Effects of magnetic fields (applied along the c-axis) on static spin correlation were studied for the electron-doped superconductors Pr1−xLaCexCuO4 with x=0.11 (Tc=26 K) and x=0.15 (Tc=16 K) by neutron scattering measurements. In the x=0.11 sample located near the antiferromagnetic(AF) and superconducting phase boundary, the field dependence of both the magnetic intensity at T=3 K and the onset temperature of the magnetic order exhibits a peak at ∼5 T. In contrast, in the overdoped x=0.15 sample a static AF order is neither observed at zero-field nor induced by the field up to 8.5 T. Difference and similarity of the field effect between the hole-and electron-doped high-Tc cuprates are discussed.PACS numbers: 74.72. Jt, 74.25.Ha, 75.50.Ee, 61.12.Ld Magnetism in lamellar copper oxides is widely believed to play an important role in the mechanism of high-T c superconductivity [1]. Extensive neutron scattering measurements have indeed shown an intimate relation between incommensurate (IC) low-energy spin fluctuations observed in the hole-doped (p-type) La 2−x Sr x CuO 4 (LSCO) [2,3,4] and their superconductivity [5]. Recentlly, neutron scattering study on the superconducting (SC) LSCO with x∼1/8 and excess-oxygen doped La 2 CuO 4+y revealed an enhancement of the long-ranged IC magnetic order by magnetic fields applied along the c-axis [6,7,8,9]. Lake et al., furthermore, found field-induced slow spin fluctuations below a spin-gap energy, which shows a tendency toward the magnetic order, in the optimally doped LSCO [10]. These authors discussed that the antiferromagnetic (AF) insulator with IC correlations is a possible ground state after vanishing the superconductivity, as supported by theoretical studies [11,12,13]. Thus, in order to clarify the universal nature of magnetism hidden behind the superconductivity, it is necessary to investigate whether the AF order is commonly observed by suppressing the superconductivity.Important challenges have been made on the prototypical electron-doped (n-type) system of Nd 2−x Ce x CuO 4 (NCCO) which shows commensurate spin fluctuations at the tetragonal (1/2 1/2 0) reciprocal-lattice position in both AF and SC phases [14]. In Nd 1.86 Ce 0.14 CuO 4 , at least down to 15 K Matsuda et al. observed no field effect on the AF order which coexists or phase separates with the bulk superconductivity[15] , whereas Kang et al. subsequently reported a field-enhanced huge magnetic intensity for Nd 1.85 Ce 0.15 CuO 4 and asserted the AF order as a competing ground state with the superconductivity, irrespective of carrier type [16]. This discrepancy could be originated from drastic(first-order like) doping dependence of the static magnetism near the boundary between AF and SC phases [17,18]. However, since the bulk superconductivity with identical T c of 26 K as well as the AF order appears in both samples, field-effects on the AF order and the superconductivity are still controversial. Furthermore, a effect on Nd 3+ spins is expected to be significant in NCCO, and therefore, the results ...