Demarcation problem

Demarcation problem - about how to distinguish between science and nonscience, including between science, pseudoscience, and other products of human activity, like art and literature, and beliefs. Article "Demarcation problem" in English Wikipedia has 55.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 53 references and 15 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Demarcation problem", its content was written by 156 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 668 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 636 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2951 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8838 in August 2004
• Global: #27718 in October 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #128951 in April 2015
• Global: #92383 in February 2008

There are 30 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	Catalan (ca) Problema de la demarcació		59.622
2	Estonian (et) Demarkatsiooniprobleem		58.5512
3	English (en) Demarcation problem		55.2595
4	Spanish (es) Problema de la demarcación		52.4843
5	Galician (gl) Problema da demarcación		49.0978
6	Czech (cs) Problém demarkace		46.1011
7	Greek (el) Πρόβλημα οριοθέτησης ή διαχωρισμού		45.4083
8	Italian (it) Problema della demarcazione		42.4636
9	Basque (eu) Demarkazioaren arazoa		42.2153
10	Portuguese (pt) Problema da demarcação		37.5276

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Demarcation problem		973 254
2	Spanish (es) Problema de la demarcación		585 066
3	Russian (ru) Проблема демаркации		313 554
4	Italian (it) Problema della demarcazione		132 977
5	Dutch (nl) Demarcatiecriterium		95 406
6	Portuguese (pt) Problema da demarcação		95 134
7	Japanese (ja) 線引き問題 (科学哲学)		93 370
8	German (de) Abgrenzungsproblem		91 835
9	Swedish (sv) Demarkationsproblemet		55 292
10	Polish (pl) Problem demarkacji		48 134

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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 "Demarcation problem" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Demarcation problem		3 628
2	Russian (ru) Проблема демаркации		846
3	Spanish (es) Problema de la demarcación		786
4	Japanese (ja) 線引き問題 (科学哲学)		290
5	Polish (pl) Problem demarkacji		226
6	Italian (it) Problema della demarcazione		176
7	German (de) Abgrenzungsproblem		151
8	Dutch (nl) Demarcatiecriterium		140
9	Portuguese (pt) Problema da demarcação		138
10	French (fr) Problème de la démarcation		114

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Demarcation problem		156
2	Spanish (es) Problema de la demarcación		84
3	Italian (it) Problema della demarcazione		78
4	Russian (ru) Проблема демаркации		67
5	German (de) Abgrenzungsproblem		43
6	French (fr) Problème de la démarcation		43
7	Dutch (nl) Demarcatiecriterium		30
8	Japanese (ja) 線引き問題 (科学哲学)		25
9	Portuguese (pt) Problema da demarcação		17
10	Finnish (fi) Demarkaatio-ongelma		16

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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 "Demarcation problem" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) مشكلة التمييز		2
2	Azerbaijani (az) Demarkasiya problemi		2
3	Catalan (ca) Problema de la demarcació		1
4	Galician (gl) Problema da demarcación		1
5	Japanese (ja) 線引き問題 (科学哲学)		1
6	Bulgarian (bg) Проблем за демаркация		0
7	Czech (cs) Problém demarkace		0
8	Danish (da) Demarkationsproblemet		0
9	German (de) Abgrenzungsproblem		0
10	Greek (el) Πρόβλημα οριοθέτησης ή διαχωρισμού		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 "Demarcation problem" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Demarcation problem		636
2	Arabic (ar) مشكلة التمييز		448
3	Chinese (zh) 划界问题		277
4	Italian (it) Problema della demarcazione		268
5	Persian (fa) مسئله مرزبندی		249
6	Japanese (ja) 線引き問題 (科学哲学)		192
7	Polish (pl) Problem demarkacji		160
8	Ukrainian (uk) Проблема демаркації		141
9	Portuguese (pt) Problema da demarcação		118
10	French (fr) Problème de la démarcation		90

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مشكلة التمييز
az	Azerbaijani Demarkasiya problemi
bg	Bulgarian Проблем за демаркация
ca	Catalan Problema de la demarcació
cs	Czech Problém demarkace
da	Danish Demarkationsproblemet
de	German Abgrenzungsproblem
el	Greek Πρόβλημα οριοθέτησης ή διαχωρισμού
en	English Demarcation problem
es	Spanish Problema de la demarcación
et	Estonian Demarkatsiooniprobleem
eu	Basque Demarkazioaren arazoa
fa	Persian مسئله مرزبندی
fi	Finnish Demarkaatio-ongelma
fr	French Problème de la démarcation
gl	Galician Problema da demarcación
he	Hebrew בעיית התיחום
hi	Hindi सीमा-निर्धारण समस्या
it	Italian Problema della demarcazione
ja	Japanese 線引き問題 (科学哲学)
ko	Korean 구획문제
nl	Dutch Demarcatiecriterium
no	Norwegian Demarkasjonslinje (vitenskapsteori)
pl	Polish Problem demarkacji
pt	Portuguese Problema da demarcação
ro	Romanian Problema demarcației
ru	Russian Проблема демаркации
sv	Swedish Demarkationsproblemet
uk	Ukrainian Проблема демаркації
zh	Chinese 划界问题

Best Rank

English: #128951 04.2015

Global: #92383 02.2008

Best Rank

English: #8838 08.2004

Global: #27718 10.2007

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