Flipper (anatomy)

Flipper - forelimb evolved for movement through water. Article “Flipper (anatomy)” in English Wikipedia has 52.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 25 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.76 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Flipper (anatomy)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Flipper (anatomy)”, its content was written by 68 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 185 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 122 times in English Wikipedia and cited 760 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #57166 in October 2010
• Global: #65021 in October 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #254435 in July 2015
• Global: #241920 in May 2017

There are 14 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) Flipper (anatomy)		52.3986
2	Ukrainian (uk) Ласти (анатомія)		31.0875
3	Russian (ru) Ласт (анатомия)		29.615
4	French (fr) Palette natatoire		29.3779
5	Indonesian (id) Kaki sirip		21.1706
6	Japanese (ja) 鰭		19.9839
7	Persian (fa) باله (کالبدشناسی)		15.973
8	Simple English (simple) Flipper		7.0524
9	Vietnamese (vi) Chân chèo (giải phẫu học)		5.9429
10	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Luffe		5.5357

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Flipper (anatomy)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 鰭		444 705
2	English (en) Flipper (anatomy)		354 017
3	German (de) Flipper (Flosse)		168 735
4	Russian (ru) Ласт (анатомия)		39 075
5	Norwegian (no) Luffe		13 365
6	French (fr) Palette natatoire		13 037
7	Simple English (simple) Flipper		7 413
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Luffe		5 642
9	Chinese (zh) 鰭肢		5 630
10	Ukrainian (uk) Ласти (анатомія)		4 558

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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 "Flipper (anatomy)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Flipper (anatomy)		2 234
2	Japanese (ja) 鰭		1 280
3	German (de) Flipper (Flosse)		539
4	Russian (ru) Ласт (анатомия)		195
5	Simple English (simple) Flipper		160
6	French (fr) Palette natatoire		102
7	Chinese (zh) 鰭肢		100
8	Norwegian (no) Luffe		31
9	Persian (fa) باله (کالبدشناسی)		30
10	Ukrainian (uk) Ласти (анатомія)		21

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Flipper (anatomy)		68
2	German (de) Flipper (Flosse)		28
3	Japanese (ja) 鰭		28
4	Simple English (simple) Flipper		14
5	Norwegian (no) Luffe		12
6	Russian (ru) Ласт (анатомия)		6
7	Chinese (zh) 鰭肢		6
8	French (fr) Palette natatoire		5
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Luffe		5
10	Ukrainian (uk) Ласти (анатомія)		5

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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 "Flipper (anatomy)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Flipper (anatomy)		1
2	Danish (da) Luffe (anatomi)		0
3	German (de) Flipper (Flosse)		0
4	Persian (fa) باله (کالبدشناسی)		0
5	French (fr) Palette natatoire		0
6	Indonesian (id) Kaki sirip		0
7	Japanese (ja) 鰭		0
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Luffe		0
9	Norwegian (no) Luffe		0
10	Russian (ru) Ласт (анатомия)		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 "Flipper (anatomy)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 鰭		350
2	English (en) Flipper (anatomy)		122
3	German (de) Flipper (Flosse)		84
4	French (fr) Palette natatoire		63
5	Norwegian (no) Luffe		37
6	Russian (ru) Ласт (анатомия)		26
7	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Luffe		16
8	Chinese (zh) 鰭肢		16
9	Ukrainian (uk) Ласти (анатомія)		15
10	Vietnamese (vi) Chân chèo (giải phẫu học)		11

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#	Language	Value
da	Danish Luffe (anatomi)
de	German Flipper (Flosse)
en	English Flipper (anatomy)
fa	Persian باله (کالبدشناسی)
fr	French Palette natatoire
id	Indonesian Kaki sirip
ja	Japanese 鰭
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Luffe
no	Norwegian Luffe
ru	Russian Ласт (анатомия)
simple	Simple English Flipper
uk	Ukrainian Ласти (анатомія)
vi	Vietnamese Chân chèo (giải phẫu học)
zh	Chinese 鰭肢

Best Rank

English: #254435 07.2015

Global: #241920 05.2017

Best Rank

English: #57166 10.2010

Global: #65021 10.2004

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