Scala Naturae

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Scala Naturae

Quality:

Great chain of being - concept associated with Aristotelian philosophy in which all forms of life on the planet exist in ranked order, from the most to the least important, in a "ladder of life". Article “Scala Naturae” in German Wikipedia has 47.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 28 references and 9 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Scala Naturae”, its content was written by 21 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 565 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 30 times in German Wikipedia and cited 1296 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #14025 in February 2018
  • Global: #7739 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #152086 in September 2021
  • Global: #60172 in February 2008

There are 24 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)
Great chain of being
66.2493
2Galician (gl)
Scala naturae
52.4202
3German (de)
Scala Naturae
47.3678
4Latin (la)
Scala naturae
46.6183
5Estonian (et)
Olemise ahel
38.0331
6Russian (ru)
Лестница существ
27.8878
7Turkish (tr)
Büyük varlık zinciri
26.6933
8French (fr)
Scala naturæ
25.6767
9Portuguese (pt)
Scala naturæ
23.6753
10Korean (ko)
존재의 대사슬
22.731
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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 "Scala Naturae" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Great chain of being
3 201 495
2Spanish (es)
Scala naturae
226 932
3French (fr)
Scala naturæ
100 970
4Italian (it)
Scala naturae
62 383
5German (de)
Scala Naturae
48 178
6Portuguese (pt)
Scala naturæ
40 302
7Dutch (nl)
Scala naturæ
33 925
8Polish (pl)
Wielki łańcuch bytu
28 063
9Chinese (zh)
存在巨鏈
18 121
10Danish (da)
Scala naturae
14 724
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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 "Scala Naturae" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Great chain of being
10 361
2French (fr)
Scala naturæ
392
3Spanish (es)
Scala naturae
391
4German (de)
Scala Naturae
379
5Italian (it)
Scala naturae
299
6Russian (ru)
Лестница существ
199
7Dutch (nl)
Scala naturæ
171
8Portuguese (pt)
Scala naturæ
165
9Chinese (zh)
存在巨鏈
137
10Korean (ko)
존재의 대사슬
129
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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 "Scala Naturae" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Great chain of being
307
2French (fr)
Scala naturæ
64
3Dutch (nl)
Scala naturæ
28
4Danish (da)
Scala naturae
25
5Spanish (es)
Scala naturae
22
6German (de)
Scala Naturae
21
7Italian (it)
Scala naturae
15
8Norwegian (no)
Naturens trinnstige
11
9Arabic (ar)
سلسلة وجود عظمى
9
10Swedish (sv)
Scala Naturae
9
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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 "Scala Naturae" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Great chain of being
2
2Bulgarian (bg)
Велика верига на битието
1
3French (fr)
Scala naturæ
1
4Arabic (ar)
سلسلة وجود عظمى
0
5Catalan (ca)
Escala de la natura
0
6Danish (da)
Scala naturae
0
7German (de)
Scala Naturae
0
8Spanish (es)
Scala naturae
0
9Estonian (et)
Olemise ahel
0
10Basque (eu)
Scala naturae
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 "Scala Naturae" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Great chain of being
387
2Persian (fa)
زنجیره کلان هستی
156
3Turkish (tr)
Büyük varlık zinciri
123
4Russian (ru)
Лестница существ
116
5Chinese (zh)
存在巨鏈
89
6Arabic (ar)
سلسلة وجود عظمى
70
7French (fr)
Scala naturæ
59
8Italian (it)
Scala naturae
55
9Portuguese (pt)
Scala naturæ
54
10Spanish (es)
Scala naturae
51
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
سلسلة وجود عظمى
bgBulgarian
Велика верига на битието
caCatalan
Escala de la natura
daDanish
Scala naturae
deGerman
Scala Naturae
enEnglish
Great chain of being
esSpanish
Scala naturae
etEstonian
Olemise ahel
euBasque
Scala naturae
faPersian
زنجیره کلان هستی
frFrench
Scala naturæ
glGalician
Scala naturae
idIndonesian
Rantai keberadaan
itItalian
Scala naturae
koKorean
존재의 대사슬
laLatin
Scala naturae
nlDutch
Scala naturæ
noNorwegian
Naturens trinnstige
plPolish
Wielki łańcuch bytu
ptPortuguese
Scala naturæ
ruRussian
Лестница существ
svSwedish
Scala Naturae
trTurkish
Büyük varlık zinciri
zhChinese
存在巨鏈

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#152086
09.2021
Global:
#60172
02.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#14025
02.2018
Global:
#7739
02.2003

Global 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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