HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2024 358 464 214 36 1072
2023 383 465 187 18 1053
2022 370 430 137 29 966
2021 335 514 148 35 1032
2020 335 428 132 24 919
2019 369 457 169 20 1015
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 74 44 561
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
2024 7328 961
2023 6690 930
2022 5594 855
2021 6823 955
2020 5677 836
2019 5758 923
2018 4961 878
2017 7901 809
2016 4557 801
2015 4251 751
2014 3847 721
2013 3600 710
2012 4128 754
2011 3917 696
2010 3263 653
2009 2759 607
2008 2769 626
2007 2720 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2409 597
2004 2065 534
2003 2035 526
2002 1869 497
2001 1804 471
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 27511 8578

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
2024 1072 11812 11.0 3990 11.0 3839 8.0 3535 17.0
2023 1053 21945 21.0 7576 20.0 8987 19.0 5173 28.0
2022 966 24247 25.0 9599 26.0 7732 18.0 6317 46.0
2021 1032 26693 26.0 9277 28.0 11599 23.0 4995 34.0
2020 919 45117 49.0 12129 36.0 27159 63.0 4948 37.0
2019 1015 48381 48.0 20082 54.0 17353 38.0 10049 59.0
2018 969 50867 52.0 22552 61.0 18897 48.0 7857 45.0
2017 915 53162 58.0 19366 56.0 16432 44.0 16614 94.0
2016 883 50806 58.0 23457 70.0 15480 42.0 10247 64.0
2015 853 53977 63.0 22740 69.0 17127 49.0 13756 87.0
2014 820 54864 67.0 23410 78.0 18678 52.0 11943 84.0
2013 785 56749 72.0 23513 84.0 17148 55.0 11426 96.0
2012 848 57504 68.0 23841 77.0 19266 53.0 11875 88.0
2011 789 59583 76.0 25567 95.0 21543 56.0 10415 93.0
2010 734 56921 78.0 24790 96.0 21413 60.0 8642 81.0
2009 683 50823 74.0 22503 84.0 19818 65.0 7159 81.0
2008 705 52186 74.0 18272 77.0 21615 67.0 8030 99.0
2007 733 61117 83.0 30066 112.0 20396 64.0 6369 73.0
2006 715 57032 80.0 20370 90.0 21113 72.0 10162 89.0
2005 686 49311 72.0 18607 75.0 17722 66.0 9259 77.0
2004 616 51201 83.0 26327 111.0 14151 57.0 6922 71.0
2003 607 51232 84.0 22594 105.0 18137 66.0 8537 79.0
2002 602 45113 75.0 16382 68.0 15080 75.0 9570 97.0
2001 561 42022 75.0 21757 83.0 11283 62.0 6049 82.0
2000 537 34371 64.0 15895 64.0 10142 55.0 6060 92.0
1999 503 33388 66.0 14838 63.0 11386 65.0 4102 77.0
1998 510 47326 93.0 22544 81.0 16048 98.0 7045 172.0
1997 378 28810 76.0 16537 78.0 7657 65.0 4590 107.0
1996 307 27144 88.0 16625 94.0 5066 60.0 3337 95.0
1995 244 17608 72.0 12511 77.0 3399 58.0 1599 80.0
1994 178 12500 70.0 8315 68.0 3040 78.0 1052 75.0
1993 112 6304 56.0 4162 58.0 1638 56.0 426 53.0
1992 58 2984 51.0 2138 63.0 637 35.0 197 49.0
1991 42 2601 62.0 2194 71.0 366 41.0 36 36.0
Total 22430 1345701 60.0 584526 67.0 461347 50.0 238293 70.0

Number of papers using HST instruments

Year ACS COS FGS FOC FOS HRS HSP NICMOS STIS WFC3 WFPC WFPC2
2024 537 112 1 4 8 6 0 29 135 650 3 126
2023 519 72 1 4 17 4 0 27 138 615 2 106
2022 442 85 4 1 14 6 0 35 148 506 5 107
2021 491 100 4 3 11 4 0 41 135 529 4 132
2020 417 80 5 2 10 6 0 33 126 470 1 113
2019 480 89 7 2 18 10 0 41 123 531 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 86 113 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 8681 1100 170 335 927 802 33 1935 3205 5865 370 6153

Number of papers using HST instruments chart