First-class function

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First-class function

Quality:

First-class functions - programming language feature that allows manipulating functions like other values. Article “First-class function” in English Wikipedia has 40.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 24 references and 13 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “First-class function”, its content was written by 164 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 251 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 72 times in English Wikipedia and cited 323 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #19253 in May 2012
  • Global: #61911 in April 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #83922 in April 2015
  • Global: #143289 in April 2015

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, 2026 (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
1Chinese (zh)
头等函数
43.7873
2English (en)
First-class function
40.6534
3Persian (fa)
توابع کلاس اول
26.2422
4Ukrainian (uk)
Функція першого класу
22.1833
5Russian (ru)
Функции первого класса
19.1063
6Korean (ko)
일급 함수
17.5369
7Serbian (sr)
Функција прве класе
16.8338
8Spanish (es)
Funciones de primera clase
16.4048
9Arabic (ar)
دالة من الدرجة الأولى
16.0521
10Japanese (ja)
第一級関数
14.994
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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 "First-class function" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
First-class function
1 460 929
2Russian (ru)
Функции первого класса
120 479
3Japanese (ja)
第一級関数
111 019
4Chinese (zh)
头等函数
38 395
5German (de)
First-Class-Funktion
23 406
6Portuguese (pt)
Função de primeira classe
4 302
7Persian (fa)
توابع کلاس اول
4 086
8Ukrainian (uk)
Функція першого класу
2 926
9Spanish (es)
Funciones de primera clase
2 140
10Korean (ko)
일급 함수
1 789
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "First-class function" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
First-class function
2 017
2Chinese (zh)
头等函数
150
3Japanese (ja)
第一級関数
138
4Russian (ru)
Функции первого класса
115
5German (de)
First-Class-Funktion
38
6Portuguese (pt)
Função de primeira classe
23
7Persian (fa)
توابع کلاس اول
20
8Spanish (es)
Funciones de primera clase
16
9Korean (ko)
일급 함수
15
10Serbian (sr)
Функција прве класе
14
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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 "First-class function" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
First-class function
164
2Chinese (zh)
头等函数
18
3Japanese (ja)
第一級関数
15
4German (de)
First-Class-Funktion
14
5Russian (ru)
Функции первого класса
14
6Persian (fa)
توابع کلاس اول
6
7Serbian (sr)
Функција прве класе
6
8Spanish (es)
Funciones de primera clase
4
9Ukrainian (uk)
Функція першого класу
3
10Korean (ko)
일급 함수
2
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "First-class function" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Chinese (zh)
头等函数
1
2Arabic (ar)
دالة من الدرجة الأولى
0
3German (de)
First-Class-Funktion
0
4English (en)
First-class function
0
5Spanish (es)
Funciones de primera clase
0
6Persian (fa)
توابع کلاس اول
0
7Japanese (ja)
第一級関数
0
8Korean (ko)
일급 함수
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Função de primeira classe
0
10Russian (ru)
Функции первого класса
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 "First-class function" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Chinese (zh)
头等函数
156
2English (en)
First-class function
72
3Japanese (ja)
第一級関数
22
4Russian (ru)
Функции первого класса
20
5German (de)
First-Class-Funktion
11
6Persian (fa)
توابع کلاس اول
9
7Korean (ko)
일급 함수
9
8Ukrainian (uk)
Функція першого класу
8
9Serbian (sr)
Функција прве класе
7
10Portuguese (pt)
Função de primeira classe
5
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
دالة من الدرجة الأولى
deGerman
First-Class-Funktion
enEnglish
First-class function
esSpanish
Funciones de primera clase
faPersian
توابع کلاس اول
jaJapanese
第一級関数
koKorean
일급 함수
ptPortuguese
Função de primeira classe
ruRussian
Функции первого класса
srSerbian
Функција прве класе
taTamil
முதல் வகுப்புச் செயலி
ukUkrainian
Функція першого класу
zhChinese
头等函数

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#83922
04.2015
Global:
#143289
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#19253
05.2012
Global:
#61911
04.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on First-class functions from Wikipedia articles about Closure, JavaScript, Lua, Higher-order function and Anonymous function. Whereas reading the article about First-class functions people most often go to Wikipedia articles on First-class citizen, Higher-order function, Anonymous function, Closure and Functional programming.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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