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Most-Cited Quantum Communication and Cryptography Papers This Year (2026)

As of November 2, 2026, “Next-Generation Security in the 6G Era: The Role of AI in Safeguarding Future Networks” leads Most-Cited Quantum Communication and Cryptography Papers This Year with 21 citations. “Large-scale quantum communication networks with integrated photonics” is second and “Near-Infrared Photonic Metal–Organic Frameworks” third.

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Highlights: ⚔️ Neck and neck: Large-scale quantum communication networks with integrated photonics

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Large-scale quantum communication networks with integrated photonicsYun Zheng et al. · Nature · 2026-02-1120 citations

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Next-Generation Security in the 6G Era: The Role of AI in Safeguarding Future NetworksRamesh Kumar et al. · IEEE Access · 2026-01-0121 citations

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Near-Infrared Photonic Metal–Organic FrameworksHe‐Qi Zheng et al. · Accounts of Chemical Research · 2026-01-2715 citations

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Next-Generation Security in the 6G Era: The Role of AI in Safeguarding Future Networks ↗ •🏆 Leader

Ramesh Kumar et al. · IEEE Access · 2026-01-01

21 citationsCitations

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Large-scale quantum communication networks with integrated photonics ↗ •⚔️ Neck and neck

Yun Zheng et al. · Nature · 2026-02-11

20 citationsCitations

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Near-Infrared Photonic Metal–Organic Frameworks ↗ •

He‐Qi Zheng et al. · Accounts of Chemical Research · 2026-01-27

15 citationsCitations

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Long-lived remote ion–ion entanglement for scalable quantum repeaters ↗ •

Wen‐Zhao Liu et al. · Nature · 2026-02-02

14 citationsCitations

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A Comprehensive Survey on VANET–IoT Integration Toward the Internet of Vehicles: Architectures, Communications, and System Challenges ↗ •

Khalid Kandali et al. · Future Transportation · 2026-01-31

14 citationsCitations

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High-rate quantum key distribution with compact state preparation and detection ↗ •

Guan‐Jie Fan‐Yuan et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026-04-30

13 citationsCitations

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Design and implementation of an authenticated post-quantum session protocol using ML-KEM (Kyber), ML-DSA (Dilithium), and AES-256-GCM ↗ •

Akinlemi Olushola et al. · Frontiers in Physics · 2026-01-08

10 citationsCitations

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Longitudinally engineered metasurfaces for 3D vectorial holography ↗ •

Le Tan et al. · Light Science & Applications · 2026-01-03

10 citationsCitations

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5G-AKA-HPQC: Hybrid Postquantum Cryptography Protocol for Quantum-Resilient 5G Primary Authentication With Forward Secrecy ↗ •

Yongho Ko et al. · IEEE Internet of Things Journal · 2026-03-30

9 citationsCitations

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Free-space optical communications at 4 Gbit/s data rate with a terahertz laser ↗ •

Elumalai Jayaprasath et al. · Communications Physics · 2026-02-04

8 citationsCitations

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Ranked by citation count (OpenAlex) among research papers published this year whose title or abstract matches this topic. Citations build up over time, so the newest papers rank lower.

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What is #1 in Most-Cited Quantum Communication and Cryptography Papers This Year?

As of November 2, 2026, #1 is “Next-Generation Security in the 6G Era: The Role of AI in Safeguarding Future Networks”.

How is this ranking measured?

Ranked by citation count (OpenAlex) among research papers published this year whose title or abstract matches this topic. Citations build up over time, so the newest papers rank lower.

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