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Nicolas J. Cerf

Active 1997–2026

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Nicolas J Cerf
125
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22,105
Citations
57
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Citations

Citations per year for Nicolas J. Cerf1982: 1 citations1989: 1 citations1991: 4 citations1996: 1 citations1997: 6 citations1998: 27 citations1999: 26 citations2000: 48 citations2001: 64 citations2002: 115 citations2003: 120 citations2004: 150 citations2005: 250 citations2006: 224 citations2007: 207 citations2008: 206 citations2009: 303 citations2010: 243 citations2011: 213 citations2012: 374 citations2013: 373 citations2014: 452 citations2015: 449 citations2016: 436 citations2017: 530 citations2018: 654 citations2019: 891 citations2020: 802 citations2021: 781 citations2022: 625 citations2023: 557 citations2024: 683 citations2025: 470 citations2026: 98 citations1983–1988: no citations, so these years are not shown1990: no citations, so this year is not shown1992–1995: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorChina: 1,613 citing papers, 16.1% of this breakdownUnited States: 1,338 citing papers, 13.4% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 751 citing papers, 7.5% of this breakdownGermany: 677 citing papers, 6.8% of this breakdownCanada: 506 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownItaly: 474 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownFrance: 367 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownJapan: 336 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownSpain: 332 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownAustralia: 316 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownIndia: 279 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 212 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Computer Science81.8%
  • Physics and Astronomy13.2%
  • Engineering2.7%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.1%
  • Mathematics0.3%
  • Chemistry0.2%
  • Other0.7%

Topics

  • Quantum Information and Cryptography30.1%
  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture19.9%
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications18.4%
  • Quantum optics and atomic interactions4.5%
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators1.9%
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing1.9%
  • Other23.3%

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  1. The security of practical quantum key distribution

    Authors: Valerio Scarani, H. Bechmann-Pasquinucci, Nicolas J. Cerf, Miloslav Dušek, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Momtchil Peev - Reviews of Modern Physics 2009 cited by 3,670

  2. Gaussian quantum information

    Authors: Christian Weedbrook, Stefano Pirandola, Raúl García−Patrón, Nicolas J. Cerf, Timothy C. Ralph, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Seth Lloyd - Reviews of Modern Physics 2012 cited by 3,675

  3. Quantum key distribution using gaussian-modulated coherent states

    Authors: Frédéric Grosshans, Gilles Van Assche, Jérôme Wenger, Rosa Brouri, Nicolas J. Cerf, Philippe Grangier - Nature 2003 cited by 1,473

  4. Security of Quantum Key Distribution Usingd-Level Systems

    Authors: Nicolas J. Cerf, Mohamed Bourennane, Anders Karlsson, Nicolas Gisin - Physical Review Letters 2002 cited by 1,332

  5. Quantum search by local adiabatic evolution

    Authors: Jérémie Roland, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review A 2002 cited by 639

  6. Quantum key distribution over25kmwith an all-fiber continuous-variable system

    Authors: Jérôme Lodewyck, Matthieu R. Bloch, Raúl García−Patrón, Simon Fossier, Evgueni Karpov, Eleni Diamanti, Thierry Debuisschert, Nicolas J. Cerf, Rosa Tualle-Brouri, Stephen McLaughlin, Philippe Grangier - Physical Review A 2007 cited by 536

  7. Unconditional Optimality of Gaussian Attacks against Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution

    Authors: Raúl García−Patrón, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review Letters 2006 cited by 578

  8. No-Go Theorem for Gaussian Quantum Error Correction

    Authors: Julien Niset, Jaromı́r Fiurášek, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review Letters 2009 cited by 325

  9. Quantum distribution of Gaussian keys using squeezed states

    Authors: Nicolas J. Cerf, Margi Levy, Gilles Van Assche - Physical Review A 2001 cited by 401

  10. Security of Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Against General Attacks

    Authors: Anthony Leverrier, Raúl García−Patrón, Renato Renner, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review Letters 2013 cited by 256

  11. Negative Entropy and Information in Quantum Mechanics

    Authors: Nicolas J. Cerf, Christoph Adami - Physical Review Letters 1997 cited by 470

  12. Multipartite nonlocality without entanglement in many dimensions

    Authors: J. Niset, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review A 2006 cited by 282

  13. Continuous-Variable Quantum Cryptography is Secure against Non-Gaussian Attacks

    Authors: Frédéric Grosshans, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review Letters 2004 cited by 200

  14. Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Protocols Over Noisy Channels

    Authors: Raúl García−Patrón, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review Letters 2009 cited by 174

  15. Optical simulation of quantum logic

    Authors: Nicolas J. Cerf, Christoph Adami, Paul G. Kwiat - Physical Review A 1998 cited by 335

  16. Reconciliation of a Quantum-Distributed Gaussian Key

    Authors: Gilles Van Assche, Jean Cardinal, Nicolas J. Cerf - IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 2004 cited by 213

  17. Semi-device-independent framework based on natural physical assumptions

    Authors: Thomas Van Himbeeck, Erik Woodhead, Nicolas J. Cerf, Raúl García-Patrón, Stefano Pironio - Quantum 2017 cited by 117

  18. Virtual entanglement and reconciliation protocols for quantum cryptography with continuous variables

    Authors: Frédéric Grosshans, Nicolas J. Cerf, Jérôme Wenger, Rosa Tualle-Brouri, Philippe Grangier - Quantum Information and Computation, Quantum Inf. Comput. 2003 cited by 215

  19. Enhancing quantum entanglement by photon addition and subtraction

    Authors: Carlos Navarrete–Benlloch, Raúl García−Patrón, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review A 2012 cited by 175

  20. Quantum Information with Continuous Variables of Atoms and Light

    Authors: Nicolas J. Cerf, Gerd Leuchs, E. S. Polzik - PUBLISHED BY IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS AND DISTRIBUTED BY WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO. eBooks 2007 cited by 364

  21. Optimality of the genetic code with respect to protein stability and amino-acid frequencies

    Authors: Dimitri Gilis, Serge Massar, Nicolas J. Cerf, Marianne Rooman - Genome biology 2001 cited by 226

  22. Ultimate classical communication rates of quantum optical channels

    Authors: Vittorio Giovannetti, Raúl García−Patrón, Nicolas J. Cerf, A. S. Holevo - Nature Photonics 2014 cited by 194

  23. von Neumann capacity of noisy quantum channels

    Authors: Christoph Adami, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review A 1997 cited by 211

  24. Conditional generation of arbitrary single-mode quantum states of light by repeated photon subtractions

    Authors: Jaromı́r Fiurášek, Raúl García−Patrón, Nicolas J. Cerf - Physical Review A 2005 cited by 121