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 7332 962
2023 6687 930
2022 5589 855
2021 6819 955
2020 5683 837
2019 5759 923
2018 4962 877
2017 7899 809
2016 4556 801
2015 4250 750
2014 3846 721
2013 3600 710
2012 4127 754
2011 3917 696
2010 3263 653
2009 2759 607
2008 2770 626
2007 2720 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2409 597
2004 2065 534
2003 2035 526
2002 1869 497
2001 1805 472
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 27510 8579

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 12374 12.0 4166 12.0 4031 9.0 3719 17.0
2023 1053 22394 21.0 7737 20.0 9166 20.0 5280 28.0
2022 966 24723 26.0 9791 26.0 7865 18.0 6460 47.0
2021 1032 27006 26.0 9387 28.0 11732 23.0 5057 34.0
2020 920 45547 50.0 12259 36.0 27419 64.0 4982 38.0
2019 1015 48795 48.0 20275 55.0 17490 38.0 10126 60.0
2018 969 51175 53.0 22687 61.0 19017 48.0 7903 46.0
2017 915 53445 58.0 19470 57.0 16510 44.0 16711 95.0
2016 883 51079 58.0 23588 71.0 15559 42.0 10303 64.0
2015 853 54202 64.0 22836 69.0 17201 49.0 13808 87.0
2014 820 55062 67.0 23494 78.0 18739 52.0 11991 84.0
2013 785 56915 73.0 23581 85.0 17201 55.0 11459 96.0
2012 848 57672 68.0 23915 77.0 19319 54.0 11908 88.0
2011 789 59749 76.0 25648 95.0 21607 56.0 10432 93.0
2010 734 57048 78.0 24835 96.0 21466 60.0 8666 81.0
2009 683 50948 75.0 22553 84.0 19873 65.0 7179 82.0
2008 705 52267 74.0 18302 78.0 21651 67.0 8044 99.0
2007 733 61226 84.0 30135 112.0 20420 64.0 6375 73.0
2006 715 57116 80.0 20395 90.0 21143 72.0 10178 89.0
2005 686 49367 72.0 18624 75.0 17747 66.0 9268 77.0
2004 616 51264 83.0 26357 111.0 14172 57.0 6928 71.0
2003 607 51300 85.0 22624 105.0 18158 66.0 8551 79.0
2002 602 45177 75.0 16401 68.0 15101 75.0 9593 97.0
2001 561 42080 75.0 21787 83.0 11297 62.0 6060 82.0
2000 537 34407 64.0 15910 64.0 10155 55.0 6067 92.0
1999 503 33417 66.0 14852 63.0 11393 65.0 4104 77.0
1998 510 47378 93.0 22566 81.0 16061 98.0 7062 172.0
1997 378 28833 76.0 16547 78.0 7663 65.0 4597 107.0
1996 307 27168 88.0 16639 94.0 5072 60.0 3340 95.0
1995 244 17618 72.0 12519 77.0 3400 58.0 1600 80.0
1994 178 12504 70.0 8318 68.0 3041 78.0 1052 75.0
1993 112 6306 56.0 4164 58.0 1638 56.0 426 53.0
1992 58 2985 51.0 2139 63.0 637 35.0 197 49.0
1991 42 2602 62.0 2195 71.0 366 41.0 36 36.0
Total 22432 1351149 60.0 586696 67.0 463310 50.0 239462 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 29 135 651 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