Thalidomide scandal

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Thalidomide scandal

Quality:

Phocomelia due to thalidomide - medical condition. Article “Thalidomide scandal” in Simple English Wikipedia has 60.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 25 references and 8 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Thalidomide scandal”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 458 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 251 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #895 in October 2020
  • Global: #20886 in November 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1930 in September 2021
  • Global: #2937 in December 2020

There are 12 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
86.4461
2German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
83.4587
3Greek (el)
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
78.6831
4Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
60.4397
5Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
38.33
6Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
28.7151
7Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
28.2087
8Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
22.3296
9Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
21.014
10Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
13.5658
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Thalidomide scandal" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
4 673 864
2English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
2 290 329
3Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
405 926
4Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
91 027
5Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
38 740
6Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
29 153
7Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
25 222
8Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
8 691
9Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
7 185
10Finnish (fi)
Contergan-skandaali
6 586
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Thalidomide scandal" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
37 379
2German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
18 999
3Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
2 096
4Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
876
5Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
423
6Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
343
7Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
317
8Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
292
9Greek (el)
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
210
10Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
124
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Thalidomide scandal" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
296
2English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
67
3Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
33
4Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
14
5Finnish (fi)
Contergan-skandaali
9
6Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
9
7Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
8
8Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
7
9Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
7
10Greek (el)
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Thalidomide scandal" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
4
2English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
1
3Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
0
4Greek (el)
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
0
5Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
0
6Finnish (fi)
Contergan-skandaali
0
7Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
0
8Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
0
9Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
0
10Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Thalidomide scandal" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
144
2English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
50
3Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
22
4Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
12
5Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
7
6Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
6
7Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
5
8Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
3
9Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
2
10Greek (el)
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
0
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
deGerman
Contergan-Skandal
elGreek
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
enEnglish
Thalidomide scandal
esSpanish
Escándalo de la Talidomida
fiFinnish
Contergan-skandaali
plPolish
Embriopatia talidomidowa
ptPortuguese
Escândalo da talidomida
simpleSimple English
Thalidomide scandal
skSlovak
Conterganová aféra
svSwedish
Neurosedynskandalen
zhChinese
反应停事件

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1930
09.2021
Global:
#2937
12.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#895
10.2020
Global:
#20886
11.2007

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Phocomelia due to thalidomide from Wikipedia articles about Thalidomide, Phocomelia, Grünenthal GmbH, Contergan and Heinrich Mückter. Whereas reading the article about Phocomelia due to thalidomide people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Phocomelia, Thalidomide, Grünenthal GmbH, Mat Fraser and Frances Oldham Kelsey.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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