Algorithms for Quantum Simulation at Finite Energies (2021, PRX Quantum)
  • Quantum chaos in the Brownian SYK model with large finite N: OTOCs and tripartite information (2023, OSTI OAI - U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Realizing a deterministic source of multipartite-entangled photonic qubits (2020, Nature Communications)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mari Carmen Bañuls
  • Rahul Trivedi
  • Daniel Malz
  • Georgios Styliaris
  • Lorenzo Piroli

The researcher commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Review A
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Research

Best Publications

  • Quantum Computations with Cold Trapped Ions.

    J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller

  • Cold Bosonic Atoms in Optical Lattices

    D. Jaksch;D. Jaksch;C. Bruder;C. Bruder;J. I. Cirac;J. I. Cirac;C. W. Gardiner;C. W. Gardiner

  • Long-distance quantum communication with atomic ensembles and linear optics

    L.-M. Duan;M. D. Lukin;J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller

  • Three qubits can be entangled in two inequivalent ways

    W. Dür;G. Vidal;J. I. Cirac

  • Quantum Repeaters: The Role of Imperfect Local Operations in Quantum Communication

    H.-J. Briegel;W. Dür;J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller

  • Quantum state transfer and entanglement distribution among distant nodes in a quantum network

    J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller;H. J. Kimble;H. J. Kimble;H. Mabuchi;H. Mabuchi

  • Inseparability Criterion for Continuous Variable Systems

    Lu-Ming Duan;Lu-Ming Duan;G. Giedke;J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller

  • Machine learning and the physical sciences

    Giuseppe Carleo;J. Ignacio Cirac;Kyle Cranmer;Laurent Daudet

  • Dipole blockade and quantum information processing in mesoscopic atomic ensembles.

    M. D. Lukin;M. Fleischhauer;R. Cote;L. M. Duan

  • Matrix product states, projected entangled pair states, and variational renormalization group methods for quantum spin systems

    F. Verstraete;V. Murg;J.I. Cirac

  • Fast quantum gates for neutral atoms

    D. Jaksch;J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller;S. L. Rolston

  • Quantum computation and quantum-state engineering driven by dissipation

    Frank Verstraete;Michael M. Wolf;J. Ignacio Cirac

  • Matrix Product States, Projected Entangled Pair States, and variational renormalization group methods for quantum spin systems

    F. Verstraete;J.I. Cirac;V. Murg

  • Matrix product state representations

    D. Perez-Garcia;F. Verstraete;M. M. Wolf;J. I. Cirac

  • Entanglement of Atoms via Cold Controlled Collisions

    D. Jaksch;H.-J. Briegel;J. I. Cirac;C. W. Gardiner

  • Matrix product density operators: simulation of finite-temperature and dissipative systems.

    Frank Verstraete;JJ Garcia-Ripoll;JI Cirac

  • Improvement of frequency standards with quantum entanglement

    S. F. Huelga;C. Macchiavello;T. Pellizzari;A. K. Ekert

  • Many-particle entanglement with Bose-Einstein condensates.

    A Sørensen;L M Duan;J I Cirac;P Zoller

  • Decoherence, Continuous Observation, and Quantum Computing: A Cavity QED Model

    T. Pellizzari;S. A. Gardiner;J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller

  • Experimental demonstration of quantum memory for light

    Brian Julsgaard;Jacob Sherson;J. Ignacio Cirac;Jaromir Fiurasek;Jaromir Fiurasek

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Zoller
Peter Zoller University of Innsbruck
Frank Verstraete
Frank Verstraete Ghent University
Maciej Lewenstein
Maciej Lewenstein Institute of Photonic Sciences
Rainer Blatt
Rainer Blatt University of Innsbruck
Guifre Vidal
Guifre Vidal Google (United States)
Luming Duan
Luming Duan Tsinghua University
Mikhail D. Lukin
Mikhail D. Lukin Harvard University
Michael M. Wolf
Michael M. Wolf Technical University of Munich
David Pérez-García
David Pérez-García Complutense University of Madrid
Martin B. Plenio
Martin B. Plenio University of Ulm

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