Principal quantum number

Principal quantum number - one of four quantum numbers which are assigned to each electron in an atom to describe that electron's state. Article "Principal quantum number" in English Wikipedia has 15.4 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 3 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in Serbian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Principal quantum number", its content was written by 100 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 406 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 97 times in English Wikipedia and cited 716 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #11419 in March 2004
• Global: #8386 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #48830 in October 2014
• Global: #45367 in October 2020

There are 30 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 August 1, 2024 (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	Serbian (sr) Glavni kvantni broj		30.8596
2	Hebrew (he) מספר קוונטי יסודי		16.1609
3	Portuguese (pt) Número quântico principal		15.8482
4	English (en) Principal quantum number		15.4304
5	Turkish (tr) Baş kuantum sayısı		15.1322
6	Spanish (es) Número cuántico principal		14.1262
7	Chinese (zh) 主量子數		13.5841
8	Romanian (ro) Număr cuantic principal		13.2201
9	Russian (ru) Главное квантовое число		11.5916
10	Catalan (ca) Nombre quàntic principal		10.5333

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Principal quantum number" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Principal quantum number		1 718 314
2	Russian (ru) Главное квантовое число		368 766
3	Spanish (es) Número cuántico principal		188 014
4	Italian (it) Numero quantico principale		177 224
5	Arabic (ar) عدد كم رئيسي		172 063
6	French (fr) Nombre quantique principal		170 586
7	Chinese (zh) 主量子數		157 597
8	Polish (pl) Główna liczba kwantowa		113 377
9	Turkish (tr) Baş kuantum sayısı		106 029
10	Hindi (hi) मुख्य क्वांटम संख्या		99 785

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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 "Principal quantum number" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Principal quantum number		4 660
2	Spanish (es) Número cuántico principal		1 179
3	Chinese (zh) 主量子數		1 014
4	Russian (ru) Главное квантовое число		517
5	Korean (ko) 주양자수		399
6	Indonesian (id) Bilangan kuantum utama		352
7	Hindi (hi) मुख्य क्वांटम संख्या		313
8	French (fr) Nombre quantique principal		267
9	Italian (it) Numero quantico principale		267
10	Arabic (ar) عدد كم رئيسي		173

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

Language versions of the article "Principal quantum number" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Principal quantum number		100
2	Italian (it) Numero quantico principale		43
3	Russian (ru) Главное квантовое число		31
4	French (fr) Nombre quantique principal		27
5	Arabic (ar) عدد كم رئيسي		21
6	Greek (el) Κύριος κβαντικός αριθμός		18
7	Vietnamese (vi) Số lượng tử chính		18
8	Chinese (zh) 主量子數		13
9	Korean (ko) 주양자수		11
10	Polish (pl) Główna liczba kwantowa		11

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

Language versions of the article "Principal quantum number" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Hindi (hi) मुख्य क्वांटम संख्या		1
2	Arabic (ar) عدد كم رئيسي		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) Baş kvant ədədi		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) Главно квантово число		0
5	Catalan (ca) Nombre quàntic principal		0
6	Czech (cs) Hlavní kvantové číslo		0
7	Greek (el) Κύριος κβαντικός αριθμός		0
8	English (en) Principal quantum number		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Ĉefa kvantuma nombro		0
10	Spanish (es) Número cuántico principal		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 "Principal quantum number" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Principal quantum number		97
2	Russian (ru) Главное квантовое число		72
3	Portuguese (pt) Número quântico principal		52
4	French (fr) Nombre quantique principal		51
5	Ukrainian (uk) Головне квантове число		46
6	Chinese (zh) 主量子數		45
7	Italian (it) Numero quantico principale		41
8	Arabic (ar) عدد كم رئيسي		32
9	Serbian (sr) Glavni kvantni broj		29
10	Spanish (es) Número cuántico principal		27

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عدد كم رئيسي
az	Azerbaijani Baş kvant ədədi
bg	Bulgarian Главно квантово число
ca	Catalan Nombre quàntic principal
cs	Czech Hlavní kvantové číslo
el	Greek Κύριος κβαντικός αριθμός
en	English Principal quantum number
eo	Esperanto Ĉefa kvantuma nombro
es	Spanish Número cuántico principal
eu	Basque Zenbaki kuantiko nagusi
fa	Persian عدد کوانتومی اصلی
fi	Finnish Pääkvanttiluku
fr	French Nombre quantique principal
he	Hebrew מספר קוונטי יסודי
hi	Hindi मुख्य क्वांटम संख्या
hu	Hungarian Főkvantumszám
id	Indonesian Bilangan kuantum utama
it	Italian Numero quantico principale
ko	Korean 주양자수
pl	Polish Główna liczba kwantowa
pt	Portuguese Número quântico principal
ro	Romanian Număr cuantic principal
ru	Russian Главное квантовое число
sl	Slovenian Glavno kvantno število
sr	Serbian Glavni kvantni broj
sv	Swedish Huvudkvanttal
tr	Turkish Baş kuantum sayısı
uk	Ukrainian Головне квантове число
vi	Vietnamese Số lượng tử chính
zh	Chinese 主量子數

Best Rank

English: #48830 10.2014

Global: #45367 10.2020

Best Rank

English: #11419 03.2004

Global: #8386 03.2004

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