Basic reproduction number

Quality:

Basic reproduction number - metric in epidemiology showing average measure of a pathogen’s infectiousness. Article “Basic reproduction number” in English Wikipedia has 69.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 80 references and 13 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.

In June 2026 the article “Basic reproduction number” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Basic reproduction number”, its content was written by 236 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 617 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 297 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1306 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #410 in March 2020
• Global: #535 in April 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #678 in March 2020
• Global: #1437 in March 2020

There are 34 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, 2026 (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) Basic reproduction number		69.7767
2	German (de) Basisreproduktionszahl		58.115
3	Italian (it) Numero di riproduzione di base		50.0711
4	Greek (el) Βασικός αναπαραγωγικός αριθμός		46.5251
5	Catalan (ca) Nombre reproductiu bàsic		43.7185
6	Simple English (simple) Basic reproduction number		39.1908
7	Russian (ru) Индекс репродукции		38.7167
8	Basque (eu) Oinarrizko birsorkuntza tasa		37.0323
9	Japanese (ja) 基本再生産数		36.4888
10	Slovak (sk) Základné reprodukčné číslo		35.8333

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Basic reproduction number		2 875 320
2	German (de) Basisreproduktionszahl		475 620
3	Japanese (ja) 基本再生産数		249 636
4	Chinese (zh) 基本传染数		237 781
5	Spanish (es) Ritmo reproductivo básico		203 022
6	Dutch (nl) Reproductiegetal		121 290
7	Italian (it) Numero di riproduzione di base		116 693
8	Korean (ko) 기초감염재생산수		84 952
9	French (fr) Nombre de reproduction de base		78 781
10	Russian (ru) Индекс репродукции		48 632

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Basic reproduction number		4 529
2	French (fr) Nombre de reproduction de base		547
3	Japanese (ja) 基本再生産数		425
4	German (de) Basisreproduktionszahl		329
5	Chinese (zh) 基本传染数		305
6	Korean (ko) 기초감염재생산수		268
7	Spanish (es) Ritmo reproductivo básico		133
8	Italian (it) Numero di riproduzione di base		120
9	Dutch (nl) Reproductiegetal		118
10	Russian (ru) Индекс репродукции		105

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Basic reproduction number		236
2	German (de) Basisreproduktionszahl		75
3	French (fr) Nombre de reproduction de base		33
4	Dutch (nl) Reproductiegetal		28
5	Japanese (ja) 基本再生産数		24
6	Chinese (zh) 基本传染数		24
7	Italian (it) Numero di riproduzione di base		23
8	Hebrew (he) מספר ההתרבות הבסיסי		17
9	Spanish (es) Ritmo reproductivo básico		16
10	Czech (cs) Reprodukční číslo		12

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Nombre reproductiu bàsic		1
2	English (en) Basic reproduction number		1
3	Hebrew (he) מספר ההתרבות הבסיסי		1
4	Arabic (ar) عدد التكاثر الأساسي		0
5	Czech (cs) Reprodukční číslo		0
6	Danish (da) Det basale reproduktionstal		0
7	German (de) Basisreproduktionszahl		0
8	Greek (el) Βασικός αναπαραγωγικός αριθμός		0
9	Spanish (es) Ritmo reproductivo básico		0
10	Basque (eu) Oinarrizko birsorkuntza tasa		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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