HST Publication Statistics

These statistics are for HST papers from refereed journals. Please contact STScI Library staff at library@stsci.edu with questions about the bibliography process or criteria.

• Guest Investigator (GI) paper: At least one author from the paper was an investigator on the original proposal that obtained the data.
• Archival paper: No overlap between the paper authors and investigators on the GI proposal that obtained the data.
• Part GI Part Archive: Multiple programs were used. Overlap of authors with some programs and not with others.
• Programs not Assigned: Insufficient information given in the paper to determine the programs of the data used.

Year GI Archival Part GI Part Archive Programs not Assigned Total 2017 339 376 170 21 906 2016 333 375 155 20 883 2015 327 356 156 8 847 2014 301 358 140 18 817 2013 279 314 119 73 785 2012 309 361 135 42 847 2011 268 386 112 22 788 2010 259 356 107 12 734 2009 265 300 88 27 680 2008 234 326 77 67 704 2007 266 317 87 58 728 2006 223 295 113 84 715 2005 247 266 120 53 686 2004 238 247 98 28 611 2003 216 270 108 13 607 2002 241 201 99 61 602 2001 262 181 72 44 559 2000 247 182 66 42 537 1999 237 174 53 38 502 1998 278 164 41 26 509 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 -- 6180 6161 2241 784 15366

Plot created March 18, 2018

Number of papers using HST Instruments

Year ACS COS FGS FOC FOS HRS HSP NICMOS STIS WFPC WFPC2 WFC3 2017 480 76 7 2 18 5 1 45 105 8 175 457 2016 497 86 3 6 25 12 0 75 117 1 161 389 2015 482 76 4 3 22 12 0 59 104 3 178 385 2014 432 70 7 3 20 13 1 72 112 4 201 323 2013 421 53 5 3 24 10 0 84 109 5 188 236 2012 473 44 3 4 14 15 0 99 114 3 265 190 2011 458 48 9 8 23 10 0 120 111 10 246 100 2010 428 18 4 7 22 19 1 122 96 9 273 48 2009 433 1 5 3 19 3 0 124 81 4 237 1 2008 405 0 5 5 14 10 0 112 98 6 260 0 2007 379 0 10 7 25 22 0 107 130 5 262 0 2006 297 0 4 12 28 28 1 116 163 8 274 0 2005 205 0 8 4 35 21 0 105 192 6 303 0 2004 122 0 9 12 29 26 2 60 175 5 306 0 2003 27 0 7 10 36 25 1 93 165 9 338 0 2002 1 0 6 10 37 25 0 64 160 5 319 0 2001 0 0 4 12 32 38 3 86 112 3 294 0 2000 0 0 7 2 35 47 1 89 83 7 279 0 1999 0 0 8 20 53 62 2 63 29 4 246 0 1998 0 0 5 15 83 88 2 25 20 18 258 0 1997 0 0 7 35 56 75 1 2 1 25 177 0 1996 0 0 2 23 58 45 4 0 0 30 147 0 1995 0 0 1 32 54 59 5 0 0 48 55 0 1994 0 0 3 29 38 39 4 0 0 53 15 0 1993 0 0 2 24 21 25 4 0 0 39 1 0 1992 0 0 3 14 9 9 0 0 0 22 0 0 1991 0 0 2 11 4 13 0 0 0 10 0 0 -- 5540 472 140 316 834 756 33 1722 2277 350 5458 2129 Note that some papers use more than one instrument and are counted for each instrument. Plots created March 15, 2018

Number of Unique Authors

Year # Authors # First Authors 2017 7784 800 2016 4517 798 2015 4191 741 2014 3820 716 2013 3564 704 2012 4089 750 2011 3875 690 2010 3235 649 2009 2740 604 2008 2741 622 2007 2691 641 2006 2437 621 2005 2389 595 2004 2043 527 2003 2015 522 2002 1859 496 2001 1795 467 2000 1699 446 1999 1493 419 1998 1562 431 1997 1115 320 1996 835 253 1995 797 202 1994 589 146 1993 387 98 1992 194 47 1991 149 36 Unique first authors on HST papers: 5836 Unique authors on HST papers: 18863 Plot created March 15, 2018 Author name is defined as last name, first initial. Slight variations in spelling may increase the number of unique names. More common names with the same first initial may result in an undercount. Citations The citations are sum of all citations and the average number of citations for HST Science papers published in that year. The totals for all HST science papers. Year # Citations Avg # Citations # GI Citations Avg # GI Citations # AR Citations Avg # AR citations # Part GI/AR Citations Avg # Part Citations 2017 13327 14 4510 11 3687 21 2016 17648 19 5583 14 3418 21 2015 23899 27 7771 21 5946 37 2014 27995 32 9811 26 6077 41 2013 32866 39 9741 29 6766 56 2012 36519 40 12297 32 7677 54 2011 40539 47 14848 36 7377 63 2010 40087 49 15045 39 5786 49 2009 37019 50 13882 43 5207 55 2008 40001 54 16530 50 5927 75 2007 46881 63 16254 50 5048 58 2006 45375 61 16777 56 8025 71 2005 40933 59 14508 54 7800 65 2004 42789 67 11657 46 5969 60 2003 42630 67 15227 55 7116 65 2002 37698 61 12387 61 7597 76 2001 36174 64 9899 54 4750 65 2000 30046 55 8753 48 5383 81 1999 29690 58 10098 57 3755 69 1998 41756 81 14444 88 5932 144 1997 26083 69 6944 58 4098 95 1996 24532 79 4600 54 3028 86 1995 15890 64 3050 51 1489 74 1994 11517 64 2749 70 978 69 1993 5914 52 1459 50 394 49 1992 2793 48 590 32 182 45 1991 2449 58 337 37 36 36 Totals 793050 49 259751 41 129448 56