Differential interference contrast microscopy

Differential interference contrast microscopy - illumination technique in optical microscopy. Article “Differential interference contrast microscopy” in English Wikipedia has 37 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 6 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.

Since the creation of article “Differential interference contrast microscopy”, its content was written by 60 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 158 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 104 times in English Wikipedia and cited 289 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #72001 in December 2015
• Global: #103914 in April 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #101836 in September 2013
• Global: #137850 in September 2013

There are 13 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) Differential interference contrast microscopy		36.9605
2	Persian (fa) میکروسکوپ کنتراست تداخل دیفرانسیل		28.3461
3	Vietnamese (vi) Hiển vi tương phản giao thoa vi sai		18.0732
4	Chinese (zh) 微分干涉相差显微镜		18.0114
5	Romanian (ro) Microscop de contrast prin interferență		15.8597
6	German (de) Differentialinterferenzkontrast		13.2424
7	Japanese (ja) 微分干渉顕微鏡		12.6108
8	Korean (ko) 미분간섭현미경		11.1684
9	French (fr) Microscope à contraste interférentiel		10.855
10	Arabic (ar) مجهر تباين التداخل التفاضلي		8.42

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Differential interference contrast microscopy" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Differential interference contrast microscopy		1 067 110
2	Japanese (ja) 微分干渉顕微鏡		267 708
3	German (de) Differentialinterferenzkontrast		147 425
4	French (fr) Microscope à contraste interférentiel		68 309
5	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный интерференционно-контрастный микроскоп		58 287
6	Chinese (zh) 微分干涉相差显微镜		45 620
7	Italian (it) Microscopia a contrasto di interferenza differenziale		10 825
8	Romanian (ro) Microscop de contrast prin interferență		7 361
9	Portuguese (pt) Microscópio de Contraste Interferencial		2 078
10	Persian (fa) میکروسکوپ کنتراست تداخل دیفرانسیل		1 906

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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 "Differential interference contrast microscopy" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Differential interference contrast microscopy		2 516
2	Japanese (ja) 微分干渉顕微鏡		428
3	German (de) Differentialinterferenzkontrast		221
4	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный интерференционно-контрастный микроскоп		217
5	Chinese (zh) 微分干涉相差显微镜		217
6	French (fr) Microscope à contraste interférentiel		108
7	Italian (it) Microscopia a contrasto di interferenza differenziale		50
8	Korean (ko) 미분간섭현미경		48
9	Portuguese (pt) Microscópio de Contraste Interferencial		20
10	Romanian (ro) Microscop de contrast prin interferență		20

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

Language versions of the article "Differential interference contrast microscopy" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Differential interference contrast microscopy		60
2	German (de) Differentialinterferenzkontrast		31
3	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный интерференционно-контрастный микроскоп		22
4	French (fr) Microscope à contraste interférentiel		14
5	Italian (it) Microscopia a contrasto di interferenza differenziale		5
6	Romanian (ro) Microscop de contrast prin interferență		5
7	Japanese (ja) 微分干渉顕微鏡		4
8	Portuguese (pt) Microscópio de Contraste Interferencial		4
9	Arabic (ar) مجهر تباين التداخل التفاضلي		3
10	Vietnamese (vi) Hiển vi tương phản giao thoa vi sai		3

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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 "Differential interference contrast microscopy" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) مجهر تباين التداخل التفاضلي		0
2	German (de) Differentialinterferenzkontrast		0
3	English (en) Differential interference contrast microscopy		0
4	Persian (fa) میکروسکوپ کنتراست تداخل دیفرانسیل		0
5	French (fr) Microscope à contraste interférentiel		0
6	Italian (it) Microscopia a contrasto di interferenza differenziale		0
7	Japanese (ja) 微分干渉顕微鏡		0
8	Korean (ko) 미분간섭현미경		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Microscópio de Contraste Interferencial		0
10	Romanian (ro) Microscop de contrast prin interferență		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 "Differential interference contrast microscopy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Differential interference contrast microscopy		104
2	French (fr) Microscope à contraste interférentiel		56
3	German (de) Differentialinterferenzkontrast		48
4	Chinese (zh) 微分干涉相差显微镜		23
5	Japanese (ja) 微分干渉顕微鏡		16
6	Persian (fa) میکروسکوپ کنتراست تداخل دیفرانسیل		13
7	Russian (ru) Дифференциальный интерференционно-контрастный микроскоп		11
8	Korean (ko) 미분간섭현미경		10
9	Italian (it) Microscopia a contrasto di interferenza differenziale		3
10	Arabic (ar) مجهر تباين التداخل التفاضلي		2

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مجهر تباين التداخل التفاضلي
de	German Differentialinterferenzkontrast
en	English Differential interference contrast microscopy
fa	Persian میکروسکوپ کنتراست تداخل دیفرانسیل
fr	French Microscope à contraste interférentiel
it	Italian Microscopia a contrasto di interferenza differenziale
ja	Japanese 微分干渉顕微鏡
ko	Korean 미분간섭현미경
pt	Portuguese Microscópio de Contraste Interferencial
ro	Romanian Microscop de contrast prin interferență
ru	Russian Дифференциальный интерференционно-контрастный микроскоп
vi	Vietnamese Hiển vi tương phản giao thoa vi sai
zh	Chinese 微分干涉相差显微镜

Best Rank

English: #101836 09.2013

Global: #137850 09.2013

Best Rank

English: #72001 12.2015

Global: #103914 04.2008

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