The NASA Astrophysics Data System: Overview

Details The NASA Astrophysics Data System: Overview The NASA Astrophysics Data System: Overview

2000-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002104v1

Astron.Astrophys.Suppl.Ser. 143 (2000) 41-59

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, 22 figures

Scientific paper

10.1051/aas:2000170

The NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service has become a key component of astronomical research. It provides bibliographic information daily, or near daily, to a majority of astronomical researchers worldwide. We describe the history of the development of the system and its current status. We show several examples of how to use the ADS, and we show how ADS use has increased as a function of time. Currently it is still increasing exponentially, with a doubling time for number of queries of 17 months. Using the ADS logs we make the first detailed model of how scientific journals are read as a function of time since publication. The impact of the ADS on astronomy can be calculated after making some simple assumptions. We find that the ADS increases the efficiency of astronomical research by 333 Full Time Equivalent (2000 hour) research years per year, and that the value of the early development of the ADS for astronomy, compared with waiting for mature technologies to be adopted, is 2332 FTE research years. The ADS is available at http://adswww.harvard.edu/.

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