This list of flare papers have been suggested by SJC members primarily based on number of citations. I've listed them in order of suggestion and included the instigator if one has questions. Dave McKenzie -- Readings on the Neupert Effect ----------------------------------------------- Neupert 1968, ApJ, 153, L59 Wu et al 1986, in "Energetic Phenomena on the Sun", eds. M.Kundu & B. Woodgate (NASA CP-2439), 5-i Hudson 1991, Sol.Phys., 133, 357 Richard Canfield Highly cited solar flare papers of 1991 - 1995: ------------------------------------------------- Hot-Plasma Ejections Associated with Compact-Loop Solar Flares, Shibata, et al, ApJ, 451, L83, 1995. Solar Atmopheric Abundances and Energy Content in Flare Accelerated Ions from Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, Ramaty et al, ApJ 455, L193, 1995. Hard X-Ray Sources and the Primary Energy-Release Site in Solar Flares, Masuda et al, PASJ, 47, 677, 1995. Simultaneous Extreme-Ultraviolet Explorer and Optical Observations of AD Leonis: Evidence for Large Coronal Loops and the Neupert Effect in Stellar Flares, Hawley et al, ApJ, 453, 464, 1995 Stochastic Proton Acceleration by Cascading Alfven Waves in Impulsive Solar Flares, Miller, et al., ApJ 452, 912, 1995 Highly cited solar flare papers of 1996-2000: ----------------------------------------------- The Topology and Evolution of the Bastille Day Flare, Aulanier, et al., ApJ 540, 1126-1142, 2000 The Dependence of Large Flare Occurrence on the Magnetic Structure of Sunspots, Sammis, et al, ApJ 540, 583-587, 2000. Hot off the Presses: -------------------- Downflow Motions Associated with Impulsive Nonthermal Emissions Observed in the 2002 July 23 Solar Flare, Ayumi Asai, Takaaki Yokoyama, Masumi Shimojo, and Kazunari Shibata, ApJ 605, L77-L80, 2004 April 10