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Cold sore

Quality:

Herpes labialis - Herpes simplex virus that primarily affects the lip. Article “Cold sore” in English Wikipedia has 74.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 114 references and 12 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 “Cold sore”, its content was written by 174 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 582 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 336 times in English Wikipedia and cited 965 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #13174 in February 2013
  • Global: #15863 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #2915 in August 2013
  • Global: #5829 in August 2013

There are 22 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Cold sore
74.8064
2Hebrew (he)
הרפס שפתיים
45.8181
3Ukrainian (uk)
Губний герпес
41.411
4Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Herpes labialis
36.2432
5Armenian (hy)
Շրթունքի հերպես
34.0855
6Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Groznica na usni
30.2596
7Spanish (es)
Herpes labial
30.1194
8Portuguese (pt)
Herpes labial
29.0152
9Azerbaijani (az)
Herpes
28.1052
10Russian (ru)
Герпес
27.9828
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Cold sore" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cold sore
7 849 581
2Russian (ru)
Герпес
6 093 703
3Italian (it)
Herpes labiale
996 820
4Dutch (nl)
Koortslip
836 618
5Ukrainian (uk)
Губний герпес
236 822
6Spanish (es)
Herpes labial
228 375
7Chinese (zh)
唇瘡
166 023
8Arabic (ar)
هربس الشفة
126 865
9Kazakh (kk)
Ұшық
105 412
10Hebrew (he)
הרפס שפתיים
89 521
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Cold sore" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cold sore
18 949
2Russian (ru)
Герпес
10 908
3Spanish (es)
Herpes labial
4 225
4Portuguese (pt)
Herpes labial
1 843
5Dutch (nl)
Koortslip
1 138
6Arabic (ar)
هربس الشفة
1 038
7Chinese (zh)
唇瘡
857
8Ukrainian (uk)
Губний герпес
782
9Italian (it)
Herpes labiale
711
10Hebrew (he)
הרפס שפתיים
625
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Cold sore" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cold sore
174
2Russian (ru)
Герпес
140
3Dutch (nl)
Koortslip
91
4Italian (it)
Herpes labiale
60
5Hebrew (he)
הרפס שפתיים
19
6Swedish (sv)
Munherpes
16
7Chinese (zh)
唇瘡
12
8Arabic (ar)
هربس الشفة
9
9Spanish (es)
Herpes labial
9
10Ukrainian (uk)
Губний герпес
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Cold sore" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Italian (it)
Herpes labiale
1
2Russian (ru)
Герпес
1
3Arabic (ar)
هربس الشفة
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Herpes
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Лабиален херпес
0
6Catalan (ca)
Herpes labial
0
7English (en)
Cold sore
0
8Spanish (es)
Herpes labial
0
9Hebrew (he)
הרפס שפתיים
0
10Armenian (hy)
Շրթունքի հերպես
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Cold sore" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Cold sore
336
2Arabic (ar)
هربس الشفة
193
3Russian (ru)
Герпес
161
4Ukrainian (uk)
Губний герпес
67
5Italian (it)
Herpes labiale
37
6Dutch (nl)
Koortslip
31
7Chinese (zh)
唇瘡
29
8Catalan (ca)
Herpes labial
16
9Spanish (es)
Herpes labial
16
10Uzbek (uz)
Herpes
12
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
هربس الشفة
azAzerbaijani
Herpes
bgBulgarian
Лабиален херпес
caCatalan
Herpes labial
enEnglish
Cold sore
esSpanish
Herpes labial
heHebrew
הרפס שפתיים
hyArmenian
Շրթունքի հերպես
idIndonesian
Herpes oral
itItalian
Herpes labiale
kkKazakh
Ұшық
nlDutch
Koortslip
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Herpes labialis
ptPortuguese
Herpes labial
ruRussian
Герпес
shSerbo-Croatian
Groznica na usni
srSerbian
Грозница на усни
svSwedish
Munherpes
ukUkrainian
Губний герпес
urUrdu
ہونٹوں کی داد
uzUzbek
Herpes
zhChinese
唇瘡

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2915
08.2013
Global:
#5829
08.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#13174
02.2013
Global:
#15863
09.2003

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Herpes labialis from Wikipedia articles about Herpes simplex, Aciclovir, Clobetasol propionate, Herpesviridae and Chickenpox. Whereas reading the article about Herpes labialis people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Herpes simplex, Herpes simplex virus type 1, Trigeminal ganglion, Genital herpes and Herpes zoster.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

zh: 唇瘡
uz: Herpes
az: Herpes

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