Capillary wave

Capillary wave - wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid, whose dynamics and phase velocity are dominated by the effects of surface tension. Article “Capillary wave” in English Wikipedia has 48.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 20 references and 8 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 “Capillary wave”, its content was written by 63 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 174 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 76 times in English Wikipedia and cited 180 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #39135 in May 2004
• Global: #59878 in October 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #179596 in October 2008
• Global: #260465 in October 2008

There are 16 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) Capillary wave		48.3067
2	Chinese (zh) 表面張力波		37.5988
3	Malay (ms) Gelombang rerambut		29.4021
4	Japanese (ja) 表面張力波		25.2307
5	Georgian (ka) ლივლივი		25.0767
6	Portuguese (pt) Onda capilar		24.437
7	Arabic (ar) موجة شعرية		22.1388
8	Polish (pl) Fale kapilarne		20.1617
9	Hebrew (he) גל קפילרי		19.1172
10	Swedish (sv) Kapillärvågor		16.9692

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Capillary wave" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Capillary wave		534 971
2	Russian (ru) Зыбь		112 507
3	German (de) Kapillarwelle		38 864
4	Polish (pl) Fale kapilarne		32 493
5	Chinese (zh) 表面張力波		9 400
6	Japanese (ja) 表面張力波		8 571
7	Hebrew (he) גל קפילרי		8 284
8	Ukrainian (uk) Брижі (хвилі)		7 608
9	Portuguese (pt) Onda capilar		4 320
10	Italian (it) Onda capillare		3 872

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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 "Capillary wave" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Capillary wave		2 177
2	Russian (ru) Зыбь		427
3	German (de) Kapillarwelle		165
4	Japanese (ja) 表面張力波		158
5	Polish (pl) Fale kapilarne		113
6	Chinese (zh) 表面張力波		96
7	Hebrew (he) גל קפילרי		60
8	Italian (it) Onda capillare		40
9	Ukrainian (uk) Брижі (хвилі)		30
10	Portuguese (pt) Onda capilar		26

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Capillary wave		63
2	Russian (ru) Зыбь		36
3	German (de) Kapillarwelle		19
4	Hebrew (he) גל קפילרי		13
5	Polish (pl) Fale kapilarne		9
6	Ukrainian (uk) Брижі (хвилі)		8
7	Swedish (sv) Kapillärvågor		6
8	Italian (it) Onda capillare		3
9	Japanese (ja) 表面張力波		3
10	Portuguese (pt) Onda capilar		3

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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 "Capillary wave" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) موجة شعرية		0
2	German (de) Kapillarwelle		0
3	English (en) Capillary wave		0
4	Hebrew (he) גל קפילרי		0
5	Italian (it) Onda capillare		0
6	Japanese (ja) 表面張力波		0
7	Georgian (ka) ლივლივი		0
8	Malay (ms) Gelombang rerambut		0
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Kapillarbølgje		0
10	Polish (pl) Fale kapilarne		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 "Capillary wave" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Capillary wave		76
2	Russian (ru) Зыбь		28
3	German (de) Kapillarwelle		12
4	Ukrainian (uk) Брижі (хвилі)		11
5	Hebrew (he) גל קפילרי		7
6	Romanian (ro) Unde capilare		7
7	Japanese (ja) 表面張力波		6
8	Portuguese (pt) Onda capilar		6
9	Chinese (zh) 表面張力波		6
10	Polish (pl) Fale kapilarne		5

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic موجة شعرية
de	German Kapillarwelle
en	English Capillary wave
he	Hebrew גל קפילרי
it	Italian Onda capillare
ja	Japanese 表面張力波
ka	Georgian ლივლივი
ms	Malay Gelombang rerambut
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Kapillarbølgje
pl	Polish Fale kapilarne
pt	Portuguese Onda capilar
ro	Romanian Unde capilare
ru	Russian Зыбь
sv	Swedish Kapillärvågor
uk	Ukrainian Брижі (хвилі)
zh	Chinese 表面張力波

Best Rank

English: #179596 10.2008

Global: #260465 10.2008

Best Rank

English: #39135 05.2004

Global: #59878 10.2006

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