2025 Trend in Quantum Research

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2025 Trend in Quantum Research

Dashboard Summary

  • Dataset: SciRate quant-ph, published in 2025, filtered to scite >= 30

  • 2025 arXiv quant-ph papers: 15,990

  • Covered papers: 835

  • Total occurrences: 3,974

  • Total weighted heat: 10519.2978

  • Hot-paper share: 5.2%

  • Top-level topics: 10

Top-Level Topic Heat

Rank Topic papers occurrences heat
1 Quantum Error Correction & Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing 316 1692 3900.2156
2 Quantum Information Theory 180 811 1637.5769
3 Many-Body, Condensed Matter & Open Quantum Systems 133 534 1423.4646
4 Quantum Algorithms & Complexity Theory 221 469 1368.5477
5 Others 138 45 683.7601
6 Quantum Machine Learning 92 138 492.4375
7 Quantum Systems & Characterization 85 165 466.1616
8 Quantum Simulation 59 80 310.6685
9 Quantum Communication & Cryptography 18 67 159.5506
10 Quantum Sensing & Metrology 15 18 76.9147

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Quantum Error Correction & Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

  • papers=316

  • occurrences=1692

  • heat=3900.2156

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Quantum Error Correction 273 1205 2409.9014
Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing 194 487 1490.3142

Under Quantum Error Correction

Third-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Decoding & Threshold 95 345 482.7329
Surface Code 83 167 422.8856
Logical Qubit 63 109 321.5672
Quantum LDPC Codes 53 139 273.6083

Under Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Third-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Fault-Tolerant Gates 72 151 373.0947
FT Architecture & Resource Estimation 52 87 264.1278
Magic State Distillation 35 63 181.7798
Lattice Surgery / Code Deformation 21 44 108.5445

Quantum Information Theory

  • papers=180

  • occurrences=811

  • heat=1637.5769

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Entanglement & Resource Theory 105 271 520.1942
Quantum States & Discrimination 36 63 180.8899
Quantum Channels & Capacities 33 80 162.2600

Many-Body, Condensed Matter & Open Quantum Systems

  • papers=133

  • occurrences=534

  • heat=1423.4646

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Many-Body & Condensed Matter 106 181 532.6674
Open Quantum Systems & Dissipation 23 51 113.3729
Quantum Thermodynamics & Dynamics 22 38 110.7697

Quantum Algorithms & Complexity Theory

  • papers=221

  • occurrences=469

  • heat=1368.5477

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Quantum Algorithms 191 393 1106.8019
Quantum Complexity Theory 52 76 261.7458

Under Quantum Algorithms

Third-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Quantum Advantage 69 121 351.3242
Quantum Fourier Transform 8 17 41.3411
QAOA 6 27 29.7525
Variational Quantum Algorithms 3 3 16.8402

Under Quantum Complexity Theory

Third-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Communication Complexity 2 6 9.8602

Others

  • papers=138

  • occurrences=45

  • heat=683.7601

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Bosonic Systems 6 37 31.0000
Gaussian States 3 7 14.9070
Continuous-Variable Systems 1 1 4.5553

Quantum Machine Learning

  • papers=92

  • occurrences=138

  • heat=492.4375

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Quantum Data Encoding 51 67 259.1759
Quantum-Enhanced Learning & Generative Models 7 12 33.5018
Variational Quantum Machine Learning 4 5 19.5644

Quantum Systems & Characterization

  • papers=85

  • occurrences=165

  • heat=466.1616

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Benchmarking & Characterization 52 84 256.3167
Quantum Tomography 21 59 106.6834
Quantum Architecture 16 16 78.4383
Noise Analysis & Calibration 5 6 24.7232

Quantum Simulation

  • papers=59

  • occurrences=80

  • heat=310.6685

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Many-Body Quantum Simulation 13 16 65.2877
Analog Quantum Simulation 3 3 16.2641
Digital Quantum Simulation 2 4 10.5858

Quantum Communication & Cryptography

  • papers=18

  • occurrences=67

  • heat=159.5506

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Quantum Cryptography 9 19 44.5799
Quantum Networks & Repeaters 4 7 21.4171
Quantum Key Distribution 2 2 9.2471

Quantum Sensing & Metrology

  • papers=15

  • occurrences=18

  • heat=76.9147

Second-layer topics

Second-layer subtopic papers occurrences heat
Quantum Metrology 14 17 72.3883
Precision Measurement & Parameter Estimation 1 1 4.5264

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High-Quality Keywords

Rank Keyword papers occurrences heat Variants
1 quantum error correction 273 1205 2409.9014 error correcting code; error correction; quantum error correcting; quantum error correcting codes
2 fault tolerant quantum computing 194 487 1490.3142 fault tolerant quantum computation; fault tolerance
3 quantum machine learning 92 138 492.4375 quantum learning
4 surface code 83 167 422.8856 surface codes
5 quantum advantage 69 121 351.3242
6 logical qubit 63 109 321.5672 logical qubits
7 quantum simulation 59 80 310.6685
8 quantum ldpc codes 53 139 273.6083 qldpc codes; qldpc code
9 quantum complexity theory 52 76 261.7458 computational complexity; quantum complexity
10 magic state distillation 35 63 181.7798 magic states

Researcher Ranking

Rank Author Papers Total Scite Weighted Heat Top Paper
1 Jens Eisert 27 2148 141.5893 Mind the gaps: The fraught road to quantum advantage
2 Hsin-Yuan Huang 13 1786 76.0195 The vast world of quantum advantage
3 John Preskill 10 1258 56.9234 Mind the gaps: The fraught road to quantum advantage
4 Ryan Babbush 11 1135 60.7032 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
5 Michael J. Gullans 13 1041 68.5385 Peaked quantum advantage using error correction
6 Mikhail D. Lukin 13 1029 69.1671 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
7 Zoë Holmes 10 1006 54.5327 Myths around quantum computation before full fault tolerance: What no-go theorems rule out and what they don’t
8 John Wright 9 1003 50.1509 Mixed state tomography reduces to pure state tomography
9 David Hayes 10 937 53.6499 Demonstrating an unconditional separation between quantum and classical information resources
10 Craig Gidney 7 887 39.6214 How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers with less than a million noisy qubits
11 Jarrod R. McClean 6 874 35.1143 The vast world of quantum advantage
12 Lennart Bittel 8 848 44.4681 A complete theory of the Clifford commutant
13 Lorenzo Leone 8 838 44.3151 A complete theory of the Clifford commutant
14 Thomas Schuster 7 795 39.9211 Unitary designs in nearly optimal depth
15 Fernando G. S. L. Brandão 6 788 34.8121 Myths around quantum computation before full fault tolerance: What no-go theorems rule out and what they don’t
16 Ewin Tang 6 786 34.5649 Mixed state tomography reduces to pure state tomography
17 Brian Neyenhuis 9 740 46.7918 Demonstrating an unconditional separation between quantum and classical information resources
18 Antonio A. Mele 7 739 38.9453 A complete theory of the Clifford commutant
19 Zhiyang He 9 720 48.1320 Composable Quantum Fault-Tolerance
20 Soumik Ghosh 7 675 37.9758 Peaked quantum advantage using error correction
21 Francesco Anna Mele 9 671 47.2670 Random purification channel made simple
22 Bill Fefferman 5 666 29.1218 Peaked quantum advantage using error correction
23 Noah Shutty 6 653 33.9621 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
24 Sergio Boixo 5 640 29.1081 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
25 Dolev Bluvstein 7 639 38.2813 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
26 Michael Foss-Feig 8 628 41.3902 Helios: A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer
27 Dominic J. Williamson 7 626 38.2031 Universal fault tolerant quantum computation in 2D without getting tied in knots
28 Liang Jiang 10 625 50.5076 Classical simulation of noisy random circuits from exponential decay of correlation
29 Matthew DeCross 6 621 32.6932 Demonstrating an unconditional separation between quantum and classical information resources
30 Hengyun Zhou 7 618 38.0816 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
31 Robbie King 6 609 33.3109 The Grand Challenge of Quantum Applications
32 Toby Cubitt 5 592 28.0344 Myths around quantum computation before full fault tolerance: What no-go theorems rule out and what they don’t
33 Thiago Bergamaschi 6 591 33.1376 Fast Mixing of Quantum Spin Chains at All Temperatures
34 Guang Hao Low 7 585 37.3309 The Grand Challenge of Quantum Applications
35 Soonwon Choi 6 585 32.3173 The vast world of quantum advantage
36 Zi-Wen Liu 8 575 42.0154 No Universal Purification in Quantum Mechanics
37 Lin Lin 7 574 37.0398 Dissipative Preparation of Many-Body Quantum States: Towards Practical Quantum Advantage
38 Keisuke Fujii 9 572 45.9741 Out-of-Time-Order Correlator Spectroscopy
39 Omar Fawzi 10 570 49.8613 Fault-tolerant quantum computation with constant overhead for general noise
40 Karl Mayer 4 569 23.4147 Demonstrating an unconditional separation between quantum and classical information resources
41 Tanuj Khattar 5 568 28.0307 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
42 Freek Witteveen 9 565 45.7248 Randomized truncation of quantum states
43 Zhenyu Cai 6 555 31.8339 Myths around quantum computation before full fault tolerance: What no-go theorems rule out and what they don’t
44 Oscar Higgott 6 553 32.4744 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
45 Hartmut Neven 4 538 23.4485 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
46 Aleksander Kubica 8 533 41.5085 Fast correlated decoding of transversal logical algorithms
47 Madelyn Cain 6 524 32.5277 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
48 Chi-Fang Chen 5 524 28.0846 Catalytic Tomography of Ground States
49 Salvatore F. E. Oliviero 4 519 23.1514 A complete theory of the Clifford commutant
50 Theodore J. Yoder 5 507 28.1300 Extractors: QLDPC Architectures for Efficient Pauli-Based Computation
51 Cameron Foltz 8 502 39.7449 Helios: A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer
52 Manuel S. Rudolph 7 498 36.3327 Simulating quantum circuits with arbitrary local noise using Pauli Propagation
53 Marcin Kalinowski 5 498 27.7478 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
54 Joschka Roffe 5 495 27.6985 Computing Efficiently in QLDPC Codes
55 Scott Aaronson 4 489 22.7104 Demonstrating an unconditional separation between quantum and classical information resources
56 Nishad Maskara 6 485 31.8590 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
57 Mark Webster 5 482 27.6009 Colour Codes Reach Surface Code Performance using Vibe Decoding
58 Jonas Haferkamp 5 481 27.7134 Separating QMA from QCMA with a classical oracle
59 Robin Blume-Kohout 6 476 31.1321 Helios: A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer
60 William J. Huggins 4 474 22.4769 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
61 Joan M. Dreiling 7 471 35.2792 Helios: A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer
62 Michael Mills 7 471 35.2792 Helios: A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer
63 Mark M. Wilde 10 468 48.0346 Query complexities of quantum channel discrimination and estimation: A unified approach
64 M. Cerezo 7 467 36.0393 Simulating quantum circuits with arbitrary local noise using Pauli Propagation
65 Zhenhuan Liu 6 458 31.8147 No Universal Purification in Quantum Mechanics
66 Andi Gu 5 454 27.4323 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
67 Ludovico Lami 9 451 43.2834 Random purification channel made simple
68 Michael Broughton 3 446 17.9159 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
69 Rolando D. Somma 5 430 27.2680 Quantum algorithm for linear matrix equations
70 Alexey V. Gorshkov 8 427 38.7204 Low-depth fermion routing without ancillas
71 Dan E. Browne 6 425 31.5285 Sequences of Bivariate Bicycle Codes from Covering Graphs
72 Ulysse Chabaud 7 424 35.5800 Can effective descriptions of bosonic systems be considered complete?
73 Adam Zalcman 4 421 22.1766 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
74 Amira Abbas 4 420 22.0688 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
75 Dan Gresh 4 419 21.8158 Demonstrating an unconditional separation between quantum and classical information resources
76 Changhun Oh 6 417 30.6487 Classical simulation of noisy random circuits from exponential decay of correlation
77 Henry Yuen 5 413 26.8989 Random Unitaries in Constant (Quantum) Time
78 Paul K. Faehrmann 4 412 22.4017 Fermionic dynamics on a trapped-ion quantum computer beyond exact classical simulation
79 Laura Cui 3 410 17.7258 Unitary designs in nearly optimal depth
80 Zoltán Zimborás 4 409 21.5114 Myths around quantum computation before full fault tolerance: What no-go theorems rule out and what they don’t
81 J. Ignacio Cirac 9 403 43.1902 Parent Lindbladians for Matrix Product Density Operators
82 Susanne F. Yelin 6 399 30.6993 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
83 Isaac H. Kim 5 399 26.2974 Catalytic z-rotations in constant T-depth
84 Andrew M. Childs 6 398 29.7156 Future of Quantum Computing
85 Salvatore Mandrà 3 398 17.5697 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
86 András Gilyén 3 398 17.3227 Myths around quantum computation before full fault tolerance: What no-go theorems rule out and what they don’t
87 John P. Gaebler 6 397 29.9617 Helios: A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer
88 Kostyantyn Kechedzhi 3 393 17.5256 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
89 Alistair R. Milne 6 391 29.7898 Helios: A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer
90 Dripto M. Debroy 5 390 25.6214 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
91 Alexandra A. Geim 4 386 22.0204 Architectural mechanisms of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer
92 James D. Watson 3 386 17.4605 Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor
93 Ryan O’Donnell 5 385 25.9085 Few Single-Qubit Measurements Suffice to Certify Any Quantum State
94 Qian Xu 5 383 26.5006 Batched high-rate logical operations for quantum LDPC codes
95 Qi Ye 4 383 22.2454 Demonstration of low-overhead quantum error correction codes
96 Alexander Cowtan 4 383 22.2430 Extractors: QLDPC Architectures for Efficient Pauli-Based Computation
97 Filippo Girardi 6 381 30.0846 Random purification channel made simple
98 Stephen D. Bartlett 5 379 26.5784 Efficient Post-Selection for General Quantum LDPC Codes
99 Xinyu Tan 4 377 21.9318 Unitary synthesis with fewer T gates
100 Aram W. Harrow 4 377 21.6557 Future of Quantum Computing