Nature versus nurture

Quality:

Nature versus nurture - relative importance of an individual's innate qualities ("nature" in the sense of nativism or innatism) as compared to an individual's personal experiences ("nurture" in the sense of empiricism or behaviorism). Article “Nature versus nurture” in English Wikipedia has 70.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 75 references and 18 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Nature versus nurture” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Nature versus nurture”, its content was written by 600 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1039 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 934 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2051 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #276 in February 2002
• Global: #352 in February 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #7565 in September 2013
• Global: #14132 in September 2010

There are 24 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Nature versus nurture		70.5097
2	Chinese (zh) 先天与后天		63.2009
3	Spanish (es) Naturaleza versus crianza		54.5047
4	Portuguese (pt) Inato ou adquirido		42.491
5	Hebrew (he) תורשה מול סביבה		40.4135
6	Japanese (ja) 生まれか育ちか		39.4384
7	Czech (cs) Dědičnost proti prostředí		34.6221
8	Hungarian (hu) Öröklés-környezet vita		30.4089
9	Finnish (fi) Luonto vastaan kasvatus		28.6972
10	Polish (pl) Nature versus nurture		25.9664

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Nature versus nurture		8 032 986
2	Spanish (es) Naturaleza versus crianza		911 098
3	Dutch (nl) Nature-nurture-debat		411 234
4	Chinese (zh) 先天与后天		125 141
5	Portuguese (pt) Inato ou adquirido		111 851
6	Danish (da) Arv og miljø		87 848
7	Swedish (sv) Arv eller miljö		72 999
8	French (fr) Débat inné et acquis		65 912
9	Russian (ru) Социогенетизм или биогенетизм		62 575
10	Polish (pl) Nature versus nurture		54 903

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Nature versus nurture		11 710
2	Simple English (simple) Nature versus nurture		952
3	Chinese (zh) 先天与后天		541
4	French (fr) Débat inné et acquis		500
5	Spanish (es) Naturaleza versus crianza		465
6	Dutch (nl) Nature-nurture-debat		410
7	Russian (ru) Социогенетизм или биогенетизм		281
8	Japanese (ja) 生まれか育ちか		217
9	Hindi (hi) प्रकृति बनाम पोषण		169
10	Portuguese (pt) Inato ou adquirido		158

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Nature versus nurture		600
2	Dutch (nl) Nature-nurture-debat		61
3	Spanish (es) Naturaleza versus crianza		51
4	Danish (da) Arv og miljø		37
5	Finnish (fi) Luonto vastaan kasvatus		32
6	Russian (ru) Социогенетизм или биогенетизм		30
7	Chinese (zh) 先天与后天		28
8	Portuguese (pt) Inato ou adquirido		23
9	Czech (cs) Dědičnost proti prostředí		21
10	French (fr) Débat inné et acquis		19

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Nature versus nurture		3
2	Korean (ko) 본성 대 양육		1
3	Arabic (ar) الطبيعة ضد التنشئة		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Təbiət yoxsa tərbiyə		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Емпиризъм или биогенетизъм		0
6	Czech (cs) Dědičnost proti prostředí		0
7	Danish (da) Arv og miljø		0
8	Spanish (es) Naturaleza versus crianza		0
9	Persian (fa) سرشت و پرورش		0
10	Finnish (fi) Luonto vastaan kasvatus		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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