HST Publication Statistics

These statistics are for HST papers from refereed journals.

Year GO AR Part GO
Part Archive Programs
not Assigned Total

2013 85 102 36 24 247

2012 312 354 134 45 845

2011 267 383 113 27 790

2010 257 352 106 15 730

2009 267 298 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 239 246 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 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

-- 4678 4460 1534 644 11316

Plot created 2/02/12

Number of papers using HST Instruments

Year	ACS	COS	FGS	FOC	FOS	HSP	NICMOS	STIS	WFPC	WFPC2	WFC3
2013	126	21	3	0	10	0	23	38	2	66	63
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	295	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
--	3326	129	118	297	729	31	1395	1756	341	4579	399

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

Number of Unique Authors

Year	# Authors	# First Authors
2013	1597	237
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: 4472
Unique authors on HST papers: 12456

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 593 2 268 3 195 1 107 2
2012 6411 7 2573 7 2146 5 1368 9
2011 12757 15 5128 17 4565 11 2499 21
2010 17151 21 7564 25 6424 17 2608 22
2009 18329 24 8426 28 6688 21 2511 27
2008 23466 31 8009 33 9569 29 3547 45
2007 29303 39 13597 51 10595 33 3238 37
2006 30959 42 11084 49 11463 38 5420 47
2005 28769 41 10860 44 10411 39 5480 46
2004 31980 50 16863 70 8686 35 4474 45
2003 31994 50 13983 64 11485 42 5362 49
2002 28452 46 10771 44 9199 45 5540 55
2001 28809 51 15380 58 8119 45 3418 47
2000 24510 45 11308 45 7095 38 4434 67
1999 24893 48 11359 47 8480 48 3241 60
1998 34816 68 16852 60 11965 73 4702 117
1997 22463 59 12853 60 6011 50 3581 83
1996 21578 70 13495 75 4003 48 2634 75
1995 13984 57 9909 61 2639 44 1346 67
1994 10416 58 7074 57 2368 60 895 63
1993 5302 47 3564 49 1310 45 356 44
1992 2607 44 1775 53 662 34 164 41
1991 2300 54 1945 62 318 35 34 34