HST Publication Statistics

These statistics are for HST papers from refereed journals.

Year GO AR Part GO
Part Archive Programs
not Assigned Total

2010 3 9 2 17

2009 258 233 93 49 648

2008 223 303 95 73 694

2007 267 280 122 55 724

2006 232 259 133 63 688

2005 248 241 136 48 673

2004 240 237 106 26 610

2003 216 271 109 13 609

2002 241 198 100 64 603

2001 260 179 72 45 556

2000 249 180 66 42 537

1999 236 174 52 39 501

1998 279 161 41 26 507

1997 209 111 42 5 367

1996 177 83 35 12 307

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

-- 3758 3074 1251 572 8675

Plot created 7/07/09

Number of papers using HST Instruments

Year	ACS	COS	FGS	FOC	FOS	GHRS	HSP	NICMOS	STIS	WFPC	WFPC2	WFC3
2010	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	7	0
2009	403	1	5	3	17	3	0	118	76	4	218	1
2008	402	0	5	5	14	9	0	108	98	6	257	0
2007	377	0	10	7	25	22	0	107	130	5	260	0
2006	283	0	4	11	27	28	1	110	157	7	264	0
2005	195	0	8	4	34	20	0	104	190	9	294	0
2004	123	0	9	12	29	26	2	60	175	6	302	0
2003	26	0	7	10	36	25	1	93	166	8	337	0
2002	1	0	6	10	35	25	0	64	161	5	318	0
2001	0	0	4	12	32	38	3	86	111	3	291	0
2000	0	0	7	1	33	47	1	89	83	5	274	0
1999	0	0	8	20	53	62	2	62	29	5	243	0
1998	0	0	5	14	83	88	2	25	20	19	254	0
1997	0	0	7	34	54	74	1	2	1	25	168	0
1996	0	0	2	23	57	45	4	0	0	33	143	0
1995	0	0	1	32	54	59	5	0	0	47	54	0
1994	0	0	3	29	38	39	4	0	0	53	15	0
1993	0	0	2	24	21	25	4	0	0	39	1	0
1992	0	0	3	14	9	9	0	0	0	22	0	0
1991	0	0	2	11	4	13	0	0	0	10	0	0
--	1819	1	99	276	656	657	30	1030	1398	312	3700	1

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

Number of Unique Authors

Year	# Authors	# First Authors
2010	198	17
2009	2668	579
2008	2711	614
2007	2681	637
2006	2384	607
2005	2346	585
2004	2044	526
2003	2017	523
2002	1859	496
2001	1780	464
2000	1699	446
1999	1493	418
1998	1557	429
1997	1081	310
1996	835	253
1995	797	202
1994	589	146
1993	387	98
1992	194	47
1991	149	36

Unique first authors on HST papers: 3555
Unique authors on HST papers: 9071

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

2010 23 0 6 2 1 0 3 1
2009 3577 4 1526 5 1041 4 468 4
2008 8619 11 2833 12 3101 10 1735 18
2007 19215 26 6973 26 4125 14 2952 24
2006 17900 24 7396 31 4786 18 3830 28
2005 20092 29 7272 29 5968 24 4713 34
2004 23091 36 12410 51 6034 25 3411 32
2003 24356 38 10561 48 8801 32 4077 36
2002 22287 36 8504 35 6867 34 4224 42
2001 23595 42 12643 48 6736 37 2623 36
2000 22355 41 11179 44 6105 33 3657 55
1999 26650 52 9770 41 7471 42 7343 138
1998 35742 69 21014 74 9394 57 4029 98
1997 19292 52 10246 49 5536 49 3160 75
1996 19400 63 12004 67 3646 43 2361 67
1995 14154 57 9030 55 2389 40 2584 117
1994 9595 52 6452 52 2106 51 826 59
1993 4929 44 3336 46 1207 41 330 41
1992 2441 41 1680 50 609 32 146 36
1991 2211 52 1869 60 306 34 34 34