2026 Valerio Scarani: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	76	3288	3125	6	6	283	29755

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

3288

3125

283

29755

Valerio Scarani 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 Valerio Scarani sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 283 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Valerio Scarani 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 Valerio Scarani sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Valerio Scarani is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and computer science, with a significant focus on quantum-related topics.

Scarani's work covers a range of main fields including:

Physics and Astronomy
Computer Science

Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as:

Artificial Intelligence
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Mathematical Physics
Computational Theory and Mathematics

The primary topics of their research include:

Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Quantum Information and Cryptography
Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Recent publications illustrate the scope and themes of Scarani's work. Significant papers include:

"A device-independent quantum key distribution system for distant users" (2022), published in Nature
"Device-independent quantum key distribution with random key basis" (2021), published in Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
"Fluctuation theorems from Bayesian retrodiction" (2021), published in Physical Review E
"Maxwell's Lesser Demon: A Quantum Engine Driven by Pointer Measurements" (2020), published in Physical Review Letters
"Surpassing the thermal Cramér-Rao bound with collisional thermometry" (2020), published in Physical Review A

Frequent co-authors contributing to this research include:

Lin Htoo Zaw
Francesco Buscemi
Peter Sidajaya
Clive Cenxin Aw
Baichu Yu

Scarani's publications frequently appear in a select group of scientific venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review A
Physical Review Letters
Quantum
PRX Quantum

Best Publications

The security of practical quantum key distribution

Valerio Scarani;Helle Bechmann-Pasquinucci;Nicolas J. Cerf;Miloslav Dušek

4175
Citations
Bell Nonlocality

Valerio Scarani

2021
Citations
Device-independent security of quantum cryptography against collective attacks.

Antonio Acín;Nicolas Brunner;Nicolas Gisin;Serge Massar

1977
Citations
Quantum Cryptography Protocols Robust against Photon Number Splitting Attacks for Weak Laser Pulse Implementations

Valerio Scarani;Antonio Acín;Grégoire Ribordy;Nicolas Gisin

1025
Citations
Information causality as a physical principle

Marcin Pawłowski;Tomasz Paterek;Dagomir Kaszlikowski;Valerio Scarani

797
Citations
One-sided device-independent quantum key distribution: Security, feasibility, and the connection with steering

Cyril Branciard;Eric Gama Cavalcanti;Stephen P. Walborn;Valerio Scarani;Valerio Scarani

765
Citations
Quantum cloning

Valerio Scarani;Sofyan Iblisdir;Nicolas Gisin;Antonio Acin

751
Citations
Device-independent quantum key distribution secure against collective attacks

Stefano Pironio;Antonio Acín;Nicolas Brunner;Nicolas Gisin

644
Citations
Quantum cryptography with finite resources: unconditional security bound for discrete-variable protocols with one-way postprocessing.

Valerio Scarani;Renato Renner

420
Citations
Bell-type inequalities to detect true n-body nonseparability.

Daniel Geoffrey Collins;Daniel Geoffrey Collins;Nicolas Gisin;Sandu Popescu;Sandu Popescu;David Anthony Roberts

379
Citations
Entangling independent photons by time measurement

Matthäus Halder;Alexios Beveratos;Nicolas Gisin;Valerio Scarani

368
Citations
Thermalizing quantum machines: dissipation and entanglement.

Valerio Scarani;Mário Ziman;Peter Štelmachovič;Nicolas Gisin

334
Citations
Quantum communication between N partners and Bell's inequalities.

Valerio Scarani;Nicolas Gisin

332
Citations
Testing the dimension of Hilbert spaces.

Nicolas Brunner;Stefano Pironio;Antonio Acin;Nicolas Gisin

331
Citations
Time-bin entangled qubits for quantum communication created by femtosecond pulses

I. Marcikic;H. de Riedmatten;W. Tittel;W. Tittel;V. Scarani

316
Citations
Security proof for quantum key distribution using qudit systems

Lana Sheridan;Valerio Scarani

304
Citations
Fast and simple one-way quantum key distribution

Damien Stucki;Nicolas Brunner;Nicolas Gisin;Valerio Scarani

269
Citations
Robust self-testing of the singlet

M. McKague;T. H. Yang;V. Scarani

235
Citations
Ultrafast Quantum Gates in Circuit QED

G. Romero;D. Ballester;Y. M. Wang;V. Scarani

234
Citations
Reference-frame-independent quantum key distribution

Anthony Laing;Valerio Scarani;John G. Rarity;Jeremy L. O’Brien

228
Citations