Martin W. Liebeck

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Martin W. Liebeck is a scholar working on Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin W. Liebeck has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, 62 papers in Geometry and Topology and 51 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Martin W. Liebeck's work include Finite Group Theory Research (116 papers), Coding theory and cryptography (51 papers) and Advanced Algebra and Geometry (48 papers). Martin W. Liebeck is often cited by papers focused on Finite Group Theory Research (116 papers), Coding theory and cryptography (51 papers) and Advanced Algebra and Geometry (48 papers). Martin W. Liebeck collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Martin W. Liebeck's co-authors include Jan Saxl, Peter B. Kleidman, Aner Shalev, Gary M. Seitz, Cheryl E. Praeger, Gordon James, William G. Harter, E. A. O’Brien, Pham Huu Tiep and А. А. Иванов and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Annals of Mathematics and Lecture notes in mathematics.

In The Last Decade

Martin W. Liebeck

128 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Subgroup Structure of the Finite Classical Groups 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 250 500 750
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. The Subgroup Structure of the Finite Classical Groups
    1990 802 citations Peter B. Kleidman, Martin W. Liebeck Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin W. Liebeck United Kingdom 39 4.2k 2.5k 1.8k 1.8k 1.3k 140 4.8k
I. M. Isaacs United States 30 3.5k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 895 0.7× 181 4.3k
Bertram Huppert Germany 21 5.0k 1.2× 3.3k 1.3× 2.8k 1.5× 1.7k 1.0× 775 0.6× 41 5.7k
Wieb Bosma Australia 9 1.7k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 996 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 969 0.7× 32 3.8k
Jacques Tits France 33 2.5k 0.6× 697 0.3× 726 0.4× 3.7k 2.1× 3.2k 2.4× 136 5.7k
J. W. P. Hirschfeld United Kingdom 19 1.5k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 562 0.3× 252 0.2× 62 2.3k
Eiichi Bannaĭ Japan 21 1.2k 0.3× 961 0.4× 929 0.5× 550 0.3× 281 0.2× 129 2.1k
Alexander Lubotzky Israel 29 1.5k 0.4× 600 0.2× 310 0.2× 2.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 123 3.5k
Graham Higman Slovakia 21 1.2k 0.3× 741 0.3× 548 0.3× 985 0.6× 457 0.4× 38 2.4k
Helmut Wielandt Germany 17 1.4k 0.3× 925 0.4× 919 0.5× 512 0.3× 206 0.2× 39 2.1k
Derek F. Holt United Kingdom 17 927 0.2× 625 0.2× 353 0.2× 624 0.4× 296 0.2× 114 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin W. Liebeck

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liebeck, Martin W., et al.. (2019). Base sizes of primitive groups: bounds with explicit constants. Spiral (Imperial College London). 6 indexed citations
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Guralnick, Robert M., et al.. (2018). Zero-one generation laws for finite simple groups. Spiral (Imperial College London).
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Bamberg, John, Michael Giudici, Martin W. Liebeck, Cheryl E. Praeger, & Jan Saxl. (2013). The classification of almost simple \tfrac{3}2-transitive groups. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 365(8). 4257–4311. 11 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W., Dan Segal, & Aner Shalev. (2012). The density of representation degrees. Journal of the European Mathematical Society. 14(5). 1519–1537. 1 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W., E. A. O’Brien, Aner Shalev, & Pham Huu Tiep. (2010). The Ore conjecture. Journal of the European Mathematical Society. 12(4). 939–1008. 60 indexed citations
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Launey, Warwick de, et al.. (2008). Short two-variable identities for finite groups. Journal of Group Theory. 11(5). 2 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W. & E. A. O’Brien. (2007). Finding the characteristic of a group of Lie type. Journal of the London Mathematical Society. 75(3). 741–754. 13 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W. & Aner Shalev. (2004). The Number of Homomorphisms from a Finite Group to a General Linear Group. Communications in Algebra. 32(2). 657–661. 2 indexed citations
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Иванов, А. А., Martin W. Liebeck, & Jan Saxl. (2003). Groups, combinatorics and geometry. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 44 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W. & Aner Shalev. (2003). Fuchsian groups, coverings of Riemann surfaces, subgroup growth, random quotients and random walks. Journal of Algebra. 276(2). 552–601. 45 indexed citations
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Иванов, А. А., Martin W. Liebeck, & Jan Saxl. (2003). Groups, Combinatorics and Geometry. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 82 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W. & Aner Shalev. (2002). Bases of primitive linear groups. Journal of Algebra. 252(1). 95–113. 16 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W.. (1998). The Classification of Finite Linear Spaces with Flag-Transitive Automorphism Groups of Affine Type. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 84(2). 196–235. 37 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W. & Jan Saxl. (1992). Groups, Combinatorics & Geometry. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W. & Jan Saxl. (1992). Groups, combinatorics & geometry : Durham, 1990. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Hall, Jonathan I., Martin W. Liebeck, & Gary M. Seitz. (1992). Generators for Finite Simple Groups, with Applications to Linear Groups. The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics. 43(4). 441–458. 19 indexed citations
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Kleidman, Peter B. & Martin W. Liebeck. (1989). On a Theorem of Feit and Tits. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 107(2). 315–315. 1 indexed citations
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Kleidman, Peter B. & Martin W. Liebeck. (1989). On a theorem of Feit and Tits. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 107(2). 315–322. 5 indexed citations
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Liebeck, Martin W.. (1988). Graphs whose full automorphism group is a symmetric group. Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series A Pure Mathematics and Statistics. 44(1). 46–63. 8 indexed citations
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Hering, Christoph, Martin W. Liebeck, & Jan Saxl. (1987). The factorizations of the finite exceptional groups of lie type. Journal of Algebra. 106(2). 517–527. 19 indexed citations

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