Wave (physics)

Quality:

Wave - repeated oscillation about a stable equilibrium. Article "Wave (physics)" in Simple English Wikipedia has 32.1 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 0 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in Turkish Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is Thai.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 731st most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
The 1770th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 3778th most popular in all topics.
The 4475th most popular in AI.

Since the creation of article "Wave (physics)", its content was written by 58 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (1770th place) and edited by 3624 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (4475th place).

The article is cited 50 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 9704 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #79 in November 2015
  • Global: #120 in July 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #11 in January 2015
  • Global: #1744 in November 2009

There are 54 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Turkish (tr)
Dalga (fizik)
71.2468
2English (en)
Wave
66.3886
3Ukrainian (uk)
Хвиля
66.256
4Italian (it)
Onda
58.419
5Portuguese (pt)
Onda
55.4101
6Croatian (hr)
Val
53.4774
7Georgian (ka)
ტალღა
51.7291
8Greek (el)
Κύμα
49.1686
9Catalan (ca)
Ona
44.733
10Russian (ru)
Волна
44.2907
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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 "Wave (physics)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Spanish (es)
Onda
12 684 323
2English (en)
Wave
11 198 286
3Portuguese (pt)
Onda
2 747 050
4Thai (th)
คลื่น
1 868 927
5French (fr)
Onde
1 836 415
6Russian (ru)
Волна
1 657 245
7Italian (it)
Onda
1 362 699
8German (de)
Welle
1 151 510
9Polish (pl)
Fala
1 101 918
10Japanese (ja)
波動
851 680
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Wave (physics)" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Thai (th)
คลื่น
15 434
2English (en)
Wave
15 026
3Spanish (es)
Onda
8 888
4Russian (ru)
Волна
2 876
5French (fr)
Onde
2 682
6Hebrew (he)
גל
2 478
7Chinese (zh)
2 440
8Japanese (ja)
波動
2 337
9German (de)
Welle
2 169
10Portuguese (pt)
Onda
2 117
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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 "Wave (physics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Wave
933
2Spanish (es)
Onda
294
3German (de)
Welle
232
4French (fr)
Onde
181
5Portuguese (pt)
Onda
155
6Italian (it)
Onda
147
7Hebrew (he)
גל
130
8Russian (ru)
Волна
103
9Danish (da)
Bølge
72
10Polish (pl)
Fala
70
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Wave (physics)" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Ona
2
2English (en)
Wave
1
3Persian (fa)
موج
1
4Finnish (fi)
Aalto (fysiikka)
1
5French (fr)
Onde
1
6Hebrew (he)
גל
1
7Russian (ru)
Волна
1
8Thai (th)
คลื่น
1
9Ukrainian (uk)
Хвиля
1
10Chinese (zh)
1
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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 "Wave (physics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Wave
886
2Japanese (ja)
波動
476
3Spanish (es)
Onda
414
4Portuguese (pt)
Onda
372
5French (fr)
Onde
354
6Croatian (hr)
Val
350
7Persian (fa)
موج
337
8Hebrew (he)
גל
319
9Italian (it)
Onda
292
10Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Val
284
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
Simple English:
Global:
Popularity in July 2024:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in July 2024:
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Global:
Registered authors in all years:
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Global:
Citations:
Simple English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
موجة
azAzerbaijani
Dalğa (fizika)
beBelarusian
Хваля
bgBulgarian
Вълна
caCatalan
Ona
csCzech
Vlnění
daDanish
Bølge
deGerman
Welle
elGreek
Κύμα
enEnglish
Wave
eoEsperanto
Ondo
esSpanish
Onda
etEstonian
Laine
euBasque
Uhin
faPersian
موج
fiFinnish
Aalto (fysiikka)
frFrench
Onde
glGalician
Onda (física)
heHebrew
גל
hiHindi
तरंग
hrCroatian
Val
huHungarian
Hullám
hyArmenian
Ալիքներ
idIndonesian
Gelombang
itItalian
Onda
jaJapanese
波動
kaGeorgian
ტალღა
kkKazakh
Толқын
koKorean
파동
laLatin
Unda
ltLithuanian
Banga
msMalay
Gelombang
nlDutch
Golf (natuurkunde)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Bølgje
noNorwegian
Bølge
plPolish
Fala
ptPortuguese
Onda
roRomanian
Undă
ruRussian
Волна
shSerbo-Croatian
Val
simpleSimple English
Wave (physics)
skSlovak
Vlnenie
slSlovenian
Valovanje
srSerbian
Талас (физика)
svSwedish
Vågrörelse
taTamil
அலை
thThai
คลื่น
trTurkish
Dalga (fizik)
ukUkrainian
Хвиля
urUrdu
موج
uzUzbek
Toʻlqinlar
viVietnamese
Sóng
zhChinese
zhminnanMin Nan
Pho-tōng

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#11
01.2015
Global:
#1744
11.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#79
11.2015
Global:
#120
07.2002

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Wave from Wikipedia articles about Wavelength, Wave–particle duality, Electromagnetic radiation, Frequency and Sound. Whereas reading the article about Wave people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Electromagnetic radiation, Wave equation, Wind wave, Gravitational wave and Standing wave.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

es: Onda
en: Wave
pt: Onda
fr: Onde
it: Onda
de: Welle
pl: Fala
ja: 波動
zh:
fa: موج
he: גל
da: Bølge
vi: Sóng
hr: Val
ro: Undă
ko: 파동
ca: Ona
no: Bølge
lt: Banga
et: Laine
eu: Uhin
sh: Val
eo: Ondo
la: Unda
ur: موج
zhminnan: Pho-tōng

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