Ballastwasser

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Ballastwasser

Quality:

Sailing ballast - used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail. Article “Ballastwasser” in German Wikipedia has 24.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 10 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Ballastwasser”, its content was written by 50 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 445 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 98 times in German Wikipedia and cited 1475 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #7121 in July 2013
  • Global: #39231 in October 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #40121 in June 2021
  • Global: #24088 in May 2014

There are 19 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
1Catalan (ca)
Llast (nàutica)
56.9831
2English (en)
Ship ballast
28.7254
3German (de)
Ballastwasser
24.7265
4Portuguese (pt)
Água de lastro
24.2032
5Finnish (fi)
Painolasti
22.7171
6Arabic (ar)
صابورة
21.3964
7French (fr)
Ballast (marine)
21.2286
8Greek (el)
Ερματισμός
16.722
9Ukrainian (uk)
Баласт судна
15.9729
10Romanian (ro)
Balast (nave)
14.1833
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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 "Ballastwasser" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Ship ballast
773 236
2Japanese (ja)
バラスト水
570 396
3French (fr)
Ballast (marine)
303 220
4Spanish (es)
Aguas de lastre
152 473
5German (de)
Ballastwasser
126 843
6Portuguese (pt)
Água de lastro
105 577
7Greek (el)
Ερματισμός
75 402
8Chinese (zh)
壓艙水
63 934
9Russian (ru)
Балласт на надводных плавучих средствах
54 384
10Polish (pl)
Balast (żeglarstwo)
49 337
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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 "Ballastwasser" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Ship ballast
3 167
2French (fr)
Ballast (marine)
1 296
3Japanese (ja)
バラスト水
1 006
4German (de)
Ballastwasser
356
5Russian (ru)
Балласт на надводных плавучих средствах
290
6Chinese (zh)
壓艙水
249
7Spanish (es)
Aguas de lastre
155
8Finnish (fi)
Painolasti
117
9Greek (el)
Ερματισμός
113
10Portuguese (pt)
Água de lastro
71
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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 "Ballastwasser" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
Ballast (marine)
90
2English (en)
Ship ballast
79
3German (de)
Ballastwasser
50
4Japanese (ja)
バラスト水
35
5Dutch (nl)
Ballastwater
23
6Portuguese (pt)
Água de lastro
22
7Russian (ru)
Балласт на надводных плавучих средствах
19
8Norwegian (no)
Ballastvann
18
9Croatian (hr)
Balast
17
10Polish (pl)
Balast (żeglarstwo)
16
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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 "Ballastwasser" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
صابورة
0
2Catalan (ca)
Llast (nàutica)
0
3German (de)
Ballastwasser
0
4Greek (el)
Ερματισμός
0
5English (en)
Ship ballast
0
6Spanish (es)
Aguas de lastre
0
7Finnish (fi)
Painolasti
0
8French (fr)
Ballast (marine)
0
9Hebrew (he)
מי נטל
0
10Croatian (hr)
Balast
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 "Ballastwasser" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Ship ballast
386
2French (fr)
Ballast (marine)
372
3German (de)
Ballastwasser
98
4Polish (pl)
Balast (żeglarstwo)
86
5Chinese (zh)
壓艙水
71
6Japanese (ja)
バラスト水
65
7Russian (ru)
Балласт на надводных плавучих средствах
54
8Portuguese (pt)
Água de lastro
46
9Finnish (fi)
Painolasti
44
10Ukrainian (uk)
Баласт судна
38
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Scores

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

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
صابورة
caCatalan
Llast (nàutica)
deGerman
Ballastwasser
elGreek
Ερματισμός
enEnglish
Ship ballast
esSpanish
Aguas de lastre
fiFinnish
Painolasti
frFrench
Ballast (marine)
heHebrew
מי נטל
hrCroatian
Balast
jaJapanese
バラスト水
nlDutch
Ballastwater
noNorwegian
Ballastvann
plPolish
Balast (żeglarstwo)
ptPortuguese
Água de lastro
roRomanian
Balast (nave)
ruRussian
Балласт на надводных плавучих средствах
ukUkrainian
Баласт судна
zhChinese
壓艙水

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#40121
06.2021
Global:
#24088
05.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#7121
07.2013
Global:
#39231
10.2011

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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