We maintain a partial bibliography of papers that use data from the Kitt Peak Vacuum Telescope. From 1973 through mid-1996 it totals more than 650 research papers. 217 papers were published from 1991 through mid-1996. This is where these papers were published.
Conference Proceedings 68 (31.3%) Solar Physics 59 (27.2%) Astrophysical Journal 51 (23.5%) Astronomy & Astrophysics 10 (4.6%) J. Geophysical Research 10 (4.6%) Adv. Space Research 9 (4.1%) Doctoral Theses 4 (1.8%) Space Science Research 4 (1.8%) Science 1 (0.5%) Monographs 1 (0.5%)
To determine the affiliation of the authors of the papers, we categorized the authors into three groups and gave each author an equal fraction of the authorship of a paper (sum for each paper = 1). The result is:
US institution authors 114 (52.5%) Non-US institution authors 69 (31.8%) On-site visitors and staff 34 (15.7%)
Over the 5.5 year period surveyed, no trends were obvious, with one exception. The number of non-US authors is increasing relative to US and on-site authors. This probably reflects growth of solar physics research outside the US and its shrinkage within the US.
Jack Harvey