HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2023 384 466 187 19 1056
2022 370 430 137 30 967
2021 335 514 148 35 1032
2020 337 435 134 24 930
2019 369 457 170 20 1016
2018 369 397 172 31 969
2017 343 374 176 22 915
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 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 73 44 560
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
2023 6696 929
2022 5577 856
2021 6819 953
2020 5726 847
2019 5766 923
2018 4976 878
2017 7915 809
2016 4561 802
2015 4261 750
2014 3856 720
2013 3607 710
2012 4128 754
2011 3923 696
2010 3273 653
2009 2766 607
2008 2772 626
2007 2721 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2409 597
2004 2066 534
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 26101 8176

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 17262 16.0 5871 15.0 7172 15.0 4041 22.0
2022 967 20590 21.0 8168 22.0 6684 16.0 5204 38.0
2021 1032 23906 23.0 8224 25.0 10485 20.0 4448 30.0
2020 930 41598 45.0 11177 33.0 25032 58.0 4593 34.0
2019 1016 45223 45.0 18708 51.0 16289 36.0 9369 55.0
2018 969 48246 50.0 21296 58.0 18009 45.0 7464 43.0
2017 915 51026 56.0 18598 54.0 15868 42.0 15834 90.0
2016 883 48819 55.0 22498 68.0 14987 41.0 9765 61.0
2015 853 52155 61.0 21928 67.0 16578 47.0 13301 84.0
2014 820 53181 65.0 22618 75.0 18156 51.0 11593 82.0
2013 785 55239 70.0 22868 82.0 16671 53.0 11159 94.0
2012 848 56137 66.0 23236 75.0 18845 52.0 11577 86.0
2011 789 58316 74.0 24952 92.0 21117 55.0 10221 91.0
2010 734 55773 76.0 24323 94.0 20977 59.0 8438 79.0
2009 683 49872 73.0 22096 82.0 19407 63.0 7046 80.0
2008 705 51324 73.0 17964 76.0 21249 65.0 7893 97.0
2007 733 60187 82.0 29527 110.0 20166 63.0 6290 72.0
2006 715 56193 79.0 20029 88.0 20817 71.0 10026 88.0
2005 686 48750 71.0 18440 74.0 17497 66.0 9158 76.0
2004 616 50574 82.0 26012 109.0 13971 56.0 6855 70.0
2003 607 50551 83.0 22257 103.0 17936 65.0 8420 78.0
2002 602 44624 74.0 16260 67.0 14897 74.0 9414 95.0
2001 560 41582 74.0 21563 82.0 11203 62.0 5902 81.0
2000 537 34074 63.0 15759 64.0 10036 55.0 6011 91.0
1999 503 33128 66.0 14755 62.0 11281 65.0 4082 77.0
1998 510 46884 92.0 22320 80.0 15924 97.0 6962 170.0
1997 378 28610 76.0 16412 77.0 7611 64.0 4561 106.0
1996 307 26955 88.0 16512 93.0 5040 60.0 3308 95.0
1995 244 17474 72.0 12421 77.0 3368 57.0 1586 79.0
1994 178 12423 70.0 8260 68.0 3020 77.0 1050 75.0
1993 112 6268 56.0 4149 58.0 1616 56.0 425 53.0
1992 58 2971 51.0 2130 63.0 634 35.0 195 49.0
1991 42 2595 62.0 2192 71.0 362 40.0 36 36.0
Total 21373 1292510 60.0 563523 67.0 442905 50.0 226227 70.0

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 35 148 507 5 107
2021 489 100 4 3 11 4 0 41 135 528 4 133
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 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 86 112 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 8150 989 170 331 919 796 33 1906 3071 5222 367 6031

Number of papers using HST instruments chart