Towards quantum state preparation with materials science: An analytical review

Abstract

The field of quantum computing has undergone significant expansion and development in recent years. A quantitative and comprehensive examination of the research domain is essential to comprehend research trends and directions in the field. Henceforth, the current paper conducts a scientometric analysis of the academic literature on quantum computing retrieved from the Scopus database to understand the recent advances made by researchers in the domain. The analysis evaluates the state of the discipline's research by examining the most prominent journals and highly referenced articles. CiteSpace is leveraged to visualize the intellectual landscape of quantum state preparation by performing document co-citation and author co-citation analysis. The analysis reveals that trapped ions, photonic qubits, superconducting qubits, nitrogen-vacancy centers, and nuclear spin qubits are the primary research topics in quantum computing. Furthermore, the most current research issues that require attention in the field are measurement-based qubits, Majorana fermions, and quantum dots.