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 John Preskill sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 207 publications — 4th percentile
4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Preskill sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 83 D-Index — 26th percentile
26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.
John Preskill is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Additional areas of interest include Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.
The main topics covered in Preskill's work include Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum many-body systems, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, and Quantum and electron transport phenomena. Their research also addresses Machine Learning in Materials Science as well as Quantum chaos and dynamical systems.
Preskill has published frequently in a variety of scientific journals and platforms. The top venues for their publications are arXiv (Cornell University) with 34 papers, followed by PRX Quantum with 7 publications. Other notable venues include Physical Review Letters (5 publications), Science (4 publications), and Nature Communications (3 publications).
Some recent papers authored or coauthored by John Preskill include:
Frequent collaborators in Preskill's research include Hsin-Yuan Huang, Richard Kueng, Victor V. Albert, Steven T. Flammia, and Sitan Chen.
John Preskill has been recognized with several awards throughout their career. They were named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014. In 1991, they were elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with the citation acknowledging contributions to quantum field theory and theoretical cosmology, particularly regarding properties of topological defects, chiral symmetry, and physics of the very early Universe. Earlier in their career, Preskill received a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1982.
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