HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2024 359 464 214 36 1073
2023 383 465 187 18 1053
2022 370 430 137 29 966
2021 335 514 148 35 1032
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 7330 962
2023 6687 930
2022 5590 855
2021 6820 955
2020 5682 837
2019 5758 923
2018 4959 877
2017 7898 809
2016 4556 801
2015 4252 750
2014 3846 721
2013 3601 710
2012 4127 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 1073 13671 13.0 4608 13.0 4463 10.0 4080 19.0
2023 1053 23482 22.0 8137 21.0 9575 21.0 5554 30.0
2022 966 25673 27.0 10145 27.0 8140 19.0 6765 49.0
2021 1032 27638 27.0 9622 29.0 11982 23.0 5188 35.0
2020 920 46616 51.0 12503 37.0 28137 66.0 5067 38.0
2019 1015 49623 49.0 20654 56.0 17776 39.0 10274 61.0
2018 969 51845 54.0 22995 62.0 19279 49.0 7982 46.0
2017 915 53998 59.0 19674 57.0 16667 45.0 16896 96.0
2016 883 51588 58.0 23855 72.0 15691 43.0 10406 65.0
2015 853 54662 64.0 23032 70.0 17360 49.0 13913 88.0
2014 820 55530 68.0 23721 79.0 18893 53.0 12071 85.0
2013 785 57327 73.0 23768 85.0 17333 55.0 11526 97.0
2012 848 58009 68.0 24065 78.0 19426 54.0 11978 89.0
2011 789 60091 76.0 25818 96.0 21730 56.0 10472 94.0
2010 734 57351 78.0 24966 96.0 21556 61.0 8730 82.0
2009 683 51195 75.0 22654 85.0 19974 65.0 7215 82.0
2008 705 52493 74.0 18385 78.0 21748 67.0 8079 100.0
2007 733 61482 84.0 30299 113.0 20488 64.0 6386 73.0
2006 715 57337 80.0 20510 90.0 21204 72.0 10205 90.0
2005 686 49501 72.0 18663 75.0 17796 67.0 9299 77.0
2004 616 51424 83.0 26452 111.0 14211 57.0 6941 71.0
2003 607 51483 85.0 22716 105.0 18206 66.0 8583 79.0
2002 602 45317 75.0 16440 68.0 15154 75.0 9628 97.0
2001 561 42171 75.0 21824 83.0 11317 63.0 6085 82.0
2000 537 34461 64.0 15932 65.0 10177 56.0 6073 92.0
1999 503 33476 67.0 14867 63.0 11418 66.0 4107 77.0
1998 510 47479 93.0 22610 81.0 16095 98.0 7082 173.0
1997 378 28875 76.0 16571 78.0 7671 65.0 4607 107.0
1996 307 27222 89.0 16666 94.0 5087 61.0 3345 96.0
1995 244 17656 72.0 12549 77.0 3405 58.0 1603 80.0
1994 178 12515 70.0 8327 68.0 3041 78.0 1054 75.0
1993 112 6314 56.0 4168 58.0 1641 57.0 427 53.0
1992 58 2987 52.0 2140 63.0 638 35.0 197 49.0
1991 42 2605 62.0 2195 71.0 369 41.0 36 36.0
Total 22432 1363097 61.0 591531 68.0 467648 50.0 241854 71.0

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 29 135 651 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 33 126 471 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 8681 1100 170 335 927 802 33 1935 3205 5867 370 6153

Number of papers using HST instruments chart