telbib Publication Statistics Overview

ESO publication statistics are derived from the Telescope Bibliography (telbib), a database of refereed papers that directly use ESO data. For further information, see also the Basic ESO Publication Statistics.

Publication statistics given in the table below are linked to the corresponding papers in telbib.

VLT / VLTI La Silla Survey tel APEX ALMA Total
1996 350 350
1997 389 389
1998 405 405
1999 29 325 349
2000 51 299 341
2001 105 316 399
2002 160 289 409
2003 260 305 512
2004 342 316 588
2005 359 297 607
2006 413 280 12 641
2007 495 312 1 718
2008 486 289 8 689
2009 473 260 15 660
2010 510 277 2 29 738
2011 556 286 13 27 787
2012 615 270 30 42 16 866
2013 568 273 38 44 40 843
2014 563 267 73 47 47 871
2015 555 211 94 34 74 864
2016 567 199 109 49 132 947
2017 635 232 152 46 153 1094
2018 619 239 145 44 188 1096
2019 601 209 150 32 218 1081
2020 610 210 155 39 214 1082
2021 640 200 189 35 221 1149
2022 583 175 148 40 227 1046
2023 625 186 123 24 263 1079
2024 704 177 140 38 280 1207
2025 80 31 14 2 47 156
Total 1996-2025 12204 7874 1575 608 2120 21963

Notes:

VLT/VLTI
Papers using data generated by VLT and VLTI instruments, including visitor instruments for which observing time has been evaluated by ESO.
La Silla
Papers using data generated by facilities located on La Silla, including visitor instruments for which observing time has been evaluated by ESO. Papers based on data from non-ESO telescopes or observations obtained during reserved periods (e.g., national allocations of time) are not included.
Survey telescopes
Papers using data generated by ESO's survey telescopes (VISTA and VST).
APEX
Papers using data generated by APEX, including visitor instruments for which observing time has been evaluated by ESO. Other visitor instruments are exluded. Only papers based (entirely or partly) on ESO APEX are included.
ALMA
Papers using data generated by ALMA. Only papers based (entirely or partly) on European ALMA time are included.
Total
The total number of papers per year from all observing sites, following the restrictions mentioned above. Papers can use data from more than one facility, therefore the total number cannot be calculated by adding all publications of the individual sites.

Statistics for a given year will not be complete until approx. March of the following year.

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