Sodium channel

Voltage-gated sodium channel - class of transmembrane protein allowing sodium ions in and out. Article “Sodium channel” in English Wikipedia has 76.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 79 references and 25 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 2026 the article “Sodium channel” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Sodium channel”, its content was written by 130 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 347 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1376 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2579 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #21199 in May 2018
• Global: #53617 in December 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #51252 in October 2014
• Global: #80560 in October 2014

There are 20 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, 2026 (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) Sodium channel		76.4357
2	Galician (gl) Canle de sodio		56.5733
3	Latin (la) Canalis ionticus natrii		45.7093
4	Japanese (ja) ナトリウムチャネル		34.8622
5	Chinese (zh) 鈉離子通道		31.1826
6	Italian (it) Canale del sodio		24.8077
7	Serbian (sr) Натријумски канали		21.3237
8	Catalan (ca) Canal de sodi		18.4029
9	Indonesian (id) Saluran natrium		17.3114
10	Romanian (ro) Canal de sodiu		16.8582

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Sodium channel" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sodium channel		2 027 278
2	Spanish (es) Canal de sodio		356 087
3	German (de) Natriumkanal		213 875
4	French (fr) Canal sodium		189 707
5	Italian (it) Canale del sodio		162 104
6	Japanese (ja) ナトリウムチャネル		69 618
7	Chinese (zh) 鈉離子通道		52 664
8	Dutch (nl) Natriumkanaal		26 006
9	Korean (ko) 나트륨 통로		23 119
10	Arabic (ar) قناة صوديوم		16 482

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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 "Sodium channel" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sodium channel		2 575
2	Japanese (ja) ナトリウムチャネル		437
3	German (de) Natriumkanal		367
4	French (fr) Canal sodium		296
5	Spanish (es) Canal de sodio		238
6	Chinese (zh) 鈉離子通道		212
7	Italian (it) Canale del sodio		156
8	Korean (ko) 나트륨 통로		40
9	Dutch (nl) Natriumkanaal		33
10	Czech (cs) Sodíkový kanál		31

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sodium channel		130
2	German (de) Natriumkanal		44
3	French (fr) Canal sodium		36
4	Spanish (es) Canal de sodio		33
5	Italian (it) Canale del sodio		22
6	Korean (ko) 나트륨 통로		11
7	Catalan (ca) Canal de sodi		10
8	Arabic (ar) قناة صوديوم		8
9	Czech (cs) Sodíkový kanál		8
10	Japanese (ja) ナトリウムチャネル		8

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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 "Sodium channel" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sodium channel		1
2	French (fr) Canal sodium		1
3	Arabic (ar) قناة صوديوم		0
4	Catalan (ca) Canal de sodi		0
5	Czech (cs) Sodíkový kanál		0
6	German (de) Natriumkanal		0
7	Spanish (es) Canal de sodio		0
8	Galician (gl) Canle de sodio		0
9	Indonesian (id) Saluran natrium		0
10	Italian (it) Canale del sodio		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 "Sodium channel" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Sodium channel		1 376
2	Ukrainian (uk) Натрієві канали		282
3	German (de) Natriumkanal		119
4	Japanese (ja) ナトリウムチャネル		117
5	French (fr) Canal sodium		95
6	Spanish (es) Canal de sodio		87
7	Chinese (zh) 鈉離子通道		82
8	Italian (it) Canale del sodio		72
9	Arabic (ar) قناة صوديوم		49
10	Galician (gl) Canle de sodio		44

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قناة صوديوم
ca	Catalan Canal de sodi
cs	Czech Sodíkový kanál
de	German Natriumkanal
en	English Sodium channel
es	Spanish Canal de sodio
fr	French Canal sodium
gl	Galician Canle de sodio
id	Indonesian Saluran natrium
it	Italian Canale del sodio
ja	Japanese ナトリウムチャネル
ko	Korean 나트륨 통로
la	Latin Canalis ionticus natrii
nl	Dutch Natriumkanaal
pt	Portuguese Canal de sódio
ro	Romanian Canal de sodiu
sr	Serbian Натријумски канали
uk	Ukrainian Натрієві канали
vi	Vietnamese Kênh natri
zh	Chinese 鈉離子通道

Best Rank

English: #51252 10.2014

Global: #80560 10.2014

Best Rank

English: #21199 05.2018

Global: #53617 12.2023

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