Backus–Naur form

Backus–Naur form - one of the two main notation techniques for context-free grammars in computer science. Article "Backus–Naur form" in English Wikipedia has 49.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 33 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 language version.

In June 2025 the article "Backus–Naur form" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Backus–Naur form", its content was written by 291 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1103 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 167 times in English Wikipedia and cited 875 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #2405 in August 2002
• Global: #514 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #22074 in March 2019
• Global: #37651 in March 2019

There are 36 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) Backus–Naur form		49.2496
2	Basque (eu) Backus eta Naurren formatu		25.8086
3	German (de) Backus-Naur-Form		25.2998
4	Finnish (fi) Backus–Naur-muoto		24.697
5	Croatian (hr) Backus-Naurov oblik		21.9373
6	Greek (el) Μορφή Μπάκους-Νάουρ		19.9919
7	Ukrainian (uk) Нотація Бекуса — Наура		19.7193
8	Danish (da) Backus-Naur form		19.6338
9	Portuguese (pt) Formalismo de Backus-Naur		18.8103
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Backus-Naurov oblik		16.5357

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Backus–Naur form" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Backus–Naur form		3 205 342
2	German (de) Backus-Naur-Form		520 467
3	Japanese (ja) バッカス・ナウア記法		419 722
4	Russian (ru) Форма Бэкуса — Наура		414 362
5	Spanish (es) Notación de Backus-Naur		245 663
6	Chinese (zh) 巴科斯范式		154 806
7	French (fr) Forme de Backus-Naur		139 224
8	Polish (pl) Notacja BNF		118 645
9	Italian (it) Backus-Naur Form		106 616
10	Portuguese (pt) Formalismo de Backus-Naur		77 314

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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 "Backus–Naur form" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Backus–Naur form		12 788
2	Japanese (ja) バッカス・ナウア記法		1 143
3	Russian (ru) Форма Бэкуса — Наура		870
4	German (de) Backus-Naur-Form		838
5	Chinese (zh) 巴科斯范式		477
6	French (fr) Forme de Backus-Naur		389
7	Spanish (es) Notación de Backus-Naur		326
8	Ukrainian (uk) Нотація Бекуса — Наура		220
9	Polish (pl) Notacja BNF		135
10	Italian (it) Backus-Naur Form		131

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

Language versions of the article "Backus–Naur form" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Backus–Naur form		291
2	German (de) Backus-Naur-Form		113
3	French (fr) Forme de Backus-Naur		78
4	Russian (ru) Форма Бэкуса — Наура		55
5	Italian (it) Backus-Naur Form		52
6	Dutch (nl) BNF (metataal)		48
7	Hungarian (hu) Backus–Naur-forma		40
8	Danish (da) Backus-Naur form		37
9	Japanese (ja) バッカス・ナウア記法		34
10	Portuguese (pt) Formalismo de Backus-Naur		33

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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 "Backus–Naur form" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Backus–Naur form		3
2	Arabic (ar) صيغة باكوس ونور		2
3	Azerbaijani (az) Bekus-Naur forması		0
4	Catalan (ca) Forma de Backus i Naur		0
5	Czech (cs) Backusova–Naurova forma		0
6	Danish (da) Backus-Naur form		0
7	German (de) Backus-Naur-Form		0
8	Greek (el) Μορφή Μπάκους-Νάουρ		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Formo de Backus–Naur		0
10	Spanish (es) Notación de Backus-Naur		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 "Backus–Naur form" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Backus–Naur form		167
2	Spanish (es) Notación de Backus-Naur		57
3	French (fr) Forme de Backus-Naur		54
4	Japanese (ja) バッカス・ナウア記法		48
5	Russian (ru) Форма Бэкуса — Наура		48
6	German (de) Backus-Naur-Form		46
7	Portuguese (pt) Formalismo de Backus-Naur		38
8	Italian (it) Backus-Naur Form		34
9	Danish (da) Backus-Naur form		30
10	Chinese (zh) 巴科斯范式		30

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic صيغة باكوس ونور
az	Azerbaijani Bekus-Naur forması
ca	Catalan Forma de Backus i Naur
cs	Czech Backusova–Naurova forma
da	Danish Backus-Naur form
de	German Backus-Naur-Form
el	Greek Μορφή Μπάκους-Νάουρ
en	English Backus–Naur form
eo	Esperanto Formo de Backus–Naur
es	Spanish Notación de Backus-Naur
eu	Basque Backus eta Naurren formatu
fa	Persian فرم باکوس نائور
fi	Finnish Backus–Naur-muoto
fr	French Forme de Backus-Naur
gl	Galician Backus-Naur Form
hi	Hindi बाक्कस-नार प्रारूप
hr	Croatian Backus-Naurov oblik
hu	Hungarian Backus–Naur-forma
it	Italian Backus-Naur Form
ja	Japanese バッカス・ナウア記法
ka	Georgian ბეკუს-ნაურის ფორმალიზმი
ko	Korean 배커스-나우르 표기법
ms	Malay Bentuk Backus–Naur
nl	Dutch BNF (metataal)
no	Norwegian Backus-Naur form
pl	Polish Notacja BNF
pt	Portuguese Formalismo de Backus-Naur
ru	Russian Форма Бэкуса — Наура
sh	Serbo-Croatian Backus-Naurov oblik
sr	Serbian Бакус–Наурова форма
sv	Swedish Backus-Naur-form
ta	Tamil பேக்கசு-நார் முறை
th	Thai รูปแบบแบกคัส-เนาร์
tr	Turkish Backus-Naur form
uk	Ukrainian Нотація Бекуса — Наура
zh	Chinese 巴科斯范式

Best Rank

English: #22074 03.2019

Global: #37651 03.2019

Best Rank

English: #2405 08.2002

Global: #514 01.2003

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