| Coordinates for mapping the distribution of magnetically trapped particles CE McIlwain Journal of Geophysical Research 66 (11), 3681-3691, 1961 | 1282 | 1961 |
| Plasma clouds in the magnetosphere SE DeForest, CE McIlwain Journal of Geophysical Research 76 (16), 3587-3611, 1971 | 654 | 1971 |
| Observation of high intensity radiation by satellites 1958 Alpha and Gamma JA Van Allen, GH Ludwig, EC Ray, CE McIlwain Journal of Jet Propulsion 28 (9), 588-592, 1958 | 432 | 1958 |
| Direct measurement of particles producing visible auroras CE McIlwain Journal of Geophysical Research 65 (9), 2727-2747, 1960 | 398 | 1960 |
| Substorm injection boundaries CE McIlwain Magnetospheric physics: Proceedings of the advanced summer institute held at …, 1974 | 397 | 1974 |
| Radiation observations with satellite 1958 ε JA Van Allen, CE McIlwain, GH Ludwig Journal of Geophysical Research 64 (3), 271-286, 1959 | 282 | 1959 |
| Hydra—A 3-dimensional electron and ion hot plasma instrument for the Polar spacecraft of the GGS mission J Scudder, F Hunsacker, G Miller, J Lobell, T Zawistowski, K Ogilvie, ... Space science reviews 71, 459-495, 1995 | 239 | 1995 |
| Correlation of Kp with the substorm‐injected plasma boundary BH Mauk, CE McIlwain Journal of Geophysical Research 79 (22), 3193-3196, 1974 | 235 | 1974 |
| Plasma convection in the vicinity of the geosynchronous orbit CE McIlwain Earth’s Magnetospheric Processes: Proceedings of a Symposium Organized by …, 1972 | 214 | 1972 |
| Magnetic coordinates CE McIlwain Space Science Reviews 5 (5), 585-598, 1966 | 182 | 1966 |
| Ring current effects on trapped particles CE McIlwain Journal of Geophysical Research 71 (15), 3623-3628, 1966 | 152 | 1966 |
| Electron precipitation of evening diffuse aurora and its conjugate electron fluxes near the magnetospheric equator CI Meng, B Mauk, CE McIlwain Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 84 (A6), 2545-2558, 1979 | 150 | 1979 |
| High-latitude plasma convection from Cluster EDI measurements: Method and IMF-dependence SE Haaland, G Paschmann, M Förster, JM Quinn, RB Torbert, ... Annales Geophysicae 25 (1), 239-253, 2007 | 145 | 2007 |
| A Kp dependent equatorial electric field model CE McIlwain Advances in Space Research 6 (3), 187-197, 1986 | 138 | 1986 |
| The Radiation Belts, Natural and Artificial: Many characteristics of the radiation belts have been clarified by data obtained by Explorer XV. CE McIlwain Science 142 (3590), 355-361, 1963 | 133 | 1963 |
| The Electron Drift Instrument on Cluster: overview of first results G Paschmann, JM Quinn, RB Torbert, H Vaith, CE McIlwain, G Haerendel, ... Annales Geophysicae 19 (10/12), 1273-1288, 2001 | 126 | 2001 |
| Measurements of the Jovian radiation belts RW Fillius, CE McIlwain Journal of Geophysical Research 79 (25), 3589-3599, 1974 | 125 | 1974 |
| Auroral electron beams near the magnetic equator CE McIlwain Physics of the Hot Plasma in the Magnetosphere, 91-112, 1975 | 124 | 1975 |
| Helium cyclotron resonance within the Earth's magnetosphere BH Mauk, CE McIlwain, RL McPherron Geophysical Research Letters 8 (1), 103-106, 1981 | 119 | 1981 |
| Acceleration of trapped particles during a magnetic storm on April 18, 1965 WL Brown, LJ Cahill, LR Davis, CE McIlwain, CS Roberts Journal of Geophysical Research 73 (1), 153-161, 1968 | 115 | 1968 |
