Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)

Degree of freedom - independent physical parameter in the formal description of the state of a physical system. Article “Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)” in English Wikipedia has 32.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 15 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.69 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)”, its content was written by 127 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 756 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 196 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1834 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #33113 in November 2005
• Global: #6964 in October 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #79640 in October 2009
• Global: #35797 in January 2015

There are 31 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	English (en) Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)		32.058
2	German (de) Freiheitsgrad		28.724
3	Finnish (fi) Vapausaste (termodynamiikka)		25.5807
4	Esperanto (eo) Grado de libereco		23.6365
5	Polish (pl) Stopień swobody (fizyka)		21.5193
6	Kazakh (kk) Еркіндік дәрежелері		21.2695
7	Indonesian (id) Derajat kebebasan (fisika dan kimia)		17.4642
8	Chinese (zh) 自由度 (物理学)		16.7976
9	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (физика)		15.364
10	Catalan (ca) Graus de llibertat (física)		13.1532

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)		1 807 764
2	German (de) Freiheitsgrad		1 465 854
3	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (физика)		654 730
4	Japanese (ja) 自由度		576 554
5	Polish (pl) Stopień swobody (fizyka)		354 972
6	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (física)		335 002
7	Czech (cs) Stupeň volnosti		137 693
8	Portuguese (pt) Graus de liberdade (física)		132 889
9	French (fr) Degré de liberté (physique)		115 775
10	Chinese (zh) 自由度 (物理学)		100 216

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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 "Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)		4 334
2	German (de) Freiheitsgrad		1 783
3	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (физика)		1 377
4	Japanese (ja) 自由度		695
5	Polish (pl) Stopień swobody (fizyka)		546
6	Chinese (zh) 自由度 (物理学)		339
7	French (fr) Degré de liberté (physique)		280
8	Czech (cs) Stupeň volnosti		268
9	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (física)		268
10	Hungarian (hu) Szabadsági fok		220

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

Language versions of the article "Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Freiheitsgrad		146
2	English (en) Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)		127
3	Russian (ru) Степени свободы (физика)		58
4	Norwegian (no) Frihetsgrad (fysikk)		39
5	French (fr) Degré de liberté (physique)		35
6	Hebrew (he) דרגות חופש (פיזיקה וכימיה)		34
7	Japanese (ja) 自由度		32
8	Polish (pl) Stopień swobody (fizyka)		32
9	Danish (da) Frihedsgrad		24
10	Hungarian (hu) Szabadsági fok		20

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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 "Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Freiheitsgrad		1
2	Arabic (ar) درجة حرية (فيزياء)		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Степени на свобода		0
4	Catalan (ca) Graus de llibertat (física)		0
5	Czech (cs) Stupeň volnosti		0
6	Danish (da) Frihedsgrad		0
7	Greek (el) Βαθμός ελευθερίας συστήματος		0
8	English (en) Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Grado de libereco		0
10	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (física)		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 "Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) Freiheitsgrad		284
2	English (en) Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)		196
3	Japanese (ja) 自由度		176
4	Romanian (ro) Grad de libertate		119
5	Ukrainian (uk) Ступені вільності		115
6	Spanish (es) Grado de libertad (física)		108
7	Chinese (zh) 自由度 (物理学)		92
8	French (fr) Degré de liberté (physique)		87
9	Polish (pl) Stopień swobody (fizyka)		83
10	Catalan (ca) Graus de llibertat (física)		74

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic درجة حرية (فيزياء)
bg	Bulgarian Степени на свобода
ca	Catalan Graus de llibertat (física)
cs	Czech Stupeň volnosti
da	Danish Frihedsgrad
de	German Freiheitsgrad
el	Greek Βαθμός ελευθερίας συστήματος
en	English Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
eo	Esperanto Grado de libereco
es	Spanish Grado de libertad (física)
fa	Persian درجه آزادی (فیزیک و شیمی)
fi	Finnish Vapausaste (termodynamiikka)
fr	French Degré de liberté (physique)
gl	Galician Graos de liberdade (física)
he	Hebrew דרגות חופש (פיזיקה וכימיה)
hu	Hungarian Szabadsági fok
id	Indonesian Derajat kebebasan (fisika dan kimia)
ja	Japanese 自由度
kk	Kazakh Еркіндік дәрежелері
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Fridomsgrad i fysikk
no	Norwegian Frihetsgrad (fysikk)
pl	Polish Stopień swobody (fizyka)
pt	Portuguese Graus de liberdade (física)
ro	Romanian Grad de libertate
ru	Russian Степени свободы (физика)
simple	Simple English Degree of freedom
sv	Swedish Frihetsgrad
tr	Turkish Serbestlik derecesi (fizik ve kimya)
uk	Ukrainian Ступені вільності
vi	Vietnamese Bậc tự do (lý hóa)
zh	Chinese 自由度 (物理学)

Best Rank

English: #79640 10.2009

Global: #35797 01.2015

Best Rank

English: #33113 11.2005

Global: #6964 10.2002

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