Cleve Backster

Cleve Backster - Introduced polygraph or "lie-detector" tests, worked in the CIA. Later performed experiments and theorized "plant perception". (1924-2013). Article “Cleve Backster” in English Wikipedia has 41.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 34 references and 7 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 “Cleve Backster”, its content was written by 84 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 138 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 15 times in English Wikipedia and cited 40 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #69592 in July 2019
• Global: #127831 in June 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #162192 in June 2022
• Global: #261924 in June 2022

There are 8 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) Cleve Backster		41.7092
2	Armenian (hy) Քլիվ Բեքսթեր		32.9978
3	Persian (fa) کلیو بکستر		26.9945
4	Russian (ru) Бакстер, Клив		23.0765
5	Japanese (ja) クリーヴ・バクスター		23.0163
6	Chinese (zh) 克里夫·巴克斯特		11.6333
7	Italian (it) Cleve Backster		10.5463
8	French (fr) Cleve Backster		7.7667

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Cleve Backster" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Cleve Backster		403 193
2	Russian (ru) Бакстер, Клив		25 119
3	Persian (fa) کلیو بکستر		21 502
4	Italian (it) Cleve Backster		16 359
5	Chinese (zh) 克里夫·巴克斯特		6 393
6	French (fr) Cleve Backster		6 342
7	Japanese (ja) クリーヴ・バクスター		5 695
8	Armenian (hy) Քլիվ Բեքսթեր		263

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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 "Cleve Backster" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Cleve Backster		1 331
2	Russian (ru) Бакстер, Клив		135
3	Chinese (zh) 克里夫·巴克斯特		105
4	French (fr) Cleve Backster		86
5	Italian (it) Cleve Backster		72
6	Armenian (hy) Քլիվ Բեքսթեր		46
7	Japanese (ja) クリーヴ・バクスター		35
8	Persian (fa) کلیو بکستر		32

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Cleve Backster		84
2	Italian (it) Cleve Backster		15
3	French (fr) Cleve Backster		12
4	Russian (ru) Бакстер, Клив		10
5	Persian (fa) کلیو بکستر		5
6	Japanese (ja) クリーヴ・バクスター		5
7	Chinese (zh) 克里夫·巴克斯特		4
8	Armenian (hy) Քլիվ Բեքսթեր		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 "Cleve Backster" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Cleve Backster		0
2	Persian (fa) کلیو بکستر		0
3	French (fr) Cleve Backster		0
4	Armenian (hy) Քլիվ Բեքսթեր		0
5	Italian (it) Cleve Backster		0
6	Japanese (ja) クリーヴ・バクスター		0
7	Russian (ru) Бакстер, Клив		0
8	Chinese (zh) 克里夫·巴克斯特		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 "Cleve Backster" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Cleve Backster		15
2	Italian (it) Cleve Backster		7
3	Russian (ru) Бакстер, Клив		5
4	French (fr) Cleve Backster		3
5	Armenian (hy) Քլիվ Բեքսթեր		3
6	Japanese (ja) クリーヴ・バクスター		3
7	Persian (fa) کلیو بکستر		2
8	Chinese (zh) 克里夫·巴克斯特		2

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#	Language	Value
en	English Cleve Backster
fa	Persian کلیو بکستر
fr	French Cleve Backster
hy	Armenian Քլիվ Բեքսթեր
it	Italian Cleve Backster
ja	Japanese クリーヴ・バクスター
ru	Russian Бакстер, Клив
zh	Chinese 克里夫·巴克斯特

Best Rank

English: #162192 06.2022

Global: #261924 06.2022

Best Rank

English: #69592 07.2019

Global: #127831 06.2014

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