HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2023 384 466 187 19 1056
2022 370 429 137 29 965
2021 335 513 148 35 1031
2020 337 435 134 24 930
2019 369 457 170 20 1016
2018 369 397 172 31 969
2017 343 374 175 22 914
2016 333 370 160 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 265 307 88 20 680
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 27 611
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 38 502
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 6695 930
2022 5588 855
2021 6813 952
2020 5721 847
2019 5759 924
2018 4964 878
2017 7901 809
2016 4556 801
2015 4251 750
2014 3846 721
2013 3599 710
2012 4127 754
2011 3916 696
2010 3263 653
2009 2754 606
2008 2768 626
2007 2719 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2409 597
2004 2063 531
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 26100 8168

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 14911 14.0 5040 13.0 6264 13.0 3452 18.0
2022 965 18654 19.0 7374 20.0 6133 14.0 4665 34.0
2021 1031 22366 22.0 7665 23.0 9894 19.0 4100 28.0
2020 930 39517 42.0 10636 32.0 23712 55.0 4412 33.0
2019 1016 43548 43.0 17944 49.0 15759 34.0 9003 53.0
2018 969 46738 48.0 20602 56.0 17484 44.0 7212 42.0
2017 914 49636 54.0 18163 53.0 15486 41.0 15271 87.0
2016 883 47624 54.0 21876 66.0 14656 40.0 9553 60.0
2015 853 51119 60.0 21500 65.0 16244 46.0 13029 82.0
2014 820 52237 64.0 22205 74.0 17846 50.0 11384 80.0
2013 785 54362 69.0 22505 81.0 16389 52.0 10990 92.0
2012 848 55390 65.0 22915 74.0 18600 52.0 11425 85.0
2011 789 57574 73.0 24597 91.0 20882 54.0 10090 90.0
2010 734 55173 75.0 24104 93.0 20742 58.0 8323 78.0
2009 680 49371 73.0 21896 83.0 19190 63.0 6979 79.0
2008 705 50859 72.0 17805 75.0 21062 65.0 7798 96.0
2007 733 59702 81.0 29280 109.0 20032 63.0 6240 72.0
2006 715 55745 78.0 19845 87.0 20672 70.0 9948 87.0
2005 686 48460 71.0 18334 74.0 17392 65.0 9102 76.0
2004 611 50205 82.0 25836 109.0 13876 56.0 6819 70.0
2003 607 50217 83.0 22081 102.0 17842 65.0 8380 78.0
2002 602 44369 74.0 16175 67.0 14809 73.0 9341 94.0
2001 560 41375 74.0 21474 82.0 11144 62.0 5861 80.0
2000 537 33920 63.0 15693 64.0 9971 54.0 5996 91.0
1999 502 32983 66.0 14691 62.0 11233 65.0 4070 77.0
1998 510 46624 91.0 22181 80.0 15866 97.0 6906 168.0
1997 378 28504 75.0 16355 77.0 7589 64.0 4534 105.0
1996 307 26839 87.0 16440 93.0 5016 60.0 3298 94.0
1995 244 17392 71.0 12364 76.0 3347 57.0 1583 79.0
1994 178 12376 70.0 8219 67.0 3015 77.0 1050 75.0
1993 112 6258 56.0 4146 58.0 1610 56.0 424 53.0
1992 58 2962 51.0 2125 62.0 630 35.0 195 49.0
1991 42 2588 62.0 2188 71.0 359 40.0 36 36.0
Total 21360 1269598 59.0 554254 66.0 434746 49.0 221469 69.0

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 35 148 506 5 107
2021 488 100 4 3 11 4 0 41 135 528 4 132
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 459 76 7 2 18 5 1 41 103 439 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 426 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 60 175 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 62 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 8145 989 170 331 919 795 33 1906 3065 5221 367 6030

Number of papers using HST instruments chart