Cycle (graph theory)

Cycle - in graph theory, non-empty trail in which only the first and last vertices are equal. Article “Cycle (graph theory)” in English Wikipedia has 40.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 18 references and 11 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 2026 the article “Cycle (graph theory)” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Cycle (graph theory)”, its content was written by 77 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 322 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 312 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1359 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #19478 in January 2003
• Global: #13220 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #79775 in November 2014
• Global: #95616 in November 2019

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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Cycle (graph theory)		40.15
2	Chinese (zh) 環 (圖論)		37.0472
3	Tamil (ta) சுழற்சி (கோட்டுருவியல்)		36.4415
4	Esperanto (eo) Ciklo (grafeoteorio)		31.7253
5	Ukrainian (uk) Цикл (теорія графів)		25.6081
6	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo (teoria de grafos)		24.8575
7	Croatian (hr) Ciklus (teorija grafova)		23.5606
8	German (de) Zyklus (Graphentheorie)		22.5265
9	Galician (gl) Ciclo (teoría de grafos)		22.5162
10	Arabic (ar) دورة (نظرية البيان)		22.2518

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Cycle (graph theory)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Cycle (graph theory)		1 432 679
2	German (de) Zyklus (Graphentheorie)		235 936
3	Russian (ru) Цикл (теория графов)		208 309
4	Polish (pl) Cykl (teoria grafów)		159 081
5	French (fr) Cycle (théorie des graphes)		104 101
6	Japanese (ja) 閉路		99 749
7	Vietnamese (vi) Chu trình (lý thuyết đồ thị)		67 838
8	Chinese (zh) 環 (圖論)		34 781
9	Romanian (ro) Ciclu (teoria grafurilor)		27 334
10	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo (teoria de grafos)		25 773

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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 "Cycle (graph theory)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Cycle (graph theory)		2 444
2	German (de) Zyklus (Graphentheorie)		406
3	Polish (pl) Cykl (teoria grafów)		308
4	Russian (ru) Цикл (теория графов)		271
5	French (fr) Cycle (théorie des graphes)		229
6	Chinese (zh) 環 (圖論)		180
7	Japanese (ja) 閉路		131
8	Vietnamese (vi) Chu trình (lý thuyết đồ thị)		104
9	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo (teoria de grafos)		74
10	Hungarian (hu) Kör (gráfelmélet)		57

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Cycle (graph theory)		77
2	German (de) Zyklus (Graphentheorie)		50
3	French (fr) Cycle (théorie des graphes)		28
4	Japanese (ja) 閉路		20
5	Polish (pl) Cykl (teoria grafów)		20
6	Hungarian (hu) Kör (gráfelmélet)		16
7	Russian (ru) Цикл (теория графов)		16
8	Vietnamese (vi) Chu trình (lý thuyết đồ thị)		16
9	Chinese (zh) 環 (圖論)		16
10	Ukrainian (uk) Цикл (теорія графів)		15

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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 "Cycle (graph theory)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Cycle (graph theory)		2
2	Arabic (ar) دورة (نظرية البيان)		1
3	Korean (ko) 순환 (그래프 이론)		1
4	Danish (da) Kreds (graf)		0
5	German (de) Zyklus (Graphentheorie)		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Ciklo (grafeoteorio)		0
7	Persian (fa) دور (نظریه گراف)		0
8	French (fr) Cycle (théorie des graphes)		0
9	Galician (gl) Ciclo (teoría de grafos)		0
10	Croatian (hr) Ciklus (teorija grafova)		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 "Cycle (graph theory)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Cycle (graph theory)		312
2	French (fr) Cycle (théorie des graphes)		211
3	German (de) Zyklus (Graphentheorie)		113
4	Polish (pl) Cykl (teoria grafów)		108
5	Japanese (ja) 閉路		103
6	Ukrainian (uk) Цикл (теорія графів)		102
7	Russian (ru) Цикл (теория графов)		87
8	Chinese (zh) 環 (圖論)		71
9	Hungarian (hu) Kör (gráfelmélet)		46
10	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo (teoria de grafos)		39

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic دورة (نظرية البيان)
da	Danish Kreds (graf)
de	German Zyklus (Graphentheorie)
en	English Cycle (graph theory)
eo	Esperanto Ciklo (grafeoteorio)
fa	Persian دور (نظریه گراف)
fr	French Cycle (théorie des graphes)
gl	Galician Ciclo (teoría de grafos)
hr	Croatian Ciklus (teorija grafova)
hu	Hungarian Kör (gráfelmélet)
ja	Japanese 閉路
ko	Korean 순환 (그래프 이론)
pl	Polish Cykl (teoria grafów)
pt	Portuguese Ciclo (teoria de grafos)
ro	Romanian Ciclu (teoria grafurilor)
ru	Russian Цикл (теория графов)
sr	Serbian Циклус (теорија графова)
sv	Swedish Cykel (grafteori)
ta	Tamil சுழற்சி (கோட்டுருவியல்)
uk	Ukrainian Цикл (теорія графів)
vi	Vietnamese Chu trình (lý thuyết đồ thị)
zh	Chinese 環 (圖論)

Best Rank

English: #79775 11.2014

Global: #95616 11.2019

Best Rank

English: #19478 01.2003

Global: #13220 11.2002

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