HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2023 384 466 187 19 1056
2022 370 430 137 30 967
2021 335 515 148 35 1033
2020 337 435 134 24 930
2019 369 457 170 20 1016
2018 369 396 173 31 969
2017 343 374 176 22 915
2016 333 369 161 20 883
2015 329 353 159 12 853
2014 302 358 142 18 820
2013 279 314 119 73 785
2012 310 361 135 42 848
2011 270 385 112 22 789
2010 259 356 107 12 734
2009 268 307 88 20 683
2008 236 325 81 63 705
2007 268 320 87 58 733
2006 227 295 114 79 715
2005 248 267 120 51 686
2004 238 248 98 32 616
2003 216 274 108 9 607
2002 241 202 99 60 602
2001 262 181 73 44 560
2000 247 183 66 41 537
1999 237 174 53 39 503
1998 278 164 41 27 510
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 34 18 4 2 58
1991 31 9 1 1 42

Paper counts chart

Unique Authors

Year # Authors # First Authors
2023 6688 929
2022 5590 855
2021 6816 954
2020 5716 847
2019 5757 923
2018 4960 877
2017 7902 809
2016 4556 801
2015 4251 750
2014 3846 721
2013 3600 710
2012 4127 754
2011 3919 696
2010 3263 653
2009 2760 607
2008 2769 626
2007 2719 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2408 597
2004 2064 534
2003 2034 526
2002 1869 497
2001 1804 470
2000 1709 450
1999 1501 422
1998 1572 435
1997 1121 321
1996 838 253
1995 800 202
1994 589 146
1993 387 98
1992 194 47
1991 149 36
Total 26088 8166

Unique Authors Chart

Citations

The citations are the sum of all citations and the average number of citations for science papers published in that year. Due to the way citations are calculated via ADS, a single citing paper can count for two or more citations. Other observatories may calculate citations differently.
Year # Papers # Citations Avg # Citations # GO Citations Avg # GO Citations # AR Citations Avg # AR Citations # Part Citations Avg # Part Citations
2023 1056 18732 18.0 6412 17.0 7709 17.0 4423 24.0
2022 967 21772 23.0 8675 23.0 7021 16.0 5512 40.0
2021 1033 24833 24.0 8586 26.0 10864 21.0 4605 31.0
2020 930 42717 46.0 11516 34.0 25667 59.0 4720 35.0
2019 1016 46228 46.0 19151 52.0 16632 36.0 9576 56.0
2018 969 49114 51.0 21698 59.0 18287 46.0 7622 44.0
2017 915 51746 57.0 18858 55.0 16047 43.0 16109 92.0
2016 883 49463 56.0 22819 69.0 15090 41.0 9973 62.0
2015 853 52803 62.0 22217 68.0 16775 48.0 13462 85.0
2014 820 53750 66.0 22883 76.0 18331 51.0 11713 82.0
2013 785 55728 71.0 23091 83.0 16812 54.0 11243 94.0
2012 848 56587 67.0 23455 76.0 18984 53.0 11657 86.0
2011 789 58735 74.0 25182 93.0 21254 55.0 10264 92.0
2010 734 56148 76.0 24450 94.0 21138 59.0 8505 79.0
2009 683 50174 73.0 22238 83.0 19534 64.0 7073 80.0
2008 705 51566 73.0 18045 76.0 21369 66.0 7920 98.0
2007 733 60472 82.0 29701 111.0 20229 63.0 6316 73.0
2006 715 56449 79.0 20134 89.0 20909 71.0 10070 88.0
2005 686 48921 71.0 18483 75.0 17563 66.0 9194 77.0
2004 616 50749 82.0 26084 110.0 14027 57.0 6875 70.0
2003 607 50748 84.0 22331 103.0 18007 66.0 8456 78.0
2002 602 44788 74.0 16309 68.0 14951 74.0 9467 96.0
2001 560 41705 74.0 21614 82.0 11235 62.0 5933 81.0
2000 537 34180 64.0 15801 64.0 10080 55.0 6028 91.0
1999 503 33213 66.0 14781 62.0 11317 65.0 4085 77.0
1998 510 46990 92.0 22362 80.0 15966 97.0 6980 170.0
1997 378 28675 76.0 16449 77.0 7628 65.0 4572 106.0
1996 307 27029 88.0 16560 94.0 5047 60.0 3321 95.0
1995 244 17524 72.0 12453 77.0 3380 57.0 1592 80.0
1994 178 12447 70.0 8280 68.0 3023 78.0 1051 75.0
1993 112 6281 56.0 4156 58.0 1621 56.0 426 53.0
1992 58 2977 51.0 2133 63.0 636 35.0 196 49.0
1991 42 2597 62.0 2192 71.0 364 40.0 36 36.0
Total 21374 1305841 61.0 569099 68.0 447497 50.0 228975 71.0

Number of papers using HST instruments

Year ACS COS FGS FOC FOS HRS HSP NICMOS STIS WFC3 WFPC WFPC2
2023 520 72 1 4 17 4 0 27 138 617 2 107
2022 442 85 4 1 14 6 0 35 148 507 5 107
2021 490 100 4 3 11 4 0 41 135 529 4 133
2020 424 81 6 2 10 6 0 33 127 475 1 115
2019 480 89 7 2 18 10 0 41 124 531 4 138
2018 440 93 8 4 16 13 0 47 132 501 3 156
2017 460 76 7 2 18 5 1 41 104 439 7 146
2016 457 83 3 6 25 11 0 70 114 374 1 141
2015 449 77 4 3 23 12 0 55 103 370 3 156
2014 417 69 7 3 20 11 1 67 109 312 4 181
2013 411 53 5 3 24 10 0 83 108 234 5 177
2012 453 44 3 3 14 15 0 93 113 186 3 232
2011 434 48 9 8 23 10 0 113 106 99 10 223
2010 410 18 4 7 20 18 1 117 95 48 8 245
2009 429 1 5 3 19 3 0 121 81 1 4 234
2008 405 0 5 5 14 10 0 111 98 0 6 261
2007 379 0 10 7 25 22 0 107 131 0 5 265
2006 297 0 4 12 28 28 1 116 163 0 8 274
2005 205 0 8 4 35 21 0 105 192 0 6 303
2004 122 0 9 12 29 26 2 60 180 0 5 306
2003 26 0 7 10 36 25 1 93 165 0 9 338
2002 1 0 6 10 37 25 0 64 160 0 5 319
2001 0 0 4 12 32 38 3 86 112 0 3 295
2000 0 0 7 2 35 47 1 89 83 0 7 279
1999 0 0 8 20 53 63 2 63 29 0 4 246
1998 0 0 5 15 83 88 2 26 20 0 18 259
1997 0 0 7 35 56 75 1 2 1 0 25 177
1996 0 0 2 23 58 45 4 0 0 0 30 147
1995 0 0 1 32 54 59 5 0 0 0 48 55
1994 0 0 3 29 38 39 4 0 0 0 53 15
1993 0 0 2 24 21 25 4 0 0 0 39 1
1992 0 0 3 14 9 9 0 0 0 0 22 0
1991 0 0 2 11 4 13 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 8151 989 170 331 919 796 33 1906 3071 5223 367 6031

Number of papers using HST instruments chart