John N. Bray

809 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 390 citations indexed

About

John N. Bray is a scholar working on Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John N. Bray has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 390 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, 10 papers in Geometry and Topology and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in John N. Bray's work include Finite Group Theory Research (19 papers), graph theory and CDMA systems (7 papers) and Coding theory and cryptography (6 papers). John N. Bray is often cited by papers focused on Finite Group Theory Research (19 papers), graph theory and CDMA systems (7 papers) and Coding theory and cryptography (6 papers). John N. Bray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Jordan. John N. Bray's co-authors include Derek F. Holt, Colva M. Roney‐Dougal, Robert A. Wilson, Robert T. Curtis, John S. Wilson, Hua Zhang, Peter J‎. Cameron, Pablo Spiga, Christopher Parker and Peter Rowley and has published in prestigious journals such as Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society and Journal of Algebra.

In The Last Decade

John N. Bray

20 papers receiving 359 citations

Hit Papers

The Maximal Subgroups of the Low-Dimensional Finite Class... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200
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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. The Maximal Subgroups of the Low-Dimensional Finite Classical Groups
    2013 244 citations John N. Bray, Derek F. Holt et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John N. Bray United Kingdom 7 348 247 150 116 58 22 390
Satoshi Yoshiara Japan 11 292 0.8× 216 0.9× 171 1.1× 82 0.7× 73 1.3× 52 386
Alexander Moretó Spain 13 458 1.3× 377 1.5× 271 1.8× 91 0.8× 34 0.6× 76 470
Timothy C. Burness United Kingdom 11 417 1.2× 287 1.2× 218 1.5× 87 0.8× 47 0.8× 46 440
Mercede Maj Italy 11 310 0.9× 176 0.7× 158 1.1× 94 0.8× 31 0.5× 64 359
Patrizia Longobardi Italy 10 284 0.8× 159 0.6× 146 1.0× 90 0.8× 30 0.5× 61 332
Ulrich Dempwolff Germany 12 343 1.0× 316 1.3× 245 1.6× 76 0.7× 63 1.1× 68 440
R. Esteban‐Romero Spain 10 427 1.2× 306 1.2× 267 1.8× 103 0.9× 27 0.5× 66 460
Olaf Manz Germany 11 509 1.5× 406 1.6× 325 2.2× 96 0.8× 46 0.8× 28 551
John Cossey Australia 13 484 1.4× 293 1.2× 238 1.6× 173 1.5× 53 0.9× 88 553
Alice C. Niemeyer Australia 10 283 0.8× 183 0.7× 112 0.7× 108 0.9× 55 0.9× 44 344

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bray, John N., et al.. (2024). Octonions, Albert vectors and the group E 6 ( F ). Communications in Algebra. 52(8). 3461–3489.
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Bray, John N., et al.. (2019). The Hall–Paige conjecture, and synchronization for affine and diagonal groups. Journal of Algebra. 545. 27–42. 17 indexed citations
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Bray, John N., et al.. (2017). A new method for recognising Suzuki groups. Journal of Algebra. 493. 483–499. 2 indexed citations
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Bray, John N., Richard Parker, & Robert A. Wilson. (2016). Finding 47:23 in the Baby Monster. LMS Journal of Computation and Mathematics. 19(1). 229–234.
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Bray, John N., Derek F. Holt, & Colva M. Roney‐Dougal. (2013). The Maximal Subgroups of the Low-Dimensional Finite Classical Groups. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 244 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bray, John N., Marston Conder, C. R. Leedham-Green, & E. A. O’Brien. (2011). Short presentations for alternating and symmetric groups. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 363(6). 3277–3285. 5 indexed citations
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Bray, John N. & Robert T. Curtis. (2009). The Leech lattice Λ and the Conway group ⋅𝑂 revisited. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 362(3). 1351–1369. 2 indexed citations
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Bray, John N. & Robert A. Wilson. (2008). Examples of 3-dimensional 1-cohomology for absolutely irreducible modules of finite simple groups. Journal of Group Theory. 11(5). 4 indexed citations
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Bray, John N., Derek F. Holt, & Colva M. Roney‐Dougal. (2008). Certain classical groups are not well-defined. Journal of Group Theory. 12(2). 2 indexed citations
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Bailey, R. A. & John N. Bray. (2007). Decoding the Mathieu group <I>M</I><SUB><I>12</I></SUB>. Advances in Mathematics of Communications. 1(4). 477–487. 2 indexed citations
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Bray, John N. & Robert A. Wilson. (2006). Explicit representations of maximal subgroups of the Monster. Journal of Algebra. 300(2). 834–857. 24 indexed citations
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Bray, John N. & Robert A. Wilson. (2006). On the orders of automorphism groups of finite groups. II. Journal of Group Theory. 9(4). 2 indexed citations
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Bray, John N., John S. Wilson, & Robert A. Wilson. (2005). A CHARACTERIZATION OF FINITE SOLUBLE GROUPS BY LAWS IN TWO VARIABLES. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 37(2). 179–186. 20 indexed citations
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Bray, John N. & Robert A. Wilson. (2005). ON THE ORDERS OF AUTOMORPHISM GROUPS OF FINITE GROUPS. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 37(3). 381–385. 4 indexed citations
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Bray, John N., et al.. (2003). Symmetric presentations for the Fischer groups I: the classical groups Sp6(2), Sp8(2), and 3·O7(3). Journal of Algebra. 265(1). 171–199. 1 indexed citations
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Bray, John N. & Robert T. Curtis. (2003). Monomial modular representations and symmetric generation of the Harada–Norton group. Journal of Algebra. 268(2). 723–743. 1 indexed citations
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Bray, John N., et al.. (2001). GENERATING MAXIMAL SUBGROUPS OF SPORADIC SIMPLE GROUPS. Communications in Algebra. 29(3). 1325–1337. 2 indexed citations
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Bray, John N., Christopher Parker, & Peter Rowley. (2000). Cayley type graphs and cubic graphs of large girth. Discrete Mathematics. 214(1-3). 113–121. 5 indexed citations
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Bray, John N.. (2000). An improved method for generating the centralizer of an involution. Archiv der Mathematik. 74(4). 241–245. 35 indexed citations
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Curtis, Robert T., et al.. (1996). A systematic approach to symmetric presentations. I. Involutory generators. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 119(1). 23–34. 6 indexed citations

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