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Scott Aaronson publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Scott Aaronson sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 174 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Scott Aaronson D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - ACM Fellow For contributions to quantum computing and computational complexity
  • 2012 - National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award Computer Science
  • 2009 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Scott Aaronson is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on computer science, with a significant emphasis on artificial intelligence, computational theory and mathematics, and neurology. Other subfields of study include atomic and molecular physics, optics, as well as anesthesiology and pain medicine.

Their main topics of work cover a range of areas within quantum computing and theoretical computer science. These include:

  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

They have contributed to several papers, notable among them:

  • Quantum Simultaneous Protocols Without Public Coins Using Modified Equality Queries, 2025, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Certified randomness using a trapped-ion quantum processor, 2025, Nature
  • On the Quantum Complexity of Closest Pair and Related Problems, 2020, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • (Untitled), 2020, Theory of Computing
  • A very preliminary analysis of DALL-E 2, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Scott Aaronson frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Nature

Their frequent collaborators include Linda L. Carpenter, Harold A. Sackeïm, Todd M. Hutton, Kenneth Pages, and Emre Yolcu.

Among the distinctions received, Scott Aaronson was named an ACM Fellow in 2019 for contributions related to quantum computing and computational complexity. They also received the National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award in 2012 for work in computer science, in addition to being recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Improved simulation of stabilizer circuits

    Scott Aaronson;Daniel Gottesman

  • The Computational Complexity of Linear Optics

    Scott Aaronson;Alex Arkhipov

  • Photonic Boson Sampling in a Tunable Circuit

    Matthew A. Broome;Alessandro Fedrizzi;Saleh Rahimi-Keshari;Justin Dove

  • Read the fine print

    Scott Aaronson

  • Quantum Search of Spatial Regions

    Scott Aaronson;Andris Ambainis

  • Quantum Computing Since Democritus

    Scott Aaronson

  • Guest Column: NP-complete problems and physical reality

    Scott Aaronson

  • Quantum Computing, Postselection, and Probabilistic Polynomial-Time

    Scott Aaronson

  • Quantum lower bounds for the collision and the element distinctness problems

    Scott Aaronson;Yaoyun Shi

  • Shadow Tomography of Quantum States

    Scott Aaronson

  • Algebrization: A New Barrier in Complexity Theory

    Scott Aaronson;Avi Wigderson

  • Synthetic recombinase-based state machines in living cells

    Nathaniel Roquet;Ava P. Soleimany;Alyssa C. Ferris;Scott Aaronson

  • BQP and the polynomial hierarchy

    Scott Aaronson

  • Complexity-theoretic foundations of quantum supremacy experiments

    Scott Aaronson;Lijie Chen

  • Quantum Copy-Protection and Quantum Money

    Scott Aaronson

  • NP-complete Problems and Physical Reality

    Scott Aaronson

  • The limits of quantum computers.

    Scott Aaronson

  • Limitations of Quantum Advice and One-Way Communication

    Scott Aaronson

  • Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity.

    Scott Aaronson

  • The learnability of quantum states

    Scott Aaronson

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda L. Carpenter
Linda L. Carpenter Brown University
Andris Ambainis
Andris Ambainis University of Latvia
Sarah H. Lisanby
Sarah H. Lisanby Arizona State University
Colleen Loo
Colleen Loo University of New South Wales
Mark S. George
Mark S. George Medical University of South Carolina
Noah S. Philip
Noah S. Philip Brown University
Shawn M. McClintock
Shawn M. McClintock The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Donel Martin
Donel Martin University of New South Wales
Timothy C. Ralph
Timothy C. Ralph University of Queensland

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