Lawrence Gray

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lawrence Gray is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence Gray has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Mathematical Physics, 8 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 8 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Lawrence Gray's work include Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (10 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (8 papers) and Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods (6 papers). Lawrence Gray is often cited by papers focused on Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (10 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (8 papers) and Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods (6 papers). Lawrence Gray collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Denmark. Lawrence Gray's co-authors include Robert J. Adler, Bert Fristedt, David Griffeath, Maury Bramson, Rüdiger Frey, Carol Bezuidenhout, R. T. Smythe, John C. Wierman, David Burgner and Peter D. Sly and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence Gray

20 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Geometry of Random Fields. 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 250 500 750
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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 Geometry of Random Fields.
    1982 928 citations Lawrence Gray, Robert J. Adler Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lawrence Gray United States 12 342 212 197 175 164 20 1.4k
Edward C. Waymire United States 17 302 0.9× 126 0.6× 141 0.7× 337 1.9× 64 0.4× 43 1.6k
Steven Orey United States 21 699 2.0× 417 2.0× 155 0.8× 366 2.1× 182 1.1× 60 1.6k
Hans‐Peter Scheffler Germany 18 445 1.3× 162 0.8× 395 2.0× 496 2.8× 53 0.3× 59 2.7k
Harald Cramér Sweden 17 219 0.6× 180 0.8× 139 0.7× 245 1.4× 183 1.1× 42 1.7k
H. E. Daniels United Kingdom 20 241 0.7× 902 4.3× 167 0.8× 313 1.8× 408 2.5× 54 2.0k
Joseph Mecke Germany 19 330 1.0× 244 1.2× 69 0.4× 63 0.4× 247 1.5× 60 2.7k
Wilfrid S. Kendall United Kingdom 22 596 1.7× 520 2.5× 168 0.9× 340 1.9× 472 2.9× 105 3.6k
V. V. Uchaikin Russia 23 317 0.9× 141 0.7× 866 4.4× 201 1.1× 97 0.6× 122 2.8k
Grigorios A. Pavliotis United Kingdom 25 271 0.8× 277 1.3× 871 4.4× 200 1.1× 195 1.2× 99 2.4k
Wojbor A. Woyczyński United States 26 797 2.3× 217 1.0× 311 1.6× 639 3.7× 86 0.5× 130 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lawrence Gray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lawrence Gray

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stokholm, Jakob, Martin O’Hely, Anne‐Louise Ponsonby, et al.. (2023). Gut microbiota maturity mediates the protective effect of siblings on food allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 152(3). 667–675. 12 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence. (2001). A Reader's Guide to Gacs's “Positive Rates” Paper. Journal of Statistical Physics. 103(1-2). 1–44. 31 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence & David Griffeath. (2001). The Ergodic Theory of Traffic Jams. Journal of Statistical Physics. 105(3-4). 413–452. 49 indexed citations
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Frey, Rüdiger, Bert Fristedt, & Lawrence Gray. (1999). A Modern Approach to Probability Theory. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 94(447). 986–986. 32 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence, et al.. (1998). The load transfer model. The Annals of Applied Probability. 8(2). 3 indexed citations
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Fristedt, Bert & Lawrence Gray. (1997). A Modern Approach to Probability Theory. Birkhäuser Boston eBooks. 223 indexed citations
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Bezuidenhout, Carol & Lawrence Gray. (1994). Critical Attractive Spin Systems. The Annals of Probability. 22(3). 15 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence. (1986). Duality for General Attractive Spin Systems with Applications in One Dimension. The Annals of Probability. 14(2). 12 indexed citations
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Bramson, Maury & Lawrence Gray. (1985). The survival of branching annihilating random walk. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 68(4). 447–460. 40 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence. (1982). The positive rates problem for attractive nearest neighbor spin systems on ?. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 61(3). 389–404. 15 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence & David Griffeath. (1982). A Stability Criterion for Attractive Nearest Neighbor Spin Systems on $\mathbb{Z}$. The Annals of Probability. 10(1). 12 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence & Robert J. Adler. (1982). The Geometry of Random Fields.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 77(380). 937–937. 928 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bramson, Maury & Lawrence Gray. (1981). A Note on the Survival of the Long-Range Contact Process. The Annals of Probability. 9(5). 10 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence, John C. Wierman, & R. T. Smythe. (1980). Lower bounds for the critical probability in percolation models with oriented bonds. Journal of Applied Probability. 17(4). 979–986. 5 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence. (1980). Translation invariant spin-flip processes and nonuniqueness. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 51(2). 171–184. 1 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence, John C. Wierman, & R. T. Smythe. (1980). Lower bounds for the critical probability in percolation models with oriented bonds. Journal of Applied Probability. 17(4). 979–986. 11 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence. (1978). Controlled Spin-Flip Systems. The Annals of Probability. 6(6). 10 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence & David Griffeath. (1977). On the Uniqueness and Nonuniqueness of Proximity Processes. The Annals of Probability. 5(5). 5 indexed citations
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Gray, Lawrence & David Griffeath. (1976). On the uniqueness of certain interacting particle systems. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 35(1). 75–86. 3 indexed citations

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