HST Publication Statistics

These statistics are for HST papers from refereed journals.

Year GO AR Part GO
Part Archive Programs
not Assigned Total

2013 77 73 32 16 198

2012 328 321 151 45 845

2011 276 348 139 27 790

2010 268 321 126 15 730

2009 274 266 113 26 679

2008 234 305 98 68 705

2007 267 279 123 55 724

2006 232 261 133 62 688

2005 251 241 136 47 675

2004 240 236 107 25 608

2003 214 269 109 13 605

2002 239 199 100 61 599

2001 262 178 74 43 557

2000 246 180 68 42 536

1999 236 174 53 38 501

1998 279 162 41 26 508

1997 213 118 43 4 378

1996 178 83 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

-- 4734 4169 1728 636 11267

Plot created 2/02/12

Number of papers using HST Instruments

Year	ACS	COS	FGS	FOC	FOS	HSP	NICMOS	STIS	WFPC	WFPC2	WFC3
2013	101	12	3	0	8	0	18	30	2	57	51
2012	470	43	4	4	13	0	98	113	3	260	189
2011	459	48	9	8	23	0	120	113	10	248	99
2010	427	16	4	7	21	1	119	93	9	271	47
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	294	0
2004	122	0	9	12	29	2	60	174	6	302	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
--	3301	120	118	297	727	31	1390	1748	341	4569	387

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

Number of Unique Authors

Year	# Authors	# First Authors
2013	1368	192
2012	4010	747
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: 4453
Unique authors on HST papers: 12405

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 475 2 233 2 133 1 91 2
2012 6206 6 2711 7 1773 5 1416 9
2011 12538 14 5124 17 4070 11 2786 19
2010 16985 21 7832 25 5640 16 2968 21
2009 18164 24 8446 28 5902 20 3117 26
2008 23320 31 7961 33 8425 27 4618 46
2007 29166 39 13567 50 7658 27 6076 49
2006 30844 42 11904 51 9487 36 6461 48
2005 28667 41 10968 43 8789 36 6890 50
2004 31882 50 16853 70 8188 34 4883 45
2003 31934 50 13958 64 11467 42 5348 49
2002 28402 46 11065 45 8843 44 5554 55
2001 28765 51 15353 58 7823 43 3701 50
2000 24479 45 11293 45 7019 38 4496 66
1999 24859 48 11349 47 8465 48 3235 59
1998 34782 68 16838 60 11847 73 4801 117
1997 22449 59 12844 60 6007 50 3580 83
1996 21553 70 13480 75 4000 48 2628 75
1995 13978 57 9908 61 2635 44 1345 67
1994 10414 58 7073 57 2367 60 895 63
1993 5300 47 3562 49 1310 45 356 44
1992 2606 44 1774 53 662 34 164 41
1991 2300 54 1945 62 318 35 34 34