Year Total Users Student Users # Science Telescope Hours Proposals Received ^ Referred Telescope Publications % Referred Citations * All Telescope Publications 2004 1074 103 17,190 785 262 4031 377 2005 1115 102 17,828 742 263 3250 433 2006 1157 143 18,822 737 303 3075 381 2007 1106 169 16,028 717 358 2701 537 Notes: # - Student users include graduate and undergraduate, although the majority (>95%) are PhD students. % - Includes only peer-reviewed papers using NRAO telescope data. ^ - Does not include joint NASA/NRAO proposals (e.g., Fermi). 2008 numbers are preliminary. *- ADS citations are preliminary and underestimate the total citation count.