HST Publication Statistics

These statistics are for HST papers from refereed journals.

Year GO AR Part GO
Part Archive Programs
not Assigned Total

2012 21 21 9 2 53

2011 276 344 136 30 786

2010 267 322 124 15 728

2009 271 263 107 28 669

2008 226 304 96 70 696

2007 267 279 123 55 724

2006 232 260 133 62 687

2005 250 241 136 47 674

2004 239 236 107 25 607

2003 214 269 109 13 605

2002 238 199 100 62 599

2001 261 179 73 44 557

2000 248 180 66 42 536

1999 235 174 53 38 500

1998 279 162 41 26 508

1997 213 115 42 4 374

1996 177 83 35 12 307

1995 162 59 20 3 244

1994 122 39 14 3 178

1993 72 29 8 3 112

1992 33 19 4 2 58

1991 31 9 1 1 42

-- 4334 3786 1537 587 10244

Plot created 2/02/12

Number of papers using HST Instruments

Year	ACS	COS	FGS	FOC	FOS	GHRS	HSP	NICMOS	STIS	WFPC	WFPC2	WFC3
2012	29	4	0	0	1	2	0	11	4	0	13	10
2011	430	48	9	8	22	10	0	113	106	10	224	97
2010	409	16	4	7	19	18	1	113	92	8	242	47
2009	414	1	5	3	19	3	0	119	79	4	227	1
2008	402	0	5	5	14	9	0	109	98	6	258	0
2007	377	0	10	7	25	22	0	107	130	6	260	0
2006	283	0	4	11	27	28	1	110	157	7	263	0
2005	197	0	8	4	34	21	0	103	190	9	294	0
2004	122	0	9	12	29	26	2	60	174	6	301	0
2003	26	0	7	10	35	25	1	93	164	9	338	0
2002	1	0	6	10	35	25	0	63	160	5	315	0
2001	0	0	4	12	32	38	3	85	112	3	293	0
2000	0	0	7	1	33	47	1	89	83	6	277	0
1999	0	0	8	20	53	61	2	62	29	5	244	0
1998	0	0	5	14	83	88	2	25	20	19	255	0
1997	0	0	7	35	55	75	1	2	1	25	174	0
1996	0	0	2	23	57	45	4	0	0	33	144	0
1995	0	0	1	32	54	59	5	0	0	48	55	0
1994	0	0	3	29	38	39	4	0	0	53	15	0
1993	0	0	2	24	21	25	4	0	0	39	1	0
1992	0	0	3	14	9	9	0	0	0	22	0	0
1991	0	0	2	11	4	13	0	0	0	10	0	0
--	2690	69	111	292	699	688	31	1264	1599	333	4193	155

Note that some papers use more than one instrument and are counted for each instrument.

Number of Unique Authors

Year	# Authors	# First Authors
2012	382	52
2011	3923	688
2010	3220	644
2009	2727	594
2008	2720	616
2007	2681	637
2006	2382	606
2005	2379	586
2004	2036	523
2003	2012	519
2002	1855	495
2001	1793	465
2000	1699	446
1999	1492	417
1998	1559	430
1997	1096	316
1996	835	253
1995	797	202
1994	589	146
1993	387	98
1992	194	47
1991	149	36

Unique first authors on HST papers: 4103
Unique authors on HST papers: 11126

Author name is defined as last name, first initial. Slight variations in spelling may increase the number of unique names. More common names with the same first initial may result in an undercount.

Citations

Year # Citations Avg # Citations # GO Citations Avg # GO Citations # AR Citations Avg # AR citations # Part GO/AR Citations Avg # Part Citations

2012 121 2 69 3 22 1 28 3
2011 4475 5 1853 6 1399 3 1018 7
2010 10118 12 4659 15 3346 9 1819 13
2009 12757 17 5975 20 4224 15 2047 18
2008 18019 24 6003 26 6546 21 3570 36
2007 24190 32 11227 42 6435 22 4994 40
2006 25256 34 10367 44 6812 26 5501 41
2005 25449 36 9734 38 7783 32 6152 45
2004 28810 45 15324 64 7401 31 4410 41
2003 29199 46 12743 58 10508 38 4898 44
2002 26260 42 10009 41 8137 40 5084 50
2001 26880 48 14361 54 7558 42 3125 42
2000 23120 43 10805 43 6644 36 4088 61
1999 23458 46 10657 44 8045 46 3064 57
1998 32923 64 16035 57 11135 68 4502 109
1997 21295 56 12198 57 5666 49 3415 81
1996 20726 67 12826 72 3862 46 2520 72
1995 13525 55 9586 59 2547 43 1306 65
1994 10019 56 6809 55 2260 57 873 62
1993 5154 46 3471 48 1268 43 344 43
1992 2531 43 1742 52 636 33 148 37
1991 2266 53 1918 61 311 34 34 34