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Deterrence theory

Quality:

Deterrence theory - military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons. Article "Deterrence theory" in English Wikipedia has 78.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 141 references and 31 sections.

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 "Deterrence theory" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Deterrence theory", its content was written by 247 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 567 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1590 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2939 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #10635 in July 2002
  • Global: #12118 in July 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #17204 in February 2022
  • Global: #14082 in February 2022

There are 23 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)
Deterrence theory
78.9244
2Japanese (ja)
核抑止
32.5181
3Hebrew (he)
הרתעה (אסטרטגיה)
29.9818
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da intimidação
24.7189
5French (fr)
Dissuasion nucléaire
24.6879
6Catalan (ca)
Teoria de la dissuasió
24.6852
7Persian (fa)
نظریه بازدارندگی
22.6289
8Chinese (zh)
威懾理論
17.1418
9Czech (cs)
Teorie odstrašování
16.3943
10Spanish (es)
Teoría de la disuasión
16.2473
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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 "Deterrence theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Deterrence theory
3 070 775
2Japanese (ja)
核抑止
611 654
3French (fr)
Dissuasion nucléaire
326 847
4Italian (it)
Deterrenza
200 783
5Russian (ru)
Ядерное сдерживание
157 423
6Spanish (es)
Teoría de la disuasión
92 324
7Chinese (zh)
威懾理論
63 897
8Arabic (ar)
نظرية الردع
63 506
9Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da intimidação
59 759
10Persian (fa)
نظریه بازدارندگی
55 251
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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 "Deterrence theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Deterrence theory
18 922
2Japanese (ja)
核抑止
1 658
3French (fr)
Dissuasion nucléaire
1 649
4Russian (ru)
Ядерное сдерживание
975
5Chinese (zh)
威懾理論
964
6Arabic (ar)
نظرية الردع
898
7Hebrew (he)
הרתעה (אסטרטגיה)
797
8Italian (it)
Deterrenza
620
9Spanish (es)
Teoría de la disuasión
609
10Turkish (tr)
Nükleer caydırıcılık
596
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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 "Deterrence theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Deterrence theory
247
2Japanese (ja)
核抑止
62
3French (fr)
Dissuasion nucléaire
43
4Hebrew (he)
הרתעה (אסטרטגיה)
42
5Italian (it)
Deterrenza
21
6Russian (ru)
Ядерное сдерживание
18
7Persian (fa)
نظریه بازدارندگی
17
8Finnish (fi)
Peloteteoria
15
9Vietnamese (vi)
Chiến lược răn đe
14
10Dutch (nl)
Afschrikking
13
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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 "Deterrence theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Deterrence theory
3
2Chinese (zh)
威懾理論
1
3Arabic (ar)
نظرية الردع
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Nüvə yayındırıcılığı
0
5Catalan (ca)
Teoria de la dissuasió
0
6Czech (cs)
Teorie odstrašování
0
7Greek (el)
Αποτροπή
0
8Spanish (es)
Teoría de la disuasión
0
9Persian (fa)
نظریه بازدارندگی
0
10Finnish (fi)
Peloteteoria
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 "Deterrence theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Deterrence theory
1 590
2French (fr)
Dissuasion nucléaire
246
3Hebrew (he)
הרתעה (אסטרטגיה)
165
4Japanese (ja)
核抑止
158
5Arabic (ar)
نظرية الردع
146
6Turkish (tr)
Nükleer caydırıcılık
100
7Chinese (zh)
威懾理論
86
8Italian (it)
Deterrenza
74
9Korean (ko)
억지이론
56
10Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da intimidação
55
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية الردع
azAzerbaijani
Nüvə yayındırıcılığı
caCatalan
Teoria de la dissuasió
csCzech
Teorie odstrašování
elGreek
Αποτροπή
enEnglish
Deterrence theory
esSpanish
Teoría de la disuasión
faPersian
نظریه بازدارندگی
fiFinnish
Peloteteoria
frFrench
Dissuasion nucléaire
heHebrew
הרתעה (אסטרטגיה)
idIndonesian
Teori penggentar
itItalian
Deterrenza
jaJapanese
核抑止
koKorean
억지이론
nlDutch
Afschrikking
ptPortuguese
Teoria da intimidação
ruRussian
Ядерное сдерживание
shSerbo-Croatian
Teorija odvraćanja
simpleSimple English
Nuclear deterrent
trTurkish
Nükleer caydırıcılık
viVietnamese
Chiến lược răn đe
zhChinese
威懾理論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#17204
02.2022
Global:
#14082
02.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#10635
07.2002
Global:
#12118
07.2002

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Deterrence theory from Wikipedia articles about NATO, Mutual assured destruction, Samson Option, States with nuclear weapons and Nuclear triad. Whereas reading the article about Deterrence theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Mutual assured destruction, Nuclear weapon, Second strike, Intercontinental ballistic missile and Intermediate-range ballistic missile.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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