Comparative method

Linguistic comparative method - philosophical method of comparativism, technique for studying the development of scientific fields by comparing them, apparently, in different language groups. Article “Comparative method” in English Wikipedia has 76.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 87 references and 21 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 “Comparative method”, its content was written by 214 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 448 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 309 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1047 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #366 in January 2002
• Global: #188 in January 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #78484 in May 2011
• Global: #112018 in December 2009

There are 21 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) Comparative method		76.4835
2	Portuguese (pt) Método comparativo		65.2415
3	Chinese (zh) 比較法 (語言學)		63.3685
4	Latin (la) Methodus historico-comparativa		50.1763
5	Japanese (ja) 比較方法 (言語学)		45.2323
6	Catalan (ca) Mètode comparatiu		40.5768
7	Dutch (nl) Vergelijkende methode (taalkunde)		37.0932
8	Indonesian (id) Metode perbandingan		31.2695
9	Arabic (ar) القاعدة النسبية		29.2985
10	Tamil (ta) ஒப்பியல் முறை		27.1821

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Comparative method" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Comparative method		1 187 168
2	Polish (pl) Metoda porównawcza (językoznawstwo)		94 915
3	Italian (it) Metodo comparativo		71 278
4	Spanish (es) Método comparativo (lingüística)		71 010
5	Chinese (zh) 比較法 (語言學)		33 896
6	Dutch (nl) Vergelijkende methode (taalkunde)		27 804
7	Indonesian (id) Metode perbandingan		21 468
8	Portuguese (pt) Método comparativo		19 586
9	Japanese (ja) 比較方法 (言語学)		16 020
10	Hungarian (hu) Rendszeres hangmegfelelések törvénye		15 770

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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 "Comparative method" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Comparative method		3 696
2	Chinese (zh) 比較法 (語言學)		253
3	Spanish (es) Método comparativo (lingüística)		186
4	Japanese (ja) 比較方法 (言語学)		101
5	Italian (it) Metodo comparativo		72
6	Polish (pl) Metoda porównawcza (językoznawstwo)		69
7	Portuguese (pt) Método comparativo		49
8	Hungarian (hu) Rendszeres hangmegfelelések törvénye		43
9	Indonesian (id) Metode perbandingan		33
10	Vietnamese (vi) Phương pháp so sánh – lịch sử		29

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Comparative method		214
2	Spanish (es) Método comparativo (lingüística)		43
3	Chinese (zh) 比較法 (語言學)		36
4	Polish (pl) Metoda porównawcza (językoznawstwo)		27
5	Catalan (ca) Mètode comparatiu		21
6	Hungarian (hu) Rendszeres hangmegfelelések törvénye		19
7	Dutch (nl) Vergelijkende methode (taalkunde)		18
8	Italian (it) Metodo comparativo		14
9	Latin (la) Methodus historico-comparativa		11
10	Japanese (ja) 比較方法 (言語学)		7

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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 "Comparative method" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Basque (eu) Metodo konparatibo (hizkuntzalaritza)		1
2	Arabic (ar) القاعدة النسبية		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Сравнително-исторически метод (лингвистика)		0
4	Catalan (ca) Mètode comparatiu		0
5	English (en) Comparative method		0
6	Spanish (es) Método comparativo (lingüística)		0
7	Finnish (fi) Historiallis-vertaileva metodi		0
8	Hungarian (hu) Rendszeres hangmegfelelések törvénye		0
9	Indonesian (id) Metode perbandingan		0
10	Italian (it) Metodo comparativo		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 "Comparative method" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Comparative method		309
2	Spanish (es) Método comparativo (lingüística)		153
3	Chinese (zh) 比較法 (語言學)		86
4	Polish (pl) Metoda porównawcza (językoznawstwo)		79
5	Catalan (ca) Mètode comparatiu		57
6	Japanese (ja) 比較方法 (言語学)		54
7	Indonesian (id) Metode perbandingan		46
8	Italian (it) Metodo comparativo		43
9	Bulgarian (bg) Сравнително-исторически метод (лингвистика)		37
10	Korean (ko) 비교 재구		37

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic القاعدة النسبية
bg	Bulgarian Сравнително-исторически метод (лингвистика)
ca	Catalan Mètode comparatiu
en	English Comparative method
es	Spanish Método comparativo (lingüística)
eu	Basque Metodo konparatibo (hizkuntzalaritza)
fi	Finnish Historiallis-vertaileva metodi
hu	Hungarian Rendszeres hangmegfelelések törvénye
id	Indonesian Metode perbandingan
it	Italian Metodo comparativo
ja	Japanese 比較方法 (言語学)
ko	Korean 비교 재구
la	Latin Methodus historico-comparativa
nl	Dutch Vergelijkende methode (taalkunde)
no	Norwegian Den komparative metoden
pl	Polish Metoda porównawcza (językoznawstwo)
pt	Portuguese Método comparativo
sl	Slovenian Primerjalna metoda
ta	Tamil ஒப்பியல் முறை
vi	Vietnamese Phương pháp so sánh – lịch sử
zh	Chinese 比較法 (語言學)

Best Rank

English: #78484 05.2011

Global: #112018 12.2009

Best Rank

English: #366 01.2002

Global: #188 01.2002

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