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Martin B. Plenio

Martin B. Plenio

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
123
Citations
72340
World Ranking
712
National Ranking
59

Martin B. Plenio 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 Martin B. Plenio sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 629 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin B. Plenio 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 Martin B. Plenio sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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

  • 2012 - Max Born Medal and Prize, German Physical Society, Institute of Physics

Overview

Martin B. Plenio is a researcher affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany. The primary fields of study for their work include Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science, with notable subfields in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The main topics of research covered by Plenio include Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research.

Plenio has contributed extensively to academic literature, with frequent publications in several scientific venues. Key publication venues include arXiv (Cornell University) with 42 publications, Physical Review Letters with 14 publications, Physical Review A with 13 publications, Physical Review B with 5 publications, and Quantum with 5 publications.

Selected recent papers by Plenio encompass a variety of topics and publication years:

  • Criticality-Enhanced Quantum Sensing via Continuous Measurement, 2022, PRX Quantum
  • Nanoscale Dynamic Readout of a Chemical Redox Process Using Radicals Coupled with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Optimized auxiliary oscillators for the simulation of general open quantum systems, 2020, Physical Review A
  • Motional Dynamical Decoupling for Interferometry with Macroscopic Particles, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Hyperpolarized Solution-State NMR Spectroscopy with Optically Polarized Crystals, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Plenio collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Susana F. Huelga (55 coauthored works)
  • Fedor Jelezko (16 coauthored works)
  • Ilai Schwartz (15 coauthored works)
  • Julen S. Pedernales (14 coauthored works)
  • James Lim (13 coauthored works)

Among the recognitions received, Plenio was awarded the Max Born Medal and Prize by the German Physical Society and Institute of Physics in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Quantifying Coherence

    T. Baumgratz;M. Cramer;M. B. Plenio

  • Colloquium: Area laws for the entanglement entropy

    J. Eisert;M. Cramer;M. B. Plenio

  • Quantifying Entanglement

    V. Vedral;M. B. Plenio;M. A. Rippin;P. L. Knight

  • Entanglement measures and purification procedures

    V. Vedral;M. B. Plenio

  • An Introduction to Entanglement Theory

    Martin B. Plenio;Shashank S. Virmani

  • The quantum-jump approach to dissipative dynamics in quantum optics

    M. B. Plenio;P. L. Knight

  • Colloquium: quantum coherence as a resource

    Alexander Streltsov;Gerardo Adesso;Martin B. Plenio

  • Logarithmic Negativity: A Full Entanglement Monotone That is not Convex

    M. B. Plenio

  • Improvement of frequency standards with quantum entanglement

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

  • Strongly Interacting Polaritons in Coupled Arrays of Cavities

    M.J. Hartmann;F.G.S.L. Brandao;M.B. Plenio

  • Entanglement and Non-Markovianity of Quantum Evolutions

    Ángel Rivas;Ángel Rivas;Susana F. Huelga;Susana F. Huelga;Martin B. Plenio;Martin B. Plenio

  • Dephasing-assisted transport: quantum networks and biomolecules

    M B Plenio;S F Huelga

  • Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection

    Ángel Rivas;Susana F Huelga;Martin B Plenio

  • Efficient quantum state tomography

    Marcus Cramer;Martin B. Plenio;Steven T. Flammia;Rolando Somma

  • Quantum telecloning and multiparticle entanglement

    M. Murao;D. Jonathan;M. B. Plenio;V. Vedral

  • Distilling Gaussian states with Gaussian operations is impossible.

    J. Eisert;S. Scheel;M. B. Plenio

  • Highly efficient energy excitation transfer in light-harvesting complexes: The fundamental role of noise-assisted transport

    F. Caruso;A. W. Chin;A. Datta;S. F. Huelga

  • Cavity-loss-induced generation of entangled atoms

    M. B. Plenio;S. F. Huelga;A. Beige;P. L. Knight

  • The role of non-equilibrium vibrational structures in electronic coherence and recoherence in pigment-protein complexes

    A. W. Chin;A. W. Chin;J. Prior;R. Rosenbach;F. Caycedo-Soler

  • Quantum metrology in non-Markovian environments.

    Alex W. Chin;Alex W. Chin;Susana F. Huelga;Martin B. Plenio

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Eisert
Jens Eisert Freie Universität Berlin
Fedor Jelezko
Fedor Jelezko University of Ulm
Vlatko Vedral
Vlatko Vedral University of Oxford
Peter L. Knight
Peter L. Knight Imperial College London
Koenraad M. R. Audenaert
Koenraad M. R. Audenaert Royal Holloway University of London
Ian A. Walmsley
Ian A. Walmsley Imperial College London
Enrique Solano
Enrique Solano University of the Basque Country
Christine Silberhorn
Christine Silberhorn University of Paderborn
J. I. Cirac
J. I. Cirac Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Sandu Popescu
Sandu Popescu University of Bristol

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