HST Reports

Paper Counts

Year GO Archival Part GO Part Archival Programs not Assigned Total
2023 384 466 187 19 1056
2022 370 429 137 29 965
2021 335 513 148 35 1031
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 265 307 88 20 680
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 27 611
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 38 502
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 6690 929
2022 5586 855
2021 6813 951
2020 5717 847
2019 5759 922
2018 4963 879
2017 7902 809
2016 4556 801
2015 4252 750
2014 3847 721
2013 3599 710
2012 4127 754
2011 3916 696
2010 3263 653
2009 2754 606
2008 2768 626
2007 2719 648
2006 2459 624
2005 2409 597
2004 2063 531
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 26100 8164

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 15905 15.0 5385 14.0 6645 14.0 3711 20.0
2022 965 19500 20.0 7678 21.0 6401 15.0 4922 36.0
2021 1031 23065 22.0 7916 24.0 10151 20.0 4266 29.0
2020 930 40442 43.0 10870 32.0 24307 56.0 4490 34.0
2019 1016 44252 44.0 18247 49.0 15991 35.0 9160 54.0
2018 969 47417 49.0 20911 57.0 17732 45.0 7317 43.0
2017 915 50300 55.0 18365 54.0 15654 42.0 15561 88.0
2016 883 48147 55.0 22157 67.0 14802 40.0 9635 60.0
2015 853 51571 60.0 21681 66.0 16398 46.0 13145 83.0
2014 820 52630 64.0 22372 74.0 17985 50.0 11464 81.0
2013 785 54747 70.0 22672 81.0 16504 53.0 11060 93.0
2012 848 55711 66.0 23054 74.0 18703 52.0 11491 85.0
2011 789 57870 73.0 24735 92.0 20982 54.0 10143 91.0
2010 734 55443 76.0 24203 93.0 20849 59.0 8371 78.0
2009 680 49561 73.0 21972 83.0 19278 63.0 6998 80.0
2008 705 51041 72.0 17859 76.0 21136 65.0 7841 97.0
2007 733 59897 82.0 29374 110.0 20094 63.0 6253 72.0
2006 715 55930 78.0 19915 88.0 20736 70.0 9979 88.0
2005 686 48576 71.0 18376 74.0 17435 65.0 9121 76.0
2004 611 50335 82.0 25907 109.0 13912 56.0 6834 70.0
2003 607 50370 83.0 22162 103.0 17887 65.0 8396 78.0
2002 602 44498 74.0 16221 67.0 14850 74.0 9375 95.0
2001 560 41480 74.0 21521 82.0 11174 62.0 5881 81.0
2000 537 34016 63.0 15739 64.0 10009 55.0 6005 91.0
1999 502 33053 66.0 14725 62.0 11258 65.0 4078 77.0
1998 510 46749 92.0 22252 80.0 15893 97.0 6927 169.0
1997 378 28560 76.0 16387 77.0 7601 64.0 4546 106.0
1996 307 26901 88.0 16476 93.0 5032 60.0 3302 94.0
1995 244 17446 72.0 12404 77.0 3360 57.0 1584 79.0
1994 178 12404 70.0 8245 68.0 3016 77.0 1050 75.0
1993 112 6262 56.0 4147 58.0 1613 56.0 424 53.0
1992 58 2967 51.0 2127 63.0 633 35.0 195 49.0
1991 42 2592 62.0 2189 71.0 362 40.0 36 36.0
Total 21361 1279638 60.0 558244 67.0 438383 49.0 223561 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 35 148 506 5 107
2021 488 100 4 3 11 4 0 41 135 528 4 132
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 426 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 60 175 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 62 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 8146 989 170 331 919 795 33 1906 3066 5221 367 6030

Number of papers using HST instruments chart