Francesco Petruccione: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Francesco Petruccione's h-index is 58 (216 i10-index, 38,675+ total citations across 548+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Francesco Petruccione is affiliated with Stellenbosch University and National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS).
Francesco Petruccione is a researcher affiliated with Stellenbosch University and National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS), specializing in Open quantum systems, quantum information processing and communication. Their work has been cited 38,675 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Francesco Petruccione's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 548 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 58
- i10-Index
- 216
- Total Citations
- 38,675
- Citing Countries
- 9
As of June 2026.
Francesco Petruccione has an h-index of 58 and 38,675 total citations across 548 publications, with research cited by institutions in 9 countries.
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About Francesco Petruccione's research
Francesco Petruccione is a researcher in Open quantum systems and quantum information processing and communication at Stellenbosch University and National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS). Their work has been cited 38,675 times across 548 publications (h-index 58), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “The theory of open quantum systems” (2002), has accumulated 17,210 citations. Other influential works include “An introduction to quantum machine learning” (2015) with 2,231 citations and “Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa” (2021) with 1,834 citations.
Citations of Francesco Petruccione's research come primarily from United States, China and Germany, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.











