| Beta limits in long-pulse tokamak discharges O Sauter, RJ La Haye, Z Chang, DA Gates, Y Kamada, H Zohm, ... Physics of Plasmas 4 (5), 1654-1664, 1997 | 595 | 1997 |
| Exploration of spherical torus physics in the NSTX device M Ono, SM Kaye, YKM Peng, G Barnes, W Blanchard, MD Carter, ... Nuclear Fusion 40 (3Y), 557, 2000 | 533 | 2000 |
| Overview of first Wendelstein 7-X high-performance operation T Klinger, T Andreeva, S Bozhenkov, C Brandt, R Burhenn, B Buttenschön, ... Nuclear Fusion 59 (11), 112004, 2019 | 272 | 2019 |
| Principal physics developments evaluated in the ITER design review RJ Hawryluk, DJ Campbell, G Janeschitz, PR Thomas, R Albanese, ... Nuclear Fusion 49 (6), 065012, 2009 | 269 | 2009 |
| Overview of the physics and engineering design of NSTX upgrade JE Menard, S Gerhardt, M Bell, J Bialek, A Brooks, J Canik, ... Nuclear Fusion 52 (8), 083015, 2012 | 259 | 2012 |
| Equilibrium properties of spherical torus plasmas in NSTX SA Sabbagh, SM Kaye, J Menard, F Paoletti, M Bell, RE Bell, JM Bialek, ... Nuclear Fusion 41 (11), 1601, 2001 | 234 | 2001 |
| Error field mode studies on JET, COMPASS-D and DIII-D, and implications for ITER RJ Buttery, M De'Benedetti, DA Gates, Y Gribov, TC Hender, RJ La Haye, ... Nuclear Fusion 39 (11Y), 1827, 1999 | 222 | 1999 |
| Major results from the first plasma campaign of the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator RC Wolf, A Ali, A Alonso, J Baldzuhn, C Beidler, M Beurskens, ... Nuclear Fusion 57 (10), 102020, 2017 | 219 | 2017 |
| The effect of lithium surface coatings on plasma performance in the National Spherical Torus Experiment HW Kugel, MG Bell, JW Ahn, JP Allain, R Bell, J Boedo, C Bush, D Gates, ... Physics of Plasmas 15 (5), 2008 | 206 | 2008 |
| Resistive wall stabilized operation in rotating high beta NSTX plasmas SA Sabbagh, AC Sontag, JM Bialek, DA Gates, AH Glasser, JE Menard, ... Nuclear Fusion 46 (5), 635, 2006 | 198 | 2006 |
| A component test facility based on the spherical tokamak YKM Peng, PJ Fogarty, TW Burgess, DJ Strickler, BE Nelson, J Tsai, ... Plasma physics and controlled fusion 47 (12B), B263, 2005 | 191 | 2005 |
| Active stabilization of the resistive-wall mode in high-beta, low-rotation plasmas SA Sabbagh, RE Bell, JE Menard, DA Gates, AC Sontag, JM Bialek, ... Physical review letters 97 (4), 045004, 2006 | 175 | 2006 |
| Confinement and local transport in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) SM Kaye, FM Levinton, D Stutman, K Tritz, H Yuh, MG Bell, RE Bell, ... Nuclear Fusion 47 (7), 499, 2007 | 160 | 2007 |
| Advances in global MHD mode stabilization research on NSTX SA Sabbagh, JW Berkery, RE Bell, JM Bialek, SP Gerhardt, JE Menard, ... Nuclear Fusion 50 (2), 025020, 2010 | 154 | 2010 |
| Experimental vertical stability studies for ITER performance and design guidance DA Humphreys, TA Casper, N Eidietis, M Ferrara, DA Gates, ... Nuclear Fusion 49 (11), 115003, 2009 | 131 | 2009 |
| Technical challenges in the construction of the steady-state stellarator Wendelstein 7-X HS Bosch, RC Wolf, T Andreeva, J Baldzuhn, D Birus, T Bluhm, T Bräuer, ... Nuclear Fusion 53 (12), 126001, 2013 | 125 | 2013 |
| Cross-machine comparison of resonant field amplification and resistive wall mode stabilization by plasma rotation H Reimerdes, TC Hender, SA Sabbagh, JM Bialek, MS Chu, AM Garofalo, ... Physics of Plasmas 13 (5), 2006 | 125 | 2006 |
| Internal kink mode dynamics in high-β NSTX plasmas JE Menard, RE Bell, ED Fredrickson, DA Gates, SM Kaye, BP LeBlanc, ... Nuclear Fusion 45 (7), 539, 2005 | 119 | 2005 |
| The collisionality dependence of tokamak-limits HR Wilson, M Alexander, JW Connor, AM Edwards, D Gates, O Grüber, ... Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 38 (12A), A149, 1996 | 118 | 1996 |
| Neoclassical islands on COMPASS-D DA Gates, B Lloyd, AW Morris, G McArdle, MR O'Brien, M Valovic, ... Nuclear Fusion 37 (11), 1593, 1997 | 117 | 1997 |
