HST Publication Statistics

These statistics are for HST papers from refereed journals.

Year GO AR Part GO
Part Archive Programs
not Assigned Total

2009 223 190 80 6 530

2008 226 303 96 21 696

2007 267 281 122 1 726

2006 232 259 134 21 688

2005 248 241 136 36 674

2004 240 238 106 -3 610

2003 216 272 112 -20 613

2002 241 199 100 54 605

2001 261 179 72 44 557

2000 250 181 66 41 539

1999 236 175 53 33 505

1998 281 163 41 26 513

1997 209 111 42 3 367

1996 177 83 35 12 307

1995 162 59 22 3 247

1994 122 41 14 5 182

1993 72 29 8 3 112

1992 33 19 4 3 59

1991 31 9 1 1 42

-- 3727 3032 1244 569 8572

Plot created 7/07/09

Number of papers using HST Instruments

Year	ACS	FGS	FOC	FOS	GHRS	HSP	NICMOS	STIS	WFPC	WFPC2
2009	346	5	4	14	4	0	102	76	5	180
2008	406	5	5	14	9	0	108	100	6	259
2007	385	10	7	25	22	0	107	131	5	263
2006	305	6	12	27	28	1	116	163	8	279
2005	207	8	4	35	20	0	105	191	9	295
2004	129	11	12	29	26	2	64	187	6	312
2003	32	7	10	36	28	1	97	176	8	342
2002	7	7	10	35	25	0	65	161	5	323
2001	0	4	12	32	38	3	86	111	3	293
2000	0	7	1	33	47	1	89	83	5	275
1999	0	8	20	53	63	3	63	31	5	248
1998	0	5	15	84	88	2	26	21	19	259
1997	0	7	34	54	74	1	2	1	25	168
1996	0	2	23	57	45	4	0	0	33	143
1995	0	1	32	54	60	5	0	0	47	57
1994	0	4	30	38	40	4	0	0	54	15
1993	0	2	24	21	25	4	0	0	39	1
1992	0	4	14	9	9	0	0	0	22	0
1991	0	2	11	4	13	0	0	0	10	0
--	1817	105	280	654	664	31	1030	1432	314	3712

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

Number of Unique Authors

Year	# Authors	# First Authors
2009	2351	480
2008	2711	614
2007	2702	639
2006	2385	608
2005	2348	586
2004	2049	526
2003	2024	526
2002	1866	498
2001	1786	465
2000	1700	446
1999	1524	421
1998	1607	433
1997	1081	310
1996	835	253
1995	804	204
1994	596	150
1993	387	98
1992	194	48
1991	149	36

Unique first authors on HST papers: 3507
Unique authors on HST papers: 9005

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

2009 1956 3 954 4 557 2 290 3
2008 6898 9 2238 9 2518 8 1384 14
2007 17172 23 6078 22 3627 12 2600 21
2006 16262 22 6758 29 4335 16 3446 25
2005 18692 27 6747 27 5548 23 4421 32
2004 21897 34 11822 49 5717 24 3215 30
2003 23346 36 10099 46 8483 31 3893 34
2002 21491 34 8177 33 6633 33 4062 40
2001 22912 41 12255 46 6574 36 2541 35
2000 21764 40 10893 43 5936 32 3554 53
1999 25977 50 9542 40 7325 41 7089 133
1998 35036 68 20538 73 9240 56 3956 96
1997 18976 51 10084 48 5446 49 3102 73
1996 19157 62 11864 67 3597 43 2327 66
1995 13974 56 8912 55 2358 39 2553 116
1994 9490 52 6402 52 2065 50 814 58
1993 4883 43 3305 45 1195 41 327 40
1992 2424 41 1664 50 608 32 146 36
1991 2194 52 1853 59 305 33 34 34