HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2023 383 464 187 19 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
2023 6687 928
2022 5591 855
2021 6818 955
2020 5675 836
2019 5759 923
2018 4960 877
2017 7902 809
2016 4557 801
2015 4251 750
2014 3845 721
2013 3600 710
2012 4127 754
2011 3919 696
2010 3263 653
2009 2760 607
2008 2769 626
2007 2720 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2409 597
2004 2064 534
2003 2034 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 26092 8165

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 1053 19405 18.0 6664 17.0 7971 17.0 4572 24.0
2022 966 22310 23.0 8868 24.0 7170 17.0 5700 42.0
2021 1032 25223 24.0 8732 26.0 11026 21.0 4680 32.0
2020 919 43244 47.0 11611 35.0 26043 61.0 4767 36.0
2019 1015 46661 46.0 19353 52.0 16768 37.0 9668 57.0
2018 969 49467 51.0 21883 59.0 18397 46.0 7670 44.0
2017 915 52054 57.0 18976 55.0 16118 43.0 16224 92.0
2016 883 49792 56.0 22978 69.0 15178 41.0 10047 62.0
2015 853 53036 62.0 22330 68.0 16835 48.0 13522 85.0
2014 820 53993 66.0 23008 76.0 18406 51.0 11754 83.0
2013 785 55950 71.0 23189 83.0 16870 54.0 11289 95.0
2012 848 56814 67.0 23542 76.0 19045 53.0 11729 87.0
2011 789 58936 75.0 25259 94.0 21324 55.0 10311 92.0
2010 734 56352 77.0 24548 95.0 21212 60.0 8528 80.0
2009 683 50342 74.0 22316 83.0 19600 64.0 7092 81.0
2008 705 51732 73.0 18105 77.0 21430 66.0 7960 98.0
2007 733 60670 83.0 29800 111.0 20290 63.0 6335 73.0
2006 715 56640 79.0 20214 89.0 20978 71.0 10100 89.0
2005 686 49037 71.0 18520 75.0 17613 66.0 9213 77.0
2004 616 50867 83.0 26163 110.0 14053 57.0 6882 70.0
2003 607 50884 84.0 22408 104.0 18047 66.0 8471 78.0
2002 602 44870 75.0 16331 68.0 14984 74.0 9492 96.0
2001 561 41841 75.0 21655 83.0 11259 62.0 6001 81.0
2000 537 34221 64.0 15827 64.0 10088 55.0 6034 91.0
1999 503 33250 66.0 14789 62.0 11337 65.0 4087 77.0
1998 510 47067 92.0 22403 81.0 15989 97.0 6992 171.0
1997 378 28713 76.0 16479 77.0 7636 65.0 4572 106.0
1996 307 27065 88.0 16580 94.0 5053 60.0 3323 95.0
1995 244 17550 72.0 12471 77.0 3386 57.0 1594 80.0
1994 178 12460 70.0 8288 68.0 3028 78.0 1051 75.0
1993 112 6285 56.0 4156 58.0 1625 56.0 426 53.0
1992 58 2980 51.0 2136 63.0 636 35.0 196 49.0
1991 42 2599 62.0 2193 71.0 365 41.0 36 36.0
Total 21358 1312310 61.0 571775 68.0 449760 51.0 230318 72.0

Number of papers using HST instruments

Year ACS COS FGS FOC FOS HRS HSP NICMOS STIS WFC3 WFPC WFPC2
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 8144 988 169 331 919 796 33 1906 3070 5215 367 6027

Number of papers using HST instruments chart