HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2024 359 465 214 36 1074
2023 382 464 188 21 1055
2022 370 426 137 30 963
2021 335 515 148 35 1033
2020 336 428 132 24 920
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 7333 962
2023 6706 930
2022 5578 853
2021 6828 955
2020 5683 837
2019 5762 923
2018 4964 878
2017 7900 809
2016 4558 801
2015 4253 750
2014 3847 721
2013 3602 710
2012 4126 754
2011 3914 696
2010 3263 653
2009 2759 607
2008 2769 626
2007 2719 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 27520 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 1074 19887 19.0 6718 19.0 6430 14.0 5978 28.0
2023 1055 29283 28.0 10166 27.0 11367 24.0 7013 37.0
2022 963 30894 32.0 12185 33.0 9577 22.0 8401 61.0
2021 1033 31336 30.0 10935 33.0 13500 26.0 5944 40.0
2020 920 51815 56.0 13843 41.0 31386 73.0 5554 42.0
2019 1015 53873 53.0 22528 61.0 19245 42.0 11097 66.0
2018 969 55529 57.0 24662 67.0 20612 52.0 8537 49.0
2017 915 57111 62.0 20811 61.0 17542 47.0 17959 102.0
2016 883 54359 62.0 25209 76.0 16465 45.0 10974 68.0
2015 853 57107 67.0 24103 73.0 18095 51.0 14547 91.0
2014 820 57735 70.0 24724 82.0 19608 55.0 12515 88.0
2013 785 59267 75.0 24564 88.0 18008 57.0 11866 100.0
2012 848 59694 70.0 24816 80.0 19958 55.0 12298 91.0
2011 789 61758 78.0 26584 98.0 22349 58.0 10696 96.0
2010 734 58775 80.0 25519 99.0 22132 62.0 8978 84.0
2009 683 52317 77.0 23121 86.0 20466 67.0 7348 84.0
2008 705 53540 76.0 18751 79.0 22201 68.0 8247 102.0
2007 733 62755 86.0 31001 116.0 20866 65.0 6483 75.0
2006 715 58363 82.0 20937 92.0 21551 73.0 10374 91.0
2005 686 50199 73.0 18914 76.0 18066 68.0 9406 78.0
2004 616 52160 85.0 26799 113.0 14428 58.0 7020 72.0
2003 607 52273 86.0 23087 107.0 18468 67.0 8706 81.0
2002 602 46025 76.0 16652 69.0 15387 76.0 9846 99.0
2001 561 42713 76.0 22090 84.0 11433 63.0 6204 84.0
2000 537 34864 65.0 16121 65.0 10322 56.0 6129 93.0
1999 503 33779 67.0 14967 63.0 11531 66.0 4138 78.0
1998 510 47974 94.0 22844 82.0 16227 99.0 7192 175.0
1997 378 29111 77.0 16690 78.0 7735 66.0 4660 108.0
1996 307 27480 90.0 16813 95.0 5130 61.0 3374 96.0
1995 244 17802 73.0 12658 78.0 3431 58.0 1614 81.0
1994 178 12581 71.0 8376 69.0 3055 78.0 1057 76.0
1993 112 6341 57.0 4182 58.0 1652 57.0 429 54.0
1992 58 2998 52.0 2146 63.0 639 36.0 201 50.0
1991 42 2609 62.0 2197 71.0 371 41.0 36 36.0
Total 22433 1424307 63.0 615713 71.0 489233 53.0 254821 74.0

Number of papers using HST instruments

Year ACS COS FGS FOC FOS HRS HSP NICMOS STIS WFC3 WFPC WFPC2
2024 538 112 1 4 8 6 0 29 135 652 3 126
2023 519 71 1 4 17 4 0 27 137 615 2 106
2022 439 85 4 1 14 6 0 34 148 504 5 107
2021 491 100 4 3 11 4 0 41 136 530 4 132
2020 417 80 5 2 10 6 0 33 126 471 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 8679 1099 170 335 927 802 33 1934 3205 5867 370 6153

Number of papers using HST instruments chart