225 63 60 99 183 369 371 437 559 587 509 375 Number of Publication 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~ Y ear 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Fig. 8. Annual record of refereed publications as of September 30, 2007. FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 Million Yen 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 18,970 19,269 18,970 19,269 17,211 16,691 16,757 15,069 13,320 14,031 13,645 12,254 11,554 Fig. 9. Budget at SPring-8. Permanent Non-permanent Administration and Others Visiting Scientists and Students Research and Technical Support RIKEN XFEL 0 3 7 7 3 10 1186 306 262 618 1009 177 619 50 148 421 588 31 Total JASRI 212 155 190 414 143 557 by Type by Field Permanent 262 Visiting Scientists and Students Non-permanent 6 18 30 6 R e s ear ch an d T e ch n ic a l suppo rt 100 9 Administration and Others 1 77 Permanent 262 Visiting Scientists and Students Non-permanent 6 18 30 6 R e s ear ch an d T e ch n ic a l suppo rt 100 9 Administration and Others 1 77 Fig. 10. Personnel at SPring-8: JASRI, RIKEN and XFEL (FY2007). Budget and Personnel Budget and Personnel After becoming open to public use in 1997, SPring- 8 was managed by the three-party system of RIKEN, JAERI, and JASRI in a unified manner until September 30, 2005, when JAERI relinquished responsibility for SPring-8 management. Since JAERI withdrew, SPring-8 has been managed by the remaining two-party system of RIKEN and JASRI, although JASRI had a legal status transition during FY2006. Figures 9 and 10 display the variations in the total budgets allocated to SPring-8 and the numbers of staff members on the SPring-8 campus each year from FY1997 up to the current fiscal year. It should be noted here that, the figure is subject to some inaccuracy, partially because of this framework transition and partially because of the phase changing from construction to utilization, although the general trend is certainly represented. The total budget allocated to SPring-8 for FY2007 is almost the same as that of FY2006, maintaining the recent trend. In FY2007, the total number of JASRI staff members was 557. The total number of SPring-8 staff members amounts to ~1,200, when the numbers of staff members at the JAEA Kansai Research Establishment and the RIKEN Harima Institute are combined with the number of JASRI staff members. The numbers of staff members categorized by the types and fields of employment are illustrated in Fig. 10.