1972 in science

1972 in science - natural science-related events during the year of 1972. Article “1972 in science” in English Wikipedia has 37.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 15 references and 15 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “1972 in science”, its content was written by 42 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 159 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 81 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3277 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #53150 in August 2004
• Global: #108697 in December 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #814815 in May 2008
• Global: #691908 in December 2014

There are 11 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Portuguese (pt) 1972 na ciência		41.4615
2	English (en) 1972 in science		37.6571
3	Swedish (sv) Vetenskapsåret 1972		35.6437
4	Norwegian (no) Vitenskapsåret 1972		30.9402
5	French (fr) 1972 en science		28.0244
6	Min Nan (zhminnan) 1972 nî kho-ha̍k		20.8018
7	Hebrew (he) 1972 במדע		12.804
8	Russian (ru) 1972 год в науке		11.1723
9	Ukrainian (uk) 1972 у науці		9.3126
10	Polish (pl) 1972 w nauce		7.3426

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

The most popular language versions of the article "1972 in science" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1972 in science		66 275
2	Russian (ru) 1972 год в науке		24 178
3	Polish (pl) 1972 w nauce		21 143
4	French (fr) 1972 en science		20 200
5	Portuguese (pt) 1972 na ciência		10 665
6	Swedish (sv) Vetenskapsåret 1972		4 012
7	Hebrew (he) 1972 במדע		3 332
8	Norwegian (no) Vitenskapsåret 1972		2 842
9	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a tudományban		419
10	Ukrainian (uk) 1972 у науці		380

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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 "1972 in science" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1972 in science		155
2	Russian (ru) 1972 год в науке		105
3	French (fr) 1972 en science		24
4	Portuguese (pt) 1972 na ciência		17
5	Hebrew (he) 1972 במדע		14
6	Swedish (sv) Vetenskapsåret 1972		13
7	Norwegian (no) Vitenskapsåret 1972		12
8	Ukrainian (uk) 1972 у науці		6
9	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a tudományban		1
10	Polish (pl) 1972 w nauce		1

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

Language versions of the article "1972 in science" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) 1972 en science		43
2	English (en) 1972 in science		42
3	Norwegian (no) Vitenskapsåret 1972		17
4	Hebrew (he) 1972 במדע		16
5	Russian (ru) 1972 год в науке		12
6	Swedish (sv) Vetenskapsåret 1972		9
7	Polish (pl) 1972 w nauce		8
8	Portuguese (pt) 1972 na ciência		6
9	Ukrainian (uk) 1972 у науці		4
10	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a tudományban		1

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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 "1972 in science" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1972 in science		0
2	French (fr) 1972 en science		0
3	Hebrew (he) 1972 במדע		0
4	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a tudományban		0
5	Norwegian (no) Vitenskapsåret 1972		0
6	Polish (pl) 1972 w nauce		0
7	Portuguese (pt) 1972 na ciência		0
8	Russian (ru) 1972 год в науке		0
9	Swedish (sv) Vetenskapsåret 1972		0
10	Ukrainian (uk) 1972 у науці		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 "1972 in science" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Norwegian (no) Vitenskapsåret 1972		1 200
2	French (fr) 1972 en science		896
3	Russian (ru) 1972 год в науке		644
4	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a tudományban		113
5	Polish (pl) 1972 w nauce		112
6	Hebrew (he) 1972 במדע		104
7	English (en) 1972 in science		81
8	Swedish (sv) Vetenskapsåret 1972		47
9	Portuguese (pt) 1972 na ciência		34
10	Min Nan (zhminnan) 1972 nî kho-ha̍k		32

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#	Language	Value
en	English 1972 in science
fr	French 1972 en science
he	Hebrew 1972 במדע
hu	Hungarian 1972 a tudományban
no	Norwegian Vitenskapsåret 1972
pl	Polish 1972 w nauce
pt	Portuguese 1972 na ciência
ru	Russian 1972 год в науке
sv	Swedish Vetenskapsåret 1972
uk	Ukrainian 1972 у науці
zhminnan	Min Nan 1972 nî kho-ha̍k

Best Rank

English: #814815 05.2008

Global: #691908 12.2014

Best Rank

English: #53150 08.2004

Global: #108697 12.2009

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