HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2023 384 467 187 18 1056
2022 369 429 137 29 964
2021 335 513 148 35 1031
2020 337 435 134 24 930
2019 369 457 170 20 1016
2018 369 397 172 31 969
2017 343 374 175 22 914
2016 333 370 160 20 883
2015 329 353 159 12 853
2014 301 358 142 18 819
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 265 307 88 20 680
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 27 611
2003 216 274 108 9 607
2002 241 202 99 60 602
2001 262 181 73 44 560
2000 247 183 66 41 537
1999 237 174 53 38 502
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
2023 6687 930
2022 5569 854
2021 6809 953
2020 5716 847
2019 5756 923
2018 4961 877
2017 7900 809
2016 4556 801
2015 4254 750
2014 3847 721
2013 3599 710
2012 4126 754
2011 3916 696
2010 3262 653
2009 2754 606
2008 2768 626
2007 2719 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2409 597
2004 2063 531
2003 2034 526
2002 1869 497
2001 1804 470
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 26092 8161

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
2023 1056 10974 10.0 3702 10.0 4653 10.0 2505 13.0
2022 964 15495 16.0 6067 16.0 5208 12.0 3800 28.0
2021 1031 19923 19.0 6837 20.0 8840 17.0 3620 24.0
2020 930 36467 39.0 9789 29.0 21853 50.0 4131 31.0
2019 1016 40850 40.0 16791 46.0 14809 32.0 8449 50.0
2018 969 44464 46.0 19529 53.0 16709 42.0 6849 40.0
2017 914 47797 52.0 17504 51.0 14898 40.0 14717 84.0
2016 883 45856 52.0 21007 63.0 14142 38.0 9217 58.0
2015 853 49579 58.0 20809 63.0 15793 45.0 12634 79.0
2014 819 50874 62.0 21600 72.0 17413 49.0 11076 78.0
2013 785 53122 68.0 21993 79.0 15993 51.0 10752 90.0
2012 848 54399 64.0 22461 72.0 18301 51.0 11233 83.0
2011 789 56533 72.0 24128 89.0 20528 53.0 9918 89.0
2010 734 54247 74.0 23716 92.0 20399 57.0 8156 76.0
2009 680 48652 72.0 21602 82.0 18890 62.0 6868 78.0
2008 705 50236 71.0 17597 75.0 20774 64.0 7710 95.0
2007 733 58952 80.0 28900 108.0 19806 62.0 6163 71.0
2006 715 55175 77.0 19634 86.0 20465 69.0 9849 86.0
2005 686 48006 70.0 18181 73.0 17219 64.0 9019 75.0
2004 611 49813 82.0 25639 108.0 13752 55.0 6776 69.0
2003 607 49755 82.0 21843 101.0 17705 65.0 8308 77.0
2002 602 44006 73.0 16069 67.0 14669 73.0 9254 93.0
2001 560 41084 73.0 21332 81.0 11070 61.0 5804 80.0
2000 537 33644 63.0 15575 63.0 9866 54.0 5959 90.0
1999 502 32754 65.0 14607 62.0 11144 64.0 4053 76.0
1998 510 46306 91.0 22040 79.0 15764 96.0 6840 167.0
1997 378 28349 75.0 16277 76.0 7538 64.0 4508 105.0
1996 307 26687 87.0 16352 92.0 4989 59.0 3282 94.0
1995 244 17298 71.0 12290 76.0 3329 56.0 1581 79.0
1994 178 12329 69.0 8196 67.0 2996 77.0 1045 75.0
1993 112 6223 56.0 4122 57.0 1601 55.0 422 53.0
1992 58 2952 51.0 2122 62.0 628 35.0 190 48.0
1991 42 2580 61.0 2180 70.0 359 40.0 36 36.0
Total 21358 1235381 58.0 540491 65.0 422103 48.0 214724 67.0

Number of papers using HST instruments

Year ACS COS FGS FOC FOS HRS HSP NICMOS STIS WFC3 WFPC WFPC2
2023 520 72 1 4 17 4 0 27 138 618 2 107
2022 441 85 4 1 14 6 0 35 148 505 5 107
2021 488 100 4 3 11 4 0 41 135 528 4 132
2020 424 81 6 2 10 6 0 33 127 475 1 115
2019 480 89 7 2 18 10 0 41 124 531 4 138
2018 440 93 8 4 16 13 0 47 132 501 3 156
2017 459 76 7 2 18 5 1 41 103 439 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 67 108 312 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 426 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 60 175 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 86 112 0 3 295
2000 0 0 7 2 35 47 1 89 83 0 7 279
1999 0 0 8 20 53 62 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 8144 989 170 331 919 795 33 1906 3064 5221 367 6030

Number of papers using HST instruments chart