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ZKP Papers

Last modified: 2026-10-27

Papers on zero-knowledge proofs and anonymous credentials in the vault (100 papers). The classes are computed over all papers of the vault; see all papers.

Ranked by citation counts from OpenAlex:

  • Foundational papers: the 20 most-cited papers in the vault.
  • Influential papers: of the rest, the top 25 % by citations per year, so that recent work can qualify.
  • Other papers: the rest, including papers that OpenAlex doesn't know (mostly recent IACR ePrints and reports).

Citation counts are only a rough guide: recent papers and ePrints are often missing or under-counted.

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Foundational papers

Paper Year Citations Per year
New Directions in Cryptography (Diffie, Hellman 1976) 1976 14709 288.4
A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems (Rivest, Shamir, Adleman 1978) 1978 13434 274.2
A Public Key Cryptosystem and a Signature Scheme Based on Discrete Logarithms (ElGamal 1985) 1985 8057 191.8
How to Prove Yourself: Practical Solutions to Identification and Signature Problems (Fiat-Shamir) 1986 3949 96.3
The Knowledge Complexity of Interactive Proof Systems (GMR85) 1985 3264 77.7
Short Signatures from the Weil Pairing (Boneh, Lynn, Shacham 2001) 2001 3091 118.9
Efficient Signature Generation by Smart Cards (Schnorr 1991) 1991 2792 77.6
Non-Interactive and Information-Theoretic Secure Verifiable Secret Sharing (Pedersen 1991) 1991 2454 68.2
Short Group Signatures (Boneh, Boyen, Shacham 2004) 2004 2129 92.6
Fast Probabilistic Algorithms for Verification of Polynomial Identities 1980 1701 36.2
On the Size of Pairing-Based Non-interactive Arguments (Groth16) 2016 1265 115.0
Bulletproofs: Short Proofs for Confidential Transactions and More (Bünz et al. 2018) 2017 1152 115.2
Signature Schemes and Anonymous Credentials from Bilinear Maps (Camenisch, Lysyanskaya 2004) 2004 1002 43.6
Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge and Its Applications (BFM88) 1988 905 23.2
Pinocchio: Nearly Practical Verifiable Computation (Parno et al. 2013) 2013 864 61.7
Quadratic Span Programs and Succinct NIZKs without PCPs (GGPR 2013) 2012 743 49.5
Algebraic Methods for Interactive Proof Systems 1992 712 20.3
A Signature Scheme with Efficient Protocols (Camenisch, Lysyanskaya 2002) 2002 692 27.7
SNARKs for C: Verifying Program Executions Succinctly and in Zero Knowledge (Ben-Sasson et al. 2013) 2013 596 42.6

Influential papers

Paper Year Citations Per year
High-Speed High-Security Signatures (Bernstein, Duif, Lange, Schwabe, Yang 2011) 2011 567 35.4
Demystifying Arm TrustZone: A Comprehensive Survey (Pinto, Santos 2019) 2019 501 62.6
Delegating Computation: Interactive Proofs for Muggles (Goldwasser, Kalai, Rothblum 2008) 2008 484 25.5
Succinct Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge for a von Neumann Architecture (Ben-Sasson, Chiesa, Tromer, Virza 2013) 2013 426 30.4
Short Randomizable Signatures (Pointcheval, Sanders 2016) 2016 336 30.5
Aurora: Transparent Succinct Arguments for R1CS (Ben-Sasson et al. 2019) 2019 331 41.4
Scalable, Transparent, and Post-Quantum Secure Computational Integrity (Ben-Sasson, Bentov, Horesh, Riabzev 2018) 2018 309 34.3
Ligero: Lightweight Sublinear Arguments Without a Trusted Setup (Ames et al. 2017) 2017 302 30.2
Doubly-Efficient zkSNARKs Without Trusted Setup (Hyrax) 2017 274 27.4
Spartan: Efficient and General-Purpose zkSNARKs Without Trusted Setup (Setty 2020) 2019 271 33.9
Libra: Succinct Zero-Knowledge Proofs with Optimal Prover Computation (Xie, Zhang, Zhang, Papamanthou, Song 2019) 2019 198 24.8
PLONK: Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge 2019 187 23.4
CanDID: Can-Do Decentralized Identity with Legacy Compatibility, Sybil-Resistance, and Accountability (Maram et al. 2021) 2021 166 27.7
Updatable and Universal Common Reference Strings with Applications to zk-SNARKs (Groth et al. 2018) 2018 157 17.4
HyperPlonk: Plonk with Linear-Time Prover and High-Degree Custom Gates (Chen et al. 2023) 2023 135 33.8
Spiral: Fast, High-Rate Single-Server PIR via FHE Composition (Menon, Wu 2022) 2022 121 24.2
Poseidon: A New Hash Function for Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems (Grassi, Khovratovich, Rechberger, Roy, Schofnegger 2021) 2021 114 19.0
zk-creds: Flexible Anonymous Credentials from zkSNARKs and Existing Identity Infrastructure (Rosenberg, White, Garman, Miers 2023) 2023 112 28.0
Revisiting BBS Signatures (Tessaro, Zhu 2023) 2023 64 16.0
Systematic review: Comparing zk-SNARK, zk-STARK, and bulletproof protocols for privacy-preserving authentication (Oude Roelink, El-Hajj, Sarmah 2024) 2024 55 18.3

Other papers

Paper Year Citations Per year
Multi-Prover Interactive Proofs: How to Remove Intractability Assumptions (Ben-Or, Goldwasser, Kilian, Wigderson 1988) 1988 469 12.0
A "Paradoxical" Identity-Based Signature Scheme Resulting from Zero-Knowledge (Guillou, Quisquater 1988) 1988 451 11.6
Constant-Size Dynamic k-TAA (Au, Susilo, Mu 2006) 2006 301 14.3
Proving in Zero-Knowledge that a Number is the Product of Two Safe Primes (Camenisch-Michels 1999) 1999 300 10.7
Proof Systems for General Statements about Discrete Logarithms (Camenisch-Stadler 1997) 1997 226 7.5
Anonymous Credentials Light (Baldimtsi, Lysyanskaya 2013) 2013 182 13.0
Modular Design of Secure yet Practical Cryptographic Protocols (Cramer 1997) 1997 169 5.6
Scalable Secure Multiparty Computation (Damgård-Ishai 2006) 2006 135 6.4
Anonymous Attestation Using the Strong Diffie Hellman Assumption Revisited (Camenisch, Drijvers, Lehmann 2016) 2016 120 10.9
Fast Reed-Solomon Interactive Oracle Proofs of Proximity (FRI) 2018 114 12.7
Algebraic MACs and Keyed-Verification Anonymous Credentials (Chase, Meiklejohn, Zaverucha 2014) 2014 113 8.7
Ligero++: A New Optimized Sublinear IOP (Bhadauria et al. 2020) 2020 77 11.0
Unifying Zero-Knowledge Proofs of Knowledge (Maurer 2009) 2009 76 4.2
LaBRADOR: Compact Proofs for R1CS from Module-SIS (Beullens, Seiler 2023) 2023 60 15.0
The Signal Private Group System and Anonymous Credentials Supporting Efficient Verifiable Encryption (Chase, Perrin, Zaverucha 2020) 2020 60 8.6
Cinderella: Turning Shabby X.509 Certificates into Elegant Anonymous Credentials with the Magic of Verifiable Computation (Delignat-Lavaud, Fournet, Kohlweiss, Parno 2016) 2016 56 5.1
Issuer-Hiding Attribute-Based Credentials (Bobolz, Eidens, Krenn, Ramacher, Samelin 2021) 2021 46 7.7
U-Prove Cryptographic Specification V1.1 (Paquin, Zaverucha 2011) 2011 45 2.8
Zero-Knowledge Argument for Polynomial Evaluation with Application to Blacklists (Bayer, Groth 2013) 2013 43 3.1
Bulletproofs+: Shorter Proofs for Privacy-Enhanced Distributed Ledger (Chung et al. 2020) 2020 41 5.9
Ligero: Lightweight Sublinear Arguments Without a Trusted Setup 2022 37 7.4
Improved Algebraic MACs and Practical Keyed-Verification Anonymous Credentials (Barki, Brunet, Desmoulins, Traoré 2016) 2016 27 2.5
SoK: Anonymous Credentials (Kakvi, Martin, Putman, Quaglia 2023) 2023 22 5.5
The LaZer Library: Lattice-Based Zero Knowledge and Succinct Proofs for Quantum-Safe Privacy (Lyubashevsky, Seiler, Steuer 2024) 2024 20 6.7
Practical Post-Quantum Signatures for Privacy (Argo, Güneysu, Jeudy, Land, Roux-Langlois, Sanders 2024) 2024 20 6.7
Plookup: A Simplified Polynomial Protocol for Lookup Tables (Gabizon-Williamson 2020) 2020 20 2.9
D2.2 Architecture for Attribute-based Credential Technologies — Final Version (ABC4Trust) (Bichsel et al. 2014) 2014 14 1.1
One-more Unforgeability of Blind ECDSA (Qin, Cai, Yuen 2021) 2021 10 1.7
LegoSNARK: Modular Design and Composition of Efficient Zero-Knowledge Proofs (Campanelli et al. 2019) 2019 10 1.3
Compositional Formal Verification of Zero-Knowledge Circuits (Coglio, McCarthy, Smith, Chin, Gaddamadugu, Dellepere 2023) 2023 9 2.3
ZKAttest: Ring and Group Signatures for Existing ECDSA Keys (Faz-Hernández, Ladd, Maram 2022) 2022 9 1.8
Multi-Party Revocation in Sovrin: Performance through Distributed Trust (Helminger, Kales, Ramacher, Walch 2020) 2020 9 1.3
Sonic: Zero-Knowledge SNARKs from Linear-Size Universal and Updateable Structured Reference Strings (Maller et al. 2019) 2019 9 1.1
Lattice-Based Proof-Friendly Signatures from Vanishing Short Integer Solutions (Dubois, Klooß, Lai, Woo 2025) 2025 6 3.0
A Short-List of Pairing-Friendly Curves Resistant to the Special TNFS Algorithm at the 192-bit Security Level (Aranha, Fotiadis, Guillevic 2024) 2024 5 1.7
CDLS: Proving Knowledge of Committed Discrete Logarithms with Soundness (Celi, Levin, Rowell 2023) 2023 5 1.3
ALLOSAUR: Accumulator with Low-Latency Oblivious Sublinear Anonymous credential Updates with Revocations (Jaques, Lodder, Montgomery 2022) 2022 5 1.0
Efficient Proofs of Possession for Legacy Signatures (Woo, Ozdemir, Sharp, Pornin, Grubbs 2025) 2025 4 2.0
SoK: Understanding zk-SNARKs: The Gap Between Research and Practice (Liang et al. 2025) 2025 2 1.0
Zero-Knowledge Proof Frameworks: A Systematic Survey (Sheybani, Ahmed, Kinsy, Koushanfar 2025) 2025 2 1.0
SoK: What Don't We Know? Understanding Security Vulnerabilities in SNARKs (Chaliasos, Ernstberger, Theodore, Wong, Jahanara, Livshits 2024) 2024 2 0.7
Cryptographic Accumulators: New Definitions, Enhanced Security, and Delegatable Proofs (Barthoulot, Blazy, Canard 2024) 2024 2 0.7
Revisiting Keyed-Verification Anonymous Credentials (Orrù 2025) 2025 1 0.5
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Digital Payments: Mapping the Landscape (Auer, Böhme, Clark, Demirag 2025) 2025 0 0.0
Formalizing Soundness Proofs of SNARKs (Bailey, Miller 2023) 2023 0 0.0
Designated-Verifier Dynamic zk-SNARKs with Applications to Dynamic Proofs of Index (Wang et al. 2026) 2026 — —
Server-Aided Anonymous Credentials (Chairattana-Apirom, Harding, Lysyanskaya, Tessaro 2025) 2025 — —
Beyond the Circuit: How to Minimize Foreign Arithmetic in ZKP Circuits (Orrù, Kadianakis, Maller, Zaverucha 2025) 2025 — —
Cryptographers' Feedback on the EU Digital Identity's ARF (Baum et al. 2024) 2024 — —
Do You Need a Zero Knowledge Proof? (Ernstberger, Chaliasos, Zhou, Jovanovic, Gervais 2024) 2024 — —
Arc: Accumulation for Reed–Solomon Codes (Bünz, Mishra, Nguyen, Wang 2024) 2024 — —
Circle STARKs (Haböck, Levit, Papini 2024) 2024 — —
The Last Challenge Attack: Exploiting a Vulnerable Implementation of the Fiat-Shamir Transform in a KZG-based SNARK (Ciobotaru, Peter, Velichkov 2024) 2024 — —
The BBS# protocol: Technical details (Orange 2024) 2024 — —
How to Bind Anonymous Credentials to Humans (Hesse, Singh, Sorniotti 2023) 2023 — —
Customizable Constraint Systems for Succinct Arguments (Setty, Thaler, Wahby 2023) 2023 — —
Sigmabus: Binding Sigmas in Circuits for Fast Curve Operations (Kadianakis, Maller, Novakovic 2023) 2023 — —
Proofs of discrete logarithm equality across groups (Chase, Orrù, Perrin, Zaverucha 2022) 2022 — —
ZKProof Sigma Protocol Proposal (Workshop 4) 2021 — —
TurboPLONK Proposal (ZKProof Workshop 3) 2019 — —
On Sigma Protocols (Damgård) 2004 — —