Richard Lyons

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Richard Lyons is a scholar working on Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Lyons has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, 16 papers in Geometry and Topology and 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Richard Lyons's work include Finite Group Theory Research (24 papers), graph theory and CDMA systems (12 papers) and Coding theory and cryptography (10 papers). Richard Lyons is often cited by papers focused on Finite Group Theory Research (24 papers), graph theory and CDMA systems (12 papers) and Coding theory and cryptography (10 papers). Richard Lyons collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Richard Lyons's co-authors include Daniel Gorenstein, Ronald Solomon, Simon A. Austin, Robert L. Griess, J. L. Alperin, N. Burgoyne, Robert Sandling, Wolfgang Kimmerle, Kenneth Saunders and Kuresh Youdim and has published in prestigious journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Science Advances and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Richard Lyons

47 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Classification of the Finite Simple Groups 1983 2026 1997 2011 1994 1983 100 200 300 400
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 Classification of the Finite Simple Groups
    1994 416 citations Daniel Gorenstein, Richard Lyons et al. Mathematical surveys and monographs profile →
  2. The local structure of finite groups of characteristic 2 type
    1983 235 citations Daniel Gorenstein, Richard Lyons profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Lyons United States 17 1.1k 642 510 419 399 55 1.7k
Egon Schulte United States 17 771 0.7× 157 0.2× 508 1.0× 322 0.8× 95 0.2× 73 1.0k
Reinhold Baer Germany 21 835 0.7× 331 0.5× 469 0.9× 346 0.8× 194 0.5× 73 1.6k
Michael Albert New Zealand 21 259 0.2× 340 0.5× 112 0.2× 123 0.3× 85 0.2× 83 1.2k
Igor Rivin United States 17 163 0.1× 64 0.1× 452 0.9× 45 0.1× 245 0.6× 58 1.1k
Norman W. Johnson United States 10 128 0.1× 68 0.1× 162 0.3× 79 0.2× 73 0.2× 16 552
Paul Terwilliger United States 30 2.3k 2.0× 800 1.2× 1.6k 3.2× 1.0k 2.4× 383 1.0× 132 3.0k
Jürgen Müller Germany 13 176 0.2× 171 0.3× 214 0.4× 57 0.1× 146 0.4× 99 724
D. G. Higman United States 16 653 0.6× 365 0.6× 349 0.7× 438 1.0× 163 0.4× 30 949
Heping Zhang China 26 427 0.4× 41 0.1× 1.7k 3.4× 212 0.5× 17 0.0× 215 2.6k
Martin Škoviera Slovakia 19 768 0.7× 259 0.4× 355 0.7× 481 1.1× 101 0.3× 89 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Lyons

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Lyons

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lyons, Richard, et al.. (2024). Influence of the second coordination sphere on O2 activation by a nonheme iron(II) thiolate complex. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 264. 112776–112776. 2 indexed citations
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Maurel, Clara, J. F. J. Bryson, Richard Lyons, et al.. (2020). Meteorite evidence for partial differentiation and protracted accretion of planetesimals. Science Advances. 6(30). eaba1303–eaba1303. 31 indexed citations
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Lyons, Richard, T. J. Bowling, F. J. Ciesla, T. M. Davison, & G. S. Collins. (2019). The effects of impacts on the cooling rates of iron meteorites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 54(7). 1604–1618. 6 indexed citations
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Gorenstein, Daniel, Richard Lyons, & Ronald Solomon. (2018). The Classification of the Finite Simple Groups, Number 8. Mathematical surveys and monographs. 2 indexed citations
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Gorenstein, Daniel, Richard Lyons, & Ronald Solomon. (2018). The Classification of the Finite Simple Groups, Number 7. Mathematical surveys and monographs.
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Krijt, Sebastiaan, T. J. Bowling, Richard Lyons, & F. J. Ciesla. (2017). Fast Litho-panspermia in the Habitable Zone of the TRAPPIST-1 System. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 839(2). L21–L21. 12 indexed citations
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Lyons, Richard, T. J. Bowling, F. J. Ciesla, T. M. Davison, & G. S. Collins. (2017). Impact Effects on Cooling Rates of Iron Meteorites. LPI. 2433. 1 indexed citations
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Helwany, Sam, et al.. (2011). Construction vibration attenuation with distance and its effect on the quality of early-age concrete.. Minds at UW (University of Wisconsin). 41(6). 566–572. 3 indexed citations
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Youdim, Kuresh, et al.. (2008). An automated, high-throughput, 384 well Cytochrome P450 cocktail IC50 assay using a rapid resolution LC–MS/MS end-point. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 48(1). 92–99. 49 indexed citations
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Lyons, Richard, et al.. (2007). A Three-Stage Experimental Strategy to Evaluate and Validate an Interplate IC 50 Format. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 5(6). 805–814. 2 indexed citations
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Lyons, Richard, et al.. (2006). A {2,3}-local characterization of the groups A12, Sp8(2), F4(2) and F5. Journal of Algebra. 300(2). 590–646.
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Gribbon, Philip, et al.. (2005). Evaluating Real-Life High-Throughput Screening Data. SLAS DISCOVERY. 10(2). 99–107. 56 indexed citations
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Gorenstein, Daniel, Richard Lyons, & Ronald Solomon. (2004). The Classification of the Finite Simple Groups, Number 6. Mathematical surveys and monographs. 6 indexed citations
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Gorenstein, Daniel, Richard Lyons, & Ronald Solomon. (2002). The Classification of the Finite Simple Groups, Number 5. Mathematical surveys and monographs. 12 indexed citations
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Gorenstein, Daniel, Richard Lyons, & Ronald Solomon. (1999). The Classification of the Finite Simple Groups, Number 4. Mathematical surveys and monographs. 97 indexed citations
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Lyons, Richard. (1998). Struggles over the purposes of schooling in a democratic state : selected readings in the history of American education. University Press of America eBooks.
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Gorenstein, Daniel, et al.. (1997). The Classification of the Finite Simple Groups, Number 3. Mathematical surveys and monographs. 85 indexed citations
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Kimmerle, Wolfgang, et al.. (1990). Composition Factors from the Group Ring and Artin's Theorem on Orders of Simple Groups. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. s3-60(1). 89–122. 57 indexed citations
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Lyons, Richard, et al.. (1986). Controversies over the purposes of schooling and the meaning of work : selected readings in the history of American education. University Press of America eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Lyons, Richard & Wen-Jin Woan. (1974). A characterization of some groups of characteristic two. Journal of Algebra. 31(3). 452–459. 1 indexed citations

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