Publication and citation statistics for UK astronomers

Abstract

This article presents a survey of publication and citation statistics for 835 UK professional astronomers: the majority of academics and contract researchers within the UK astronomical community. I provide histograms of these bibliometrics for the whole sample as well as of the median values for the individual departments. I discuss the distribution of top bibliometric performers in the sample, and make some remarks on the use of bibliometrics in a real-world assessment exercise. © 2007 Royal Astronomical Society.