Combinatorics landscape document

Combinatorics Landscape Document

I have been asked to produce a "landscape document" for Combinatorics for the forthcoming International Review of Mathematical Sciences in the UK. The document has to be finished by the end of September.

The important headings for this document are:

Subject breakdown (number of researchers in each research area)
Discussion of research areas (a frank assessment of past and current international standards, supported by highlights)
Discussion of research community (demographic trends, e.g. age distribution)
Cross-disciplinary and outreach activities.

I would like to ask for help with this. Please supply me with your views on the health of your research area in the UK, including recent highlights. Any assistance with the statistics would be much appreciated!

It would be especially useful if as many people as possible
could send me details of their "best" or most-cited paper
produced since the 2003 review.

Please email all comments to me (p.j.cameron(at)qmul.ac.uk), absolutely no later than mid-September. Thanks.

Information about the exercise:

Draft landscape document from 2003 International Review (please ignore the date, this was re-compiled from the old LaTeX file)
The MSC, Section 05: Combinatorics
The British Combinatorial Bulletin

Peter J. Cameron
15 July 2010