John Brewer

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John Brewer is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Control and Systems Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Brewer has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 2 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 1 paper in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in John Brewer's work include Matrix Theory and Algorithms (6 papers), Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (1 paper) and Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (1 paper). John Brewer is often cited by papers focused on Matrix Theory and Algorithms (6 papers), Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (1 paper) and Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (1 paper). John Brewer collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Sudan. John Brewer's co-authors include Carolyn R. Benz, Isadore Newman, Catherine Marshall, Gretchen Rossman, John W. Cell, Rachel L. Adams, R Adams, Reid B. Adams, Stephen Baxter and Peter Stansky and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

John Brewer

20 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Kronecker products and matrix calculus in system theory 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Kronecker products and matrix calculus in system theory
    1978 1.4k citations John Brewer IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Brewer United States 9 741 257 257 246 199 21 2.2k
Alan J. Mayne Australia 22 550 0.7× 239 0.9× 402 1.6× 882 3.6× 291 1.5× 75 3.8k
Jan R. Magnus Netherlands 35 239 0.3× 118 0.5× 168 0.7× 284 1.2× 214 1.1× 161 4.4k
George Papageorgiou Greece 25 402 0.5× 146 0.6× 159 0.6× 157 0.6× 61 0.3× 148 1.8k
Peter H. Schönemann United States 22 94 0.1× 256 1.0× 124 0.5× 175 0.7× 139 0.7× 57 3.2k
Miguel Sousa Lobo United States 9 376 0.5× 281 1.1× 603 2.3× 338 1.4× 251 1.3× 16 2.8k
Lotfi Zadeh United States 16 692 0.9× 152 0.6× 205 0.8× 645 2.6× 56 0.3× 39 2.6k
Herman Rubin United States 23 164 0.2× 187 0.7× 96 0.4× 234 1.0× 117 0.6× 75 3.3k
Qin Zhang China 25 203 0.3× 714 2.8× 204 0.8× 250 1.0× 331 1.7× 204 2.8k
David Barber United Kingdom 22 336 0.5× 132 0.5× 153 0.6× 127 0.5× 81 0.4× 87 2.8k
Kamal Premaratne United States 23 392 0.5× 304 1.2× 139 0.5× 140 0.6× 741 3.7× 124 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by John Brewer

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of John Brewer's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by John Brewer with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites John Brewer more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by John Brewer

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by John Brewer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by John Brewer. The network helps show where John Brewer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Brewer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Brewer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Brewer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Brewer. John Brewer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Brewer, John, et al.. (2006). Foundations of Multimethod Research. 178 indexed citations
2.
Brewer, John, Isadore Newman, & Carolyn R. Benz. (1999). Qualitative-Quantitative Research Methodology: Exploring the Interactive Continuum. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 28(2). 245–245. 390 indexed citations
3.
Marshall, Catherine, et al.. (1991). Designing Qualitative Research. Modern Language Journal. 75(1). 123–123. 119 indexed citations
4.
Moore, Michael, Rachel L. Adams, Gertrude Himmelfarb, et al.. (1988). ALB volume 20 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 20(1). f1–f7. 1 indexed citations
5.
Moore, Michael, Robert Adams, Gertrude Himmelfarb, et al.. (1987). ALB volume 19 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 19(1). f1–f8. 1 indexed citations
6.
Moore, Michael C., Robert Adams, Gertrude Himmelfarb, et al.. (1987). ALB volume 19 issue 4 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 19(4). f1–f7. 1 indexed citations
7.
Stansky, Peter, Michael C. Moore, R Adams, et al.. (1986). ALB volume 18 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 18(2). f1–f7. 1 indexed citations
8.
Moore, Michael, Robert Adams, Stephen Baxter, et al.. (1985). ALB volume 17 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 17(1). f1–f8. 1 indexed citations
9.
Moore, Michael, Reid B. Adams, Stephen Baxter, et al.. (1985). ALB volume 17 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 17(2). f1–f6. 1 indexed citations
10.
Moore, Michael, Robert Adams, Stephen Baxter, et al.. (1984). ALB volume 16 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 16(3). f1–f6. 1 indexed citations
11.
Moore, Michael, Reid B. Adams, Stephen Baxter, et al.. (1984). ALB volume 16 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 16(2). f1–f6. 1 indexed citations
12.
Moore, Michael, Rachel L. Adams, Stephen Baxter, et al.. (1984). ALB volume 16 issue 4 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 16(4). f1–f6. 1 indexed citations
13.
Brewer, John. (1979). Derivatives of the characteristic polynomial, trace, and determinant with respect to a matrix. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 24(5). 787–790. 1 indexed citations
14.
Brewer, John. (1979). Correction to 'Kronecker Products and Matrix Calculus in System Theory'. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. 26(5). 360–360. 16 indexed citations
15.
Brewer, John. (1978). Kronecker products and matrix calculus in system theory. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. 25(9). 772–781. 1431 indexed citations breakdown →
16.
Brewer, John. (1978). Matrix calculus and the sensitivity analysis of linear dynamic systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 23(4). 748–751. 14 indexed citations
17.
Brewer, John. (1977). The derivative of the Riccati matrix with respect to a matrix. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 22(6). 980–983. 8 indexed citations
18.
Brewer, John. (1977). The derivative of the exponential matrix with respect to a matrix. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 22(4). 656–657. 18 indexed citations
19.
Brewer, John. (1977). The gradient with respect to a symmetric matrix. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 22(2). 265–267. 16 indexed citations
20.
Brewer, John, et al.. (1974). LAND USE, ENERGY FLOW, AND DECISION MAKING IN HUMAN SOCIETY. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alan J. Mayne Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jan R. Magnus Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by George Papageorgiou Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter H. Schönemann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Miguel Sousa Lobo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lotfi Zadeh Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Herman Rubin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Qin Zhang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David Barber Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kamal Premaratne
Rankless by CCL
2026