HST Publication Statistics

These statistics are for HST papers from refereed journals.

Year GO AR Part GO
Part Archive Programs
not Assigned Total

2013 213 224 88 51 576

2012 310 359 134 43 846

2011 268 387 112 23 790

2010 257 354 107 12 730

2009 266 299 88 26 679

2008 234 326 77 68 705

2007 264 318 87 55 724

2006 222 292 112 62 688

2005 245 264 119 47 675

2004 238 247 98 25 608

2003 214 269 109 13 605

2002 238 201 99 61 599

2001 262 180 72 43 557

2000 246 182 66 42 536

1999 236 174 53 38 501

1998 279 163 40 26 508

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 33 19 4 2 58

1991 31 9 1 1 42

-- 4802 4596 1586 662 11646

Plot created 2/02/12

Number of papers using HST Instruments

Year	ACS	COS	FGS	FOC	FOS	HSP	NICMOS	STIS	WFPC	WFPC2	WFC3
2013	307	42	6	2	17	0	57	84	3	143	157
2012	473	43	3	4	14	0	98	113	3	262	189
2011	459	48	9	8	23	0	120	113	10	248	100
2010	427	16	4	7	22	1	121	94	9	272	48
2009	432	1	5	3	19	0	124	80	4	237	1
2008	406	0	5	5	14	0	112	98	6	260	0
2007	377	0	10	7	25	0	106	129	6	260	0
2006	283	0	4	11	27	1	110	158	7	263	0
2005	197	0	8	4	35	0	103	191	9	295	0
2004	122	0	9	12	29	2	60	174	6	303	0
2003	26	0	7	10	35	1	93	164	9	338	0
2002	1	0	6	10	36	0	63	160	5	316	0
2001	0	0	4	12	32	3	85	112	3	293	0
2000	0	0	7	2	35	1	89	83	7	279	0
1999	0	0	8	20	53	2	63	29	5	245	0
1998	0	0	5	14	83	2	25	20	19	255	0
1997	0	0	7	35	56	1	2	1	26	176	0
1996	0	0	2	23	57	4	0	0	33	144	0
1995	0	0	1	32	54	5	0	0	48	55	0
1994	0	0	3	29	38	4	0	0	53	15	0
1993	0	0	2	24	21	4	0	0	39	1	0
1992	0	0	3	14	9	0	0	0	22	0	0
1991	0	0	2	11	4	0	0	0	10	0	0
--	3510	150	120	299	738	31	1431	1803	342	4660	495

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

Number of Unique Authors

Year	# Authors	# First Authors
2013	2928	525
2012	4013	748
2011	3936	691
2010	3221	645
2009	2736	602
2008	2743	623
2007	2681	637
2006	2418	607
2005	2381	587
2004	2039	524
2003	2012	519
2002	1855	495
2001	1793	465
2000	1699	446
1999	1492	418
1998	1559	430
1997	1115	320
1996	835	253
1995	797	202
1994	589	146
1993	387	98
1992	194	47
1991	149	36

Unique first authors on HST papers: 4580
Unique authors on HST papers: 12731

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

2013 2042 3 923 4 576 2 459 5
2012 8749 9 3474 10 2988 7 1880 13
2011 14965 17 6040 20 5541 13 2929 25
2010 19015 23 8401 28 7154 18 2874 24
2009 19737 26 8852 30 7374 23 2743 29
2008 24771 33 8478 35 10111 31 3725 47
2007 30626 41 14249 53 11029 34 3382 38
2006 32015 43 11444 51 11857 40 5605 49
2005 29664 43 11215 45 10710 40 5641 47
2004 32846 51 17331 72 8924 35 4571 46
2003 32830 52 14341 65 11782 43 5507 50
2002 29205 47 11084 45 9440 46 5678 57
2001 29454 52 15722 59 8287 46 3515 48
2000 25016 46 11549 46 7235 39 4517 68
1999 25291 49 11552 48 8610 49 3276 60
1998 35413 69 17131 61 12167 74 4802 120
1997 22800 60 13070 61 6086 51 3626 84
1996 21834 71 13630 77 4065 48 2672 76
1995 14156 57 10027 61 2680 45 1358 67
1994 10524 59 7136 58 2405 61 904 64
1993 5468 48 3708 51 1326 45 362 45
1992 2631 45 1787 54 674 35 164 41
1991 2316 55 1958 63 321 35 34 34