Neutral theory of molecular evolution

Neutral theory of molecular evolution - thesis that most evolutionary changes occur at the molecular level, and that most of the variation within and between species are due to random genetic drift of mutant alleles that are selectively neutral. Article "Neutral theory of molecular evolution" in English Wikipedia has 56.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 62 references and 10 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article "Neutral theory of molecular evolution" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Neutral theory of molecular evolution", its content was written by 136 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 442 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 160 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1147 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #692 in May 2003
• Global: #3057 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #110215 in February 2009
• Global: #88585 in February 2009

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) Neutral theory of molecular evolution		56.1021
2	Polish (pl) Teoria neutralna ewolucji molekularnej		41.3104
3	Chinese (zh) 中性演化理論		37.2413
4	Portuguese (pt) Teoria neutralista da evolução		36.7276
5	Vietnamese (vi) Thuyết tiến hóa trung tính		32.0319
6	Galician (gl) Teoría neutralista da evolución molecular		30.0333
7	Russian (ru) Нейтральная теория молекулярной эволюции		23.9004
8	Ukrainian (uk) Нейтральна теорія молекулярної еволюції		23.7386
9	Arabic (ar) نظرية التطور الجزيئي المحايدة		21.0205
10	Japanese (ja) 中立進化説		18.7095

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Neutral theory of molecular evolution" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Neutral theory of molecular evolution		839 703
2	Spanish (es) Teoría neutralista de la evolución molecular		417 401
3	Japanese (ja) 中立進化説		389 030
4	Chinese (zh) 中性演化理論		78 851
5	Russian (ru) Нейтральная теория молекулярной эволюции		71 561
6	French (fr) Théorie neutraliste de l'évolution		70 656
7	Portuguese (pt) Teoria neutralista da evolução		69 107
8	German (de) Neutrale Theorie der molekularen Evolution		55 689
9	Italian (it) Teoria neutrale dell'evoluzione		45 130
10	Korean (ko) 중립 진화 이론		20 799

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Neutral theory of molecular evolution" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Neutral theory of molecular evolution		2 882
2	Japanese (ja) 中立進化説		1 170
3	Chinese (zh) 中性演化理論		441
4	Spanish (es) Teoría neutralista de la evolución molecular		311
5	Russian (ru) Нейтральная теория молекулярной эволюции		245
6	French (fr) Théorie neutraliste de l'évolution		117
7	Portuguese (pt) Teoria neutralista da evolução		107
8	Korean (ko) 중립 진화 이론		94
9	Italian (it) Teoria neutrale dell'evoluzione		71
10	Polish (pl) Teoria neutralna ewolucji molekularnej		57

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

Language versions of the article "Neutral theory of molecular evolution" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Neutral theory of molecular evolution		136
2	Japanese (ja) 中立進化説		43
3	German (de) Neutrale Theorie der molekularen Evolution		41
4	French (fr) Théorie neutraliste de l'évolution		36
5	Russian (ru) Нейтральная теория молекулярной эволюции		35
6	Italian (it) Teoria neutrale dell'evoluzione		29
7	Spanish (es) Teoría neutralista de la evolución molecular		24
8	Portuguese (pt) Teoria neutralista da evolução		17
9	Chinese (zh) 中性演化理論		14
10	Ukrainian (uk) Нейтральна теорія молекулярної еволюції		10

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Language versions of the article "Neutral theory of molecular evolution" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Neutral theory of molecular evolution		1
2	Hebrew (he) התאוריה הנייטרלית של אבולוציה מולקולרית		1
3	Turkish (tr) Moleküler evrimin nötral teorisi		1
4	Arabic (ar) نظرية التطور الجزيئي المحايدة		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Неутрална теория за молекулярната еволюция		0
6	Catalan (ca) Teoria neutral de l'evolució molecular		0
7	Danish (da) Den neutrale teori om molekylær evolution		0
8	German (de) Neutrale Theorie der molekularen Evolution		0
9	Spanish (es) Teoría neutralista de la evolución molecular		0
10	French (fr) Théorie neutraliste de l'évolution		0

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

Language versions of the article "Neutral theory of molecular evolution" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 中性演化理論		207
2	English (en) Neutral theory of molecular evolution		160
3	Ukrainian (uk) Нейтральна теорія молекулярної еволюції		132
4	Russian (ru) Нейтральная теория молекулярной эволюции		119
5	Japanese (ja) 中立進化説		87
6	Polish (pl) Teoria neutralna ewolucji molekularnej		78
7	French (fr) Théorie neutraliste de l'évolution		71
8	Catalan (ca) Teoria neutral de l'evolució molecular		43
9	Portuguese (pt) Teoria neutralista da evolução		42
10	Arabic (ar) نظرية التطور الجزيئي المحايدة		35

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نظرية التطور الجزيئي المحايدة
bg	Bulgarian Неутрална теория за молекулярната еволюция
ca	Catalan Teoria neutral de l'evolució molecular
da	Danish Den neutrale teori om molekylær evolution
de	German Neutrale Theorie der molekularen Evolution
en	English Neutral theory of molecular evolution
es	Spanish Teoría neutralista de la evolución molecular
fr	French Théorie neutraliste de l'évolution
gl	Galician Teoría neutralista da evolución molecular
he	Hebrew התאוריה הנייטרלית של אבולוציה מולקולרית
id	Indonesian Teori evolusi molekuler netral
it	Italian Teoria neutrale dell'evoluzione
ja	Japanese 中立進化説
ko	Korean 중립 진화 이론
pl	Polish Teoria neutralna ewolucji molekularnej
pt	Portuguese Teoria neutralista da evolução
ru	Russian Нейтральная теория молекулярной эволюции
sh	Serbo-Croatian Neutralna teorija molekulske evolucije
sr	Serbian Neutralna teorija molekulske evolucije
sv	Swedish Neutral evolution
tr	Turkish Moleküler evrimin nötral teorisi
uk	Ukrainian Нейтральна теорія молекулярної еволюції
vi	Vietnamese Thuyết tiến hóa trung tính
zh	Chinese 中性演化理論

Best Rank

English: #110215 02.2009

Global: #88585 02.2009

Best Rank

English: #692 05.2003

Global: #3057 05.2003

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