Cross section (physics)

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Cross section (physics)

Quality:

Cross section - measure of probability that a specific process will take place in a collision of two particles. Article "Cross section (physics)" in English Wikipedia has 42.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 20 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Cross section (physics)" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Cross section (physics)", its content was written by 147 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 631 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 335 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2121 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7212 in September 2003
  • Global: #8967 in February 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #49111 in April 2015
  • Global: #51230 in March 2011

There are 34 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)
Cross section (physics)
42.6284
2Norwegian (no)
Spredningstverrsnitt
41.0537
3Portuguese (pt)
Seção de choque
36.74
4Hungarian (hu)
Hatáskeresztmetszet
32.6123
5German (de)
Wirkungsquerschnitt
30.5948
6Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Verknadsstverrsnitt
29.2463
7French (fr)
Section efficace
26.9889
8Slovak (sk)
Účinný prierez
25.3386
9Polish (pl)
Przekrój czynny
19.2786
10Chinese (zh)
截面 (物理)
17.7586
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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 "Cross section (physics)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cross section (physics)
2 194 454
2German (de)
Wirkungsquerschnitt
755 039
3French (fr)
Section efficace
245 972
4Italian (it)
Sezione d'urto
186 800
5Russian (ru)
Эффективное сечение
174 902
6Japanese (ja)
反応断面積
166 989
7Spanish (es)
Sección eficaz
161 114
8Polish (pl)
Przekrój czynny
123 490
9Chinese (zh)
截面 (物理)
62 162
10Portuguese (pt)
Seção de choque
46 656
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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 "Cross section (physics)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cross section (physics)
7 016
2German (de)
Wirkungsquerschnitt
1 701
3French (fr)
Section efficace
854
4Italian (it)
Sezione d'urto
644
5Russian (ru)
Эффективное сечение
487
6Japanese (ja)
反応断面積
364
7Spanish (es)
Sección eficaz
313
8Korean (ko)
단면적 (물리학)
234
9Polish (pl)
Przekrój czynny
204
10Chinese (zh)
截面 (物理)
185
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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 "Cross section (physics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cross section (physics)
147
2German (de)
Wirkungsquerschnitt
109
3French (fr)
Section efficace
69
4Italian (it)
Sezione d'urto
48
5Russian (ru)
Эффективное сечение
36
6Hebrew (he)
חתך פעולה
23
7Japanese (ja)
反応断面積
18
8Spanish (es)
Sección eficaz
16
9Polish (pl)
Przekrój czynny
16
10Czech (cs)
Účinný průřez
15
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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 "Cross section (physics)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
Section efficace
2
2English (en)
Cross section (physics)
1
3Urdu (ur)
نیوٹرون کروس سیکشن
1
4Arabic (ar)
مقطع تصادم (فيزياء)
0
5Belarusian (be)
Сячэнне рассеяння
0
6Catalan (ca)
Secció eficaç
0
7Czech (cs)
Účinný průřez
0
8German (de)
Wirkungsquerschnitt
0
9Spanish (es)
Sección eficaz
0
10Persian (fa)
سطح مقطع (فیزیک)
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 "Cross section (physics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Cross section (physics)
335
2German (de)
Wirkungsquerschnitt
290
3French (fr)
Section efficace
240
4Italian (it)
Sezione d'urto
182
5Japanese (ja)
反応断面積
167
6Chinese (zh)
截面 (物理)
98
7Spanish (es)
Sección eficaz
84
8Polish (pl)
Przekrój czynny
80
9Russian (ru)
Эффективное сечение
68
10Finnish (fi)
Vaikutusala
67
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مقطع تصادم (فيزياء)
beBelarusian
Сячэнне рассеяння
caCatalan
Secció eficaç
csCzech
Účinný průřez
deGerman
Wirkungsquerschnitt
enEnglish
Cross section (physics)
esSpanish
Sección eficaz
faPersian
سطح مقطع (فیزیک)
fiFinnish
Vaikutusala
frFrench
Section efficace
heHebrew
חתך פעולה
hiHindi
अनुप्रस्थ परिच्छेद (भौतिकी)
huHungarian
Hatáskeresztmetszet
hyArmenian
Էֆեկտիվ լայնական կտրվածք
idIndonesian
Penampang lintang (fisika)
itItalian
Sezione d'urto
jaJapanese
反応断面積
koKorean
단면적 (물리학)
nlDutch
Werkzame doorsnede
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Verknadsstverrsnitt
noNorwegian
Spredningstverrsnitt
plPolish
Przekrój czynny
ptPortuguese
Seção de choque
roRomanian
Secțiune eficace (fizică)
ruRussian
Эффективное сечение
skSlovak
Účinný prierez
svSwedish
Träffyta
thThai
ภาคตัดขวาง (ฟิสิกส์)
trTurkish
Tesir kesiti
ukUkrainian
Ефективний переріз
urUrdu
نیوٹرون کروس سیکشن
uzUzbek
Effektiv kesim yuzi
viVietnamese
Tiết diện hiệu dụng
zhChinese
截面 (物理)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#49111
04.2015
Global:
#51230
03.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7212
09.2003
Global:
#8967
02.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Cross section from Wikipedia articles about Mean free path, Rayleigh scattering, Barn, Nuclear cross section and Absorption cross section. Whereas reading the article about Cross section people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Geiger–Marsden experiment, Barn, Mean free path, Stochastic process and Neutron cross section.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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