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 7327 961
2023 6689 930
2022 5591 855
2021 6821 955
2020 5676 836
2019 5758 923
2018 4962 878
2017 7900 809
2016 4556 801
2015 4251 751
2014 3847 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 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 27508 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 12046 11.0 4057 11.0 3909 8.0 3627 17.0
2023 1053 22135 21.0 7647 20.0 9047 19.0 5232 28.0
2022 966 24421 25.0 9664 26.0 7783 18.0 6371 47.0
2021 1032 26809 26.0 9314 28.0 11651 23.0 5020 34.0
2020 919 45275 49.0 12174 36.0 27256 64.0 4960 38.0
2019 1015 48535 48.0 20153 55.0 17406 38.0 10078 60.0
2018 969 50986 53.0 22605 61.0 18940 48.0 7876 46.0
2017 915 53269 58.0 19412 57.0 16460 44.0 16646 95.0
2016 883 50903 58.0 23502 71.0 15508 42.0 10270 64.0
2015 853 54063 63.0 22779 69.0 17150 49.0 13780 87.0
2014 820 54936 67.0 23447 78.0 18696 52.0 11959 84.0
2013 785 56810 72.0 23535 84.0 17168 55.0 11442 96.0
2012 848 57568 68.0 23870 77.0 19286 53.0 11889 88.0
2011 789 59652 76.0 25606 95.0 21568 56.0 10420 93.0
2010 734 56976 78.0 24813 96.0 21435 60.0 8651 81.0
2009 683 50870 74.0 22524 84.0 19838 65.0 7165 81.0
2008 705 52213 74.0 18278 77.0 21630 67.0 8035 99.0
2007 733 61161 83.0 30098 112.0 20404 64.0 6371 73.0
2006 715 57069 80.0 20380 90.0 21130 72.0 10166 89.0
2005 686 49324 72.0 18609 75.0 17729 66.0 9262 77.0
2004 616 51222 83.0 26340 111.0 14157 57.0 6922 71.0
2003 607 51249 84.0 22601 105.0 18143 66.0 8541 79.0
2002 602 45140 75.0 16395 68.0 15088 75.0 9576 97.0
2001 561 42041 75.0 21764 83.0 11288 62.0 6056 82.0
2000 537 34380 64.0 15898 64.0 10146 55.0 6062 92.0
1999 503 33396 66.0 14841 63.0 11389 65.0 4102 77.0
1998 510 47344 93.0 22551 81.0 16053 98.0 7051 172.0
1997 378 28817 76.0 16540 78.0 7659 65.0 4592 107.0
1996 307 27152 88.0 16629 94.0 5068 60.0 3338 95.0
1995 244 17610 72.0 12512 77.0 3400 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 1347761 60.0 585347 67.0 462066 50.0 238770 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