Counterfeit medications

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Counterfeit medications

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Counterfeit medication - medication or pharmaceutical item which is produced and sold with the intent to deceptively represent its origin, authenticity or effectiveness. Article “Counterfeit medications” in English Wikipedia has 73 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 69 references and 14 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.

In June 2025 the article “Counterfeit medications” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Counterfeit medications”, its content was written by 162 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 292 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 131 times in English Wikipedia and cited 258 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #31162 in April 2011
  • Global: #73475 in July 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #44911 in April 2017
  • Global: #86597 in April 2017

There are 12 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)
Counterfeit medications
73.0378
2Ukrainian (uk)
Підробка лікарських засобів
58.0705
3German (de)
Medikamentenfälschung
53.7146
4Chinese (zh)
黑心藥品
39.9334
5Swedish (sv)
Läkemedelsbrott
35.8053
6French (fr)
Médicament contrefait
30.9027
7Polish (pl)
Podrobione leki
21.3817
8Spanish (es)
Medicamento falsificado
20.5128
9Arabic (ar)
دواء مزور
19.8997
10Vietnamese (vi)
Thuốc giả
17.6256
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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 "Counterfeit medications" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Counterfeit medications
705 998
2German (de)
Medikamentenfälschung
49 286
3Chinese (zh)
黑心藥品
28 147
4French (fr)
Médicament contrefait
24 110
5Arabic (ar)
دواء مزور
20 922
6Spanish (es)
Medicamento falsificado
19 049
7Vietnamese (vi)
Thuốc giả
8 528
8Swedish (sv)
Läkemedelsbrott
6 570
9Dutch (nl)
Geneesmiddelvervalsing
5 977
10Ukrainian (uk)
Підробка лікарських засобів
3 273
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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 "Counterfeit medications" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Counterfeit medications
1 753
2Chinese (zh)
黑心藥品
178
3German (de)
Medikamentenfälschung
105
4Vietnamese (vi)
Thuốc giả
81
5French (fr)
Médicament contrefait
66
6Spanish (es)
Medicamento falsificado
56
7Ukrainian (uk)
Підробка лікарських засобів
42
8Arabic (ar)
دواء مزور
34
9Dutch (nl)
Geneesmiddelvervalsing
22
10Polish (pl)
Podrobione leki
19
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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 "Counterfeit medications" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Counterfeit medications
162
2German (de)
Medikamentenfälschung
42
3French (fr)
Médicament contrefait
20
4Chinese (zh)
黑心藥品
20
5Dutch (nl)
Geneesmiddelvervalsing
12
6Ukrainian (uk)
Підробка лікарських засобів
10
7Spanish (es)
Medicamento falsificado
9
8Arabic (ar)
دواء مزور
7
9Polish (pl)
Podrobione leki
4
10Vietnamese (vi)
Thuốc giả
3
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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 "Counterfeit medications" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Counterfeit medications
3
2Arabic (ar)
دواء مزور
2
3Ukrainian (uk)
Підробка лікарських засобів
1
4German (de)
Medikamentenfälschung
0
5Spanish (es)
Medicamento falsificado
0
6French (fr)
Médicament contrefait
0
7Dutch (nl)
Geneesmiddelvervalsing
0
8Polish (pl)
Podrobione leki
0
9Serbian (sr)
Индустрија фалсификованих лекова
0
10Swedish (sv)
Läkemedelsbrott
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 "Counterfeit medications" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Counterfeit medications
131
2German (de)
Medikamentenfälschung
30
3Chinese (zh)
黑心藥品
27
4Spanish (es)
Medicamento falsificado
14
5French (fr)
Médicament contrefait
14
6Arabic (ar)
دواء مزور
10
7Swedish (sv)
Läkemedelsbrott
10
8Ukrainian (uk)
Підробка лікарських засобів
8
9Vietnamese (vi)
Thuốc giả
7
10Dutch (nl)
Geneesmiddelvervalsing
6
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
دواء مزور
deGerman
Medikamentenfälschung
enEnglish
Counterfeit medications
esSpanish
Medicamento falsificado
frFrench
Médicament contrefait
nlDutch
Geneesmiddelvervalsing
plPolish
Podrobione leki
srSerbian
Индустрија фалсификованих лекова
svSwedish
Läkemedelsbrott
ukUkrainian
Підробка лікарських засобів
viVietnamese
Thuốc giả
zhChinese
黑心藥品

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#44911
04.2017
Global:
#86597
04.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#31162
04.2011
Global:
#73475
07.2019

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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