For the second year running UKIRT has smashed its own publication record. In 2010 118 papers were published using UKIRT data which beat the previous record by 34 papers, a quite remarkable achievement given all the cutbacks in recent years. The new count for 2011 has been released and the record has been broken again and not by a small amount - a total of 138 papers this time round. As you can imagine I'm very proud of the record and on a science-per-dollar basis UKIRT must be one of the most productive major international observatories in the world, perhaps the most productive.
A moonlit UKIRT in July 2011.The JCMT also broke its own record with 103 papers published in 2011, again a remarkable result given much of JCMT's time recently has been spent commissioning SCUBA-2, so a much reduced time spent on taking science data (SCUBA-2 is now commissioned and performing excellently!).
I think everyone at the Joint Astronomy Centre should be very proud of their recent achievements!Announcement by the JAC.
Press release by the STFC.
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wow. I didn't know we were that much above last year's
The JAC announcement was made without anyone telling me! I knew about the numbers and also knew we'd make an announcement but was surprised to accidentally find it today! Same thing with the STFC press release - I only saw it because I had a quick look there today for another reason.
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