4-Hydroxybenzoic acid

4-hydroxybenzoic acid - chemical compound. Article “4-Hydroxybenzoic acid” in English Wikipedia has 50.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 16 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “4-Hydroxybenzoic acid”, its content was written by 51 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 171 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 739 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1439 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #75099 in November 2010
• Global: #65140 in October 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #198774 in October 2010
• Global: #227066 in April 2015

There are 17 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	English (en) 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid		50.5351
2	Esperanto (eo) Hidroksobenzoata acido		44.8647
3	German (de) 4-Hydroxybenzoesäure		42.1488
4	Italian (it) Acido 4-idrossibenzoico		40.4397
5	Finnish (fi) P-Hydroksibentsoehappo		28.8352
6	Serbo-Croatian (sh) 4-Hidroksibenzojeva kiselina		27.9688
7	Romanian (ro) Acid 4-hidroxibenzoic		27.3818
8	Serbian (sr) 4-Hidroksibenzojeva kiselina		23.6488
9	Hebrew (he) 4-הידרוקסי חומצה בנזואית		21.8806
10	Chinese (zh) 对羟基苯甲酸		19.4967

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

The most popular language versions of the article "4-Hydroxybenzoic acid" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid		597 851
2	German (de) 4-Hydroxybenzoesäure		108 120
3	Japanese (ja) 4-ヒドロキシ安息香酸		98 855
4	Spanish (es) Ácido p-hidroxibenzoico		53 371
5	Chinese (zh) 对羟基苯甲酸		49 108
6	Russian (ru) Пара-Гидроксибензойная кислота		47 593
7	French (fr) Acide parahydroxybenzoïque		42 534
8	Portuguese (pt) Ácido 4-hidroxibenzoico		36 270
9	Dutch (nl) 4-hydroxybenzoëzuur		17 324
10	Persian (fa) ۴-هیدروکسی‌بنزوئیک اسید		9 179

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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 "4-Hydroxybenzoic acid" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid		1 683
2	German (de) 4-Hydroxybenzoesäure		305
3	Japanese (ja) 4-ヒドロキシ安息香酸		273
4	Chinese (zh) 对羟基苯甲酸		245
5	Russian (ru) Пара-Гидроксибензойная кислота		168
6	Spanish (es) Ácido p-hidroxibenzoico		123
7	Italian (it) Acido 4-idrossibenzoico		89
8	French (fr) Acide parahydroxybenzoïque		67
9	Portuguese (pt) Ácido 4-hidroxibenzoico		44
10	Dutch (nl) 4-hydroxybenzoëzuur		24

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

Language versions of the article "4-Hydroxybenzoic acid" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid		51
2	German (de) 4-Hydroxybenzoesäure		30
3	French (fr) Acide parahydroxybenzoïque		18
4	Dutch (nl) 4-hydroxybenzoëzuur		12
5	Italian (it) Acido 4-idrossibenzoico		9
6	Hebrew (he) 4-הידרוקסי חומצה בנזואית		8
7	Portuguese (pt) Ácido 4-hidroxibenzoico		8
8	Japanese (ja) 4-ヒドロキシ安息香酸		7
9	Russian (ru) Пара-Гидроксибензойная кислота		7
10	Finnish (fi) P-Hydroksibentsoehappo		5

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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 "4-Hydroxybenzoic acid" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) 4-Hydroxybenzoesäure		0
2	English (en) 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid		0
3	Esperanto (eo) Hidroksobenzoata acido		0
4	Spanish (es) Ácido p-hidroxibenzoico		0
5	Persian (fa) ۴-هیدروکسی‌بنزوئیک اسید		0
6	Finnish (fi) P-Hydroksibentsoehappo		0
7	French (fr) Acide parahydroxybenzoïque		0
8	Hebrew (he) 4-הידרוקסי חומצה בנזואית		0
9	Italian (it) Acido 4-idrossibenzoico		0
10	Japanese (ja) 4-ヒドロキシ安息香酸		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 "4-Hydroxybenzoic acid" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid		739
2	Italian (it) Acido 4-idrossibenzoico		401
3	Persian (fa) ۴-هیدروکسی‌بنزوئیک اسید		54
4	Chinese (zh) 对羟基苯甲酸		35
5	German (de) 4-Hydroxybenzoesäure		33
6	French (fr) Acide parahydroxybenzoïque		29
7	Japanese (ja) 4-ヒドロキシ安息香酸		25
8	Portuguese (pt) Ácido 4-hidroxibenzoico		25
9	Esperanto (eo) Hidroksobenzoata acido		18
10	Spanish (es) Ácido p-hidroxibenzoico		18

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#	Language	Value
de	German 4-Hydroxybenzoesäure
en	English 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid
eo	Esperanto Hidroksobenzoata acido
es	Spanish Ácido p-hidroxibenzoico
fa	Persian ۴-هیدروکسی‌بنزوئیک اسید
fi	Finnish P-Hydroksibentsoehappo
fr	French Acide parahydroxybenzoïque
he	Hebrew 4-הידרוקסי חומצה בנזואית
it	Italian Acido 4-idrossibenzoico
ja	Japanese 4-ヒドロキシ安息香酸
nl	Dutch 4-hydroxybenzoëzuur
pt	Portuguese Ácido 4-hidroxibenzoico
ro	Romanian Acid 4-hidroxibenzoic
ru	Russian Пара-Гидроксибензойная кислота
sh	Serbo-Croatian 4-Hidroksibenzojeva kiselina
sr	Serbian 4-Hidroksibenzojeva kiselina
zh	Chinese 对羟基苯甲酸

Best Rank

English: #198774 10.2010

Global: #227066 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #75099 11.2010

Global: #65140 10.2014

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