HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2024 358 464 214 36 1072
2023 383 465 187 18 1053
2022 370 430 137 29 966
2021 335 514 148 35 1032
2020 335 428 132 24 919
2019 369 457 169 20 1015
2018 369 396 173 31 969
2017 343 374 176 22 915
2016 333 369 161 20 883
2015 329 353 159 12 853
2014 302 358 142 18 820
2013 279 314 119 73 785
2012 310 361 135 42 848
2011 270 385 112 22 789
2010 259 356 107 12 734
2009 268 307 88 20 683
2008 236 325 81 63 705
2007 268 320 87 58 733
2006 227 295 114 79 715
2005 248 267 120 51 686
2004 238 248 98 32 616
2003 216 274 108 9 607
2002 241 202 99 60 602
2001 262 181 74 44 561
2000 247 183 66 41 537
1999 237 174 53 39 503
1998 278 164 41 27 510
1997 213 118 43 4 378
1996 177 84 35 11 307
1995 162 59 20 3 244
1994 122 39 14 3 178
1993 72 29 8 3 112
1992 34 18 4 2 58
1991 31 9 1 1 42

Paper counts chart

Unique Authors

Year # Authors # First Authors
2024 7330 961
2023 6689 929
2022 5592 855
2021 6822 955
2020 5676 836
2019 5756 923
2018 4960 877
2017 7900 809
2016 4557 801
2015 4249 750
2014 3846 721
2013 3600 710
2012 4127 754
2011 3918 696
2010 3263 653
2009 2759 607
2008 2769 626
2007 2720 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2409 597
2004 2065 534
2003 2035 526
2002 1869 497
2001 1804 471
2000 1709 450
1999 1501 422
1998 1572 435
1997 1121 321
1996 838 253
1995 800 202
1994 589 146
1993 387 98
1992 194 47
1991 149 36
Total 27509 8574

Unique Authors Chart

Citations

The citations are the sum of all citations and the average number of citations for science papers published in that year. Due to the way citations are calculated via ADS, a single citing paper can count for two or more citations. Other observatories may calculate citations differently.
Year # Papers # Citations Avg # Citations # GO Citations Avg # GO Citations # AR Citations Avg # AR Citations # Part Citations Avg # Part Citations
2024 1072 11158 10.0 3771 11.0 3608 8.0 3355 16.0
2023 1053 21473 20.0 7406 19.0 8821 19.0 5048 27.0
2022 966 23776 25.0 9428 25.0 7604 18.0 6155 45.0
2021 1032 26323 26.0 9135 27.0 11466 22.0 4911 33.0
2020 919 44666 49.0 11997 36.0 26884 63.0 4916 37.0
2019 1015 47997 47.0 19915 54.0 17228 38.0 9960 59.0
2018 969 50552 52.0 22415 61.0 18775 47.0 7813 45.0
2017 915 52908 58.0 19272 56.0 16366 44.0 16526 94.0
2016 883 50550 57.0 23345 70.0 15403 42.0 10191 63.0
2015 853 53731 63.0 22640 69.0 17046 48.0 13693 86.0
2014 820 54650 67.0 23308 77.0 18620 52.0 11891 84.0
2013 785 56576 72.0 23443 84.0 17093 54.0 11389 96.0
2012 848 57372 68.0 23781 77.0 19222 53.0 11851 88.0
2011 789 59421 75.0 25497 94.0 21482 56.0 10390 93.0
2010 734 56783 77.0 24737 96.0 21363 60.0 8612 80.0
2009 683 50703 74.0 22456 84.0 19764 64.0 7143 81.0
2008 705 52067 74.0 18228 77.0 21566 66.0 8016 99.0
2007 733 60991 83.0 29993 112.0 20367 64.0 6358 73.0
2006 715 56948 80.0 20342 90.0 21085 71.0 10144 89.0
2005 686 49254 72.0 18592 75.0 17697 66.0 9248 77.0
2004 616 51131 83.0 26291 110.0 14129 57.0 6917 71.0
2003 607 51155 84.0 22554 104.0 18118 66.0 8522 79.0
2002 602 45055 75.0 16367 68.0 15054 75.0 9555 97.0
2001 561 41984 75.0 21734 83.0 11277 62.0 6040 82.0
2000 537 34333 64.0 15884 64.0 10125 55.0 6053 92.0
1999 503 33356 66.0 14828 63.0 11376 65.0 4100 77.0
1998 510 47285 93.0 22527 81.0 16034 98.0 7038 172.0
1997 378 28800 76.0 16531 78.0 7655 65.0 4588 107.0
1996 307 27130 88.0 16615 94.0 5063 60.0 3337 95.0
1995 244 17595 72.0 12501 77.0 3397 58.0 1598 80.0
1994 178 12490 70.0 8308 68.0 3037 78.0 1052 75.0
1993 112 6302 56.0 4162 58.0 1636 56.0 426 53.0
1992 58 2983 51.0 2138 63.0 637 35.0 196 49.0
1991 42 2601 62.0 2194 71.0 366 41.0 36 36.0
Total 22430 1340099 60.0 582335 67.0 459364 49.0 237068 69.0

Number of papers using HST instruments

Year ACS COS FGS FOC FOS HRS HSP NICMOS STIS WFC3 WFPC WFPC2
2024 537 112 1 4 8 6 0 29 135 650 3 126
2023 519 72 1 4 17 4 0 27 138 615 2 106
2022 442 85 4 1 14 6 0 35 148 506 5 107
2021 491 100 4 3 11 4 0 41 135 529 4 132
2020 417 80 5 2 10 6 0 33 126 470 1 113
2019 480 89 7 2 18 10 0 41 123 531 4 138
2018 440 93 8 4 16 13 0 47 132 501 3 156
2017 460 76 7 2 18 5 1 41 104 439 7 146
2016 457 83 3 6 25 11 0 70 114 374 1 141
2015 449 77 4 3 23 12 0 55 103 370 3 156
2014 417 69 7 3 20 11 1 67 109 312 4 181
2013 411 53 5 3 24 10 0 83 108 234 5 177
2012 453 44 3 3 14 15 0 93 113 186 3 232
2011 434 48 9 8 23 10 0 113 106 99 10 223
2010 410 18 4 7 20 18 1 117 95 48 8 245
2009 429 1 5 3 19 3 0 121 81 1 4 234
2008 405 0 5 5 14 10 0 111 98 0 6 261
2007 379 0 10 7 25 22 0 107 131 0 5 265
2006 297 0 4 12 28 28 1 116 163 0 8 274
2005 205 0 8 4 35 21 0 105 192 0 6 303
2004 122 0 9 12 29 26 2 60 180 0 5 306
2003 26 0 7 10 36 25 1 93 165 0 9 338
2002 1 0 6 10 37 25 0 64 160 0 5 319
2001 0 0 4 12 32 38 3 86 113 0 3 295
2000 0 0 7 2 35 47 1 89 83 0 7 279
1999 0 0 8 20 53 63 2 63 29 0 4 246
1998 0 0 5 15 83 88 2 26 20 0 18 259
1997 0 0 7 35 56 75 1 2 1 0 25 177
1996 0 0 2 23 58 45 4 0 0 0 30 147
1995 0 0 1 32 54 59 5 0 0 0 48 55
1994 0 0 3 29 38 39 4 0 0 0 53 15
1993 0 0 2 24 21 25 4 0 0 0 39 1
1992 0 0 3 14 9 9 0 0 0 0 22 0
1991 0 0 2 11 4 13 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 8681 1100 170 335 927 802 33 1935 3205 5865 370 6153

Number of papers using HST instruments chart