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 2018 358 395 168 31 952 2017 342 377 170 21 910 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 -- 6541 6557 2409 815 16322

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Number of papers using HST Instruments

Year ACS COS FGS FOC FOS HRS HSP NICMOS STIS WFPC WFPC2 WFC3 2018 453 96 7 4 20 13 0 49 129 3 168 506 2017 482 76 7 2 18 5 1 45 105 8 175 460 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 -- 5995 568 147 320 854 769 33 1771 2406 353 5626 2638 Note that some papers use more than one instrument and are counted for each instrument.

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Number of Unique Authors

Year # Authors # First Authors 2018 4871 860 2017 7794 804 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: 6193 Unique authors on HST papers: 19799 Plot created March 13, 2019 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 2018 6985 7 2773 7 1097 6 2017 14854 16 4994 13 4124 24 2016 18738 20 5903 15 3619 23 2015 24933 28 8116 22 6205 39 2014 28880 33 10139 27 6261 42 2013 33691 40 9982 30 6942 57 2012 37256 41 12551 32 7835 55 2011 41189 48 15086 36 7494 64 2010 40682 50 15286 40 5859 50 2009 37512 51 14074 44 5289 56 2008 40427 54 16707 51 5974 75 2007 47351 63 16382 50 5099 58 2006 45755 62 16924 57 8092 71 2005 41261 59 14630 54 7868 65 2004 43068 67 11733 47 6008 61 2003 42890 67 15322 56 7170 66 2002 37956 61 12476 62 7676 77 2001 36342 64 9937 54 4790 66 2000 30185 56 8803 48 5403 81 1999 29812 58 10135 57 3770 69 1998 41925 82 14489 88 5970 145 1997 26172 69 6966 59 4115 95 1996 24592 80 4614 54 3038 86 1995 15943 64 3063 51 1494 74 1994 11547 64 2760 70 981 70 1993 5921 52 1460 50 396 49 1992 2796 48 590 32 183 45 1991 2454 58 338 37 36 36 Totals 811117 48 266233 39 132788 54