Chain of custody

Chain of custody - a means by which inputs, outputs and associated attributes are transferred, monitored and controlled as they move forward through each step in the supply chain. Article “Chain of custody” in English Wikipedia has 12 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.63 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Chain of custody”, its content was written by 70 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 148 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 173 times in English Wikipedia and cited 293 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1859 in August 2003
• Global: #6204 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #99006 in March 2015
• Global: #90257 in April 2015

There are 9 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	German (de) Produktkette		50.3464
2	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de custódia		36.9725
3	Korean (ko) 관리 연속성		15.8922
4	Spanish (es) Cadena de custodia		15.6678
5	English (en) Chain of custody		11.9563
6	Japanese (ja) 証拠保全		3.1591
7	Hindi (hi) हिरासत मे लेने की कड़ी		1.8962
8	Arabic (ar) سلسلة الحيازة		1.635
9	Italian (it) Catena di custodia		1.034

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Chain of custody" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Chain of custody		1 407 398
2	Spanish (es) Cadena de custodia		1 023 648
3	Japanese (ja) 証拠保全		106 323
4	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de custódia		95 977
5	Italian (it) Catena di custodia		30 523
6	Korean (ko) 관리 연속성		10 212
7	German (de) Produktkette		8 696
8	Hindi (hi) हिरासत मे लेने की कड़ी		3 392
9	Arabic (ar) سلسلة الحيازة		3 205

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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 "Chain of custody" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Chain of custody		2 698
2	Spanish (es) Cadena de custodia		223
3	Japanese (ja) 証拠保全		128
4	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de custódia		90
5	German (de) Produktkette		40
6	Korean (ko) 관리 연속성		25
7	Italian (it) Catena di custodia		21
8	Hindi (hi) हिरासत मे लेने की कड़ी		5
9	Arabic (ar) سلسلة الحيازة		0

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Chain of custody		70
2	Spanish (es) Cadena de custodia		23
3	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de custódia		19
4	German (de) Produktkette		13
5	Japanese (ja) 証拠保全		10
6	Korean (ko) 관리 연속성		5
7	Hindi (hi) हिरासत मे लेने की कड़ी		4
8	Italian (it) Catena di custodia		3
9	Arabic (ar) سلسلة الحيازة		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 "Chain of custody" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) سلسلة الحيازة		1
2	German (de) Produktkette		0
3	English (en) Chain of custody		0
4	Spanish (es) Cadena de custodia		0
5	Hindi (hi) हिरासत मे लेने की कड़ी		0
6	Italian (it) Catena di custodia		0
7	Japanese (ja) 証拠保全		0
8	Korean (ko) 관리 연속성		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de custódia		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 "Chain of custody" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Chain of custody		173
2	Korean (ko) 관리 연속성		34
3	Spanish (es) Cadena de custodia		24
4	Japanese (ja) 証拠保全		24
5	German (de) Produktkette		17
6	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de custódia		8
7	Arabic (ar) سلسلة الحيازة		7
8	Italian (it) Catena di custodia		6
9	Hindi (hi) हिरासत मे लेने की कड़ी		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic سلسلة الحيازة
de	German Produktkette
en	English Chain of custody
es	Spanish Cadena de custodia
hi	Hindi हिरासत मे लेने की कड़ी
it	Italian Catena di custodia
ja	Japanese 証拠保全
ko	Korean 관리 연속성
pt	Portuguese Cadeia de custódia

Best Rank

English: #99006 03.2015

Global: #90257 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #1859 08.2003

Global: #6204 08.2003

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