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Martinez-Mateo, JesusAuthorMartin, VicenteCorresponding Author

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June 9, 2019
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Key Reconciliation for High Performance Quantum Key Distribution

Publicated to: Scientific Reports. 3 (1576): 1576- - 2013-04-29 3(1576), DOI: 10.1038/srep01576

Authors:

Martinez-Mateo, J; Elkouss, D; Martin, V
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Affiliations

Grupo de investigación en Información y Computación Cuántica (GIICC). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Univ Complutense, Dept Anal Matemat, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Complutense, Inst Matemat Interdisciplinar, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Informat, Boadilla del Monte 28660, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Quantum Key Distribution is carving its place among the tools used to secure communications. While a difficult technology, it enjoys benefits that set it apart from the rest, the most prominent is its provable security based on the laws of physics. QKD requires not only the mastering of signals at the quantum level, but also a classical processing to extract a secret-key from them. This postprocessing has been customarily studied in terms of the efficiency, a figure of merit that offers a biased view of the performance of real devices. Here we argue that it is the throughput the significant magnitude in practical QKD, specially in the case of high speed devices, where the differences are more marked, and give some examples contrasting the usual postprocessing schemes with new ones from modern coding theory. A good understanding of its implications is very important for the design of modern QKD devices.
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Keywords

AlgorithmsComputer securityInformation storage and retrievalQuantum theorySecuritySignal processing, computer-assisted

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Scientific Reports due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2013, it was in position 5/55, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Multidisciplinary Sciences.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.03. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-25, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 98
  • Scopus: 54
  • Europe PMC: 9
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 55.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 55 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/26656/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 405
  • Downloads: 249
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MARTINEZ MATEO, JESUS) and Last Author (MARTIN AYUSO, VICENTE).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MARTIN AYUSO, VICENTE.

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Awards linked to the item

This work has been partially supported by the projects Quantum Information Technologies in Madrid (QUITEMAD), Project P2009/ESP-1594, Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid, and Hybrid Quantum Networks (HyQuNet), TEC2012-35673, Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Spain. The authors acknowledge the resources and assistance provided by the Centro de Supercomputacion y Visualizacion de Madrid.
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