Core sample

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Core sample

Quality:

Core sample - cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance, usually obtained by drilling into it with special drills. Article “Core sample” in English Wikipedia has 38 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Core sample”, its content was written by 96 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 251 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 595 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1186 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #63254 in May 2010
  • Global: #68805 in December 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #122266 in October 2017
  • Global: #147263 in December 2014

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, 2026 (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
1Estonian (et)
Puursüdamik
57.0314
2English (en)
Core sample
38.0202
3Spanish (es)
Testigo (geología)
25.5211
4Russian (ru)
Керн (проба)
24.4018
5Georgian (ka)
კერნი
23.2244
6German (de)
Bohrkern
19.2698
7Vietnamese (vi)
Mẫu lõi khoan
18.7364
8Esperanto (eo)
Kernaĵo (geologio)
17.5208
9Italian (it)
Carotaggio
15.9524
10Chinese (zh)
岩芯樣本
14.264
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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 "Core sample" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Core sample
770 980
2Russian (ru)
Керн (проба)
396 369
3Italian (it)
Carotaggio
219 907
4German (de)
Bohrkern
45 027
5French (fr)
Carotte (échantillon)
23 444
6Ukrainian (uk)
Керн (проба)
14 858
7Dutch (nl)
Boorkern
13 256
8Polish (pl)
Rdzeń wiertniczy
11 421
9Chinese (zh)
岩芯樣本
7 483
10Slovak (sk)
Vrtné jadro
5 357
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Core sample" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Core sample
1 128
2Russian (ru)
Керн (проба)
816
3Italian (it)
Carotaggio
200
4French (fr)
Carotte (échantillon)
132
5German (de)
Bohrkern
104
6Chinese (zh)
岩芯樣本
74
7Spanish (es)
Testigo (geología)
63
8Ukrainian (uk)
Керн (проба)
51
9Polish (pl)
Rdzeń wiertniczy
32
10Dutch (nl)
Boorkern
20
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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 "Core sample" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Core sample
96
2Russian (ru)
Керн (проба)
37
3Italian (it)
Carotaggio
36
4German (de)
Bohrkern
11
5Estonian (et)
Puursüdamik
7
6Ukrainian (uk)
Керн (проба)
7
7Chinese (zh)
岩芯樣本
7
8Armenian (hy)
Կեռն
6
9Dutch (nl)
Boorkern
6
10French (fr)
Carotte (échantillon)
5
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Core sample" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Testimoni (geologia)
0
2German (de)
Bohrkern
0
3English (en)
Core sample
0
4Esperanto (eo)
Kernaĵo (geologio)
0
5Spanish (es)
Testigo (geología)
0
6Estonian (et)
Puursüdamik
0
7Persian (fa)
مغزه‌گیری
0
8French (fr)
Carotte (échantillon)
0
9Armenian (hy)
Կեռն
0
10Indonesian (id)
Sampel inti
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 "Core sample" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Core sample
595
2German (de)
Bohrkern
134
3Italian (it)
Carotaggio
130
4Russian (ru)
Керн (проба)
85
5Ukrainian (uk)
Керн (проба)
54
6French (fr)
Carotte (échantillon)
42
7Chinese (zh)
岩芯樣本
28
8Dutch (nl)
Boorkern
26
9Spanish (es)
Testigo (geología)
14
10Turkish (tr)
Çekirdek numunesi
14
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Testimoni (geologia)
deGerman
Bohrkern
enEnglish
Core sample
eoEsperanto
Kernaĵo (geologio)
esSpanish
Testigo (geología)
etEstonian
Puursüdamik
faPersian
مغزه‌گیری
frFrench
Carotte (échantillon)
hyArmenian
Կեռն
idIndonesian
Sampel inti
itItalian
Carotaggio
kaGeorgian
კერნი
kkKazakh
Керн
nlDutch
Boorkern
plPolish
Rdzeń wiertniczy
roRomanian
Carotă
ruRussian
Керн (проба)
skSlovak
Vrtné jadro
trTurkish
Çekirdek numunesi
ukUkrainian
Керн (проба)
viVietnamese
Mẫu lõi khoan
zhChinese
岩芯樣本

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#122266
10.2017
Global:
#147263
12.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#63254
05.2010
Global:
#68805
12.2013

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Core sample from Wikipedia articles about Ice core, Wikipedia article, Pozo de Kola, Rusia, Perseverance and Lake Vostok. Whereas reading the article about Core sample people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Core drill, Pied Butcherbird, Drilling rig, Kern and Ice core.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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