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Downward causation

Quality:

Downward causation - causal relationship in philosophy. Article “Downward causation” in English Wikipedia has 20.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 5 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Downward causation” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Downward causation”, its content was written by 20 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 41 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 10 times in English Wikipedia and cited 29 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #58652 in June 2013
  • Global: #119964 in June 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #645479 in September 2019
  • Global: #1068821 in September 2019

There are 4 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
1Dutch (nl)
Neerwaartse oorzakelijkheid
28.2713
2English (en)
Downward causation
20.7165
3Estonian (et)
Laskuv põhjuslikkus
7.2088
4German (de)
Abwärtskausalität
2.7155
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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 "Downward causation" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Downward causation
76 806
2German (de)
Abwärtskausalität
22 106
3Estonian (et)
Laskuv põhjuslikkus
3 020
4Dutch (nl)
Neerwaartse oorzakelijkheid
761
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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 "Downward causation" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Downward causation
510
2Dutch (nl)
Neerwaartse oorzakelijkheid
37
3German (de)
Abwärtskausalität
17
4Estonian (et)
Laskuv põhjuslikkus
7
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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 "Downward causation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Downward causation
20
2German (de)
Abwärtskausalität
12
3Dutch (nl)
Neerwaartse oorzakelijkheid
6
4Estonian (et)
Laskuv põhjuslikkus
3
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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 "Downward causation" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Downward causation
1
2German (de)
Abwärtskausalität
0
3Estonian (et)
Laskuv põhjuslikkus
0
4Dutch (nl)
Neerwaartse oorzakelijkheid
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 "Downward causation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Abwärtskausalität
11
2English (en)
Downward causation
10
3Estonian (et)
Laskuv põhjuslikkus
6
4Dutch (nl)
Neerwaartse oorzakelijkheid
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Abwärtskausalität
enEnglish
Downward causation
etEstonian
Laskuv põhjuslikkus
nlDutch
Neerwaartse oorzakelijkheid

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#645479
09.2019
Global:
#1068821
09.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#58652
06.2013
Global:
#119964
06.2013

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Downward causation from Wikipedia articles about Denis Noble, Emergence, Supervenience, Mind–body problem and Emergentism. Whereas reading the article about Downward causation people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Supervenience, Adaptive system, Emergence, Donald T. Campbell and Denis Noble.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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