Counterion

Counterion - inert ion that accompanies the active or interesting ion to maintain overall electric neutrality. Article “Counterion” in English Wikipedia has 34.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Counterion”, its content was written by 36 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 82 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 121 times in English Wikipedia and cited 301 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #114836 in November 2008
• Global: #104093 in February 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #242452 in November 2014
• Global: #372627 in November 2014

There are 11 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	Chinese (zh) 抗衡离子		41.2699
2	English (en) Counterion		34.1849
3	Indonesian (id) Ion lawan		34.0995
4	Basque (eu) Kontraioi		21.3108
5	Portuguese (pt) Contraíon		17.8889
6	Arabic (ar) أيون مقابل		15.3711
7	Dutch (nl) Tegenion		13.0856
8	German (de) Gegenion		12.3969
9	Spanish (es) Contraión		12.2944
10	French (fr) Contre-ion		6.18

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Counterion		406 905
2	Spanish (es) Contraión		27 570
3	Portuguese (pt) Contraíon		18 638
4	German (de) Gegenion		14 215
5	French (fr) Contre-ion		10 504
6	Dutch (nl) Tegenion		7 323
7	Chinese (zh) 抗衡离子		6 520
8	Arabic (ar) أيون مقابل		1 852
9	Indonesian (id) Ion lawan		1 787
10	Simple English (simple) Counterion		246

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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 "Counterion" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Counterion		978
2	Chinese (zh) 抗衡离子		106
3	Simple English (simple) Counterion		77
4	French (fr) Contre-ion		52
5	Indonesian (id) Ion lawan		41
6	Spanish (es) Contraión		33
7	German (de) Gegenion		26
8	Portuguese (pt) Contraíon		26
9	Arabic (ar) أيون مقابل		17
10	Dutch (nl) Tegenion		9

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Counterion		36
2	French (fr) Contre-ion		10
3	German (de) Gegenion		8
4	Dutch (nl) Tegenion		6
5	Spanish (es) Contraión		5
6	Indonesian (id) Ion lawan		4
7	Portuguese (pt) Contraíon		4
8	Chinese (zh) 抗衡离子		3
9	Arabic (ar) أيون مقابل		2
10	Basque (eu) Kontraioi		2

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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 "Counterion" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Contre-ion		2
2	Indonesian (id) Ion lawan		1
3	Arabic (ar) أيون مقابل		0
4	German (de) Gegenion		0
5	English (en) Counterion		0
6	Spanish (es) Contraión		0
7	Basque (eu) Kontraioi		0
8	Dutch (nl) Tegenion		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Contraíon		0
10	Simple English (simple) Counterion		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 "Counterion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Counterion		121
2	French (fr) Contre-ion		52
3	German (de) Gegenion		24
4	Dutch (nl) Tegenion		21
5	Arabic (ar) أيون مقابل		20
6	Spanish (es) Contraión		19
7	Chinese (zh) 抗衡离子		17
8	Portuguese (pt) Contraíon		12
9	Indonesian (id) Ion lawan		11
10	Basque (eu) Kontraioi		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أيون مقابل
de	German Gegenion
en	English Counterion
es	Spanish Contraión
eu	Basque Kontraioi
fr	French Contre-ion
id	Indonesian Ion lawan
nl	Dutch Tegenion
pt	Portuguese Contraíon
simple	Simple English Counterion
zh	Chinese 抗衡离子

Best Rank

English: #242452 11.2014

Global: #372627 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #114836 11.2008

Global: #104093 02.2017

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