Robust Archives Maximize Scientific Accessibility
Abstract
We present a bibliographic analysis of Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer publications. We find (a) archival data are used in >60% of the publication output and (b) archives enable a much broader set of institutions and countries to scientifically use data from these missions. This "scientific accessibility" is crucial for astronomy in the 2020s.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1907.06234
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51g.105P
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Computer Science - Digital Libraries
- E-Print:
- White Paper submitted to the NAS call for Astro2020 Decadal Survey APC papers