Formal methods

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Formal methods

Quality:

Formal methods - mathematical program specification intended to allow correctness proofs, including algorithmically. Article "Formal methods" in English Wikipedia has 47.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 41 references and 20 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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 "Formal methods" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Formal methods", its content was written by 127 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 405 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 605 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2801 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #8561 in December 2002
  • Global: #12165 in December 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #72110 in September 2014
  • Global: #95119 in September 2014

There are 25 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)
Formal methods
47.7018
2Hungarian (hu)
Formális módszerek
42.0394
3Serbian (sr)
Формалне методе
29.5236
4German (de)
Formale Methode
25.1413
5Turkish (tr)
Biçimsel yöntemler
23.5999
6Azerbaijani (az)
Formal metodlar
23.2443
7Portuguese (pt)
Métodos formais
22.1612
8Chinese (zh)
形式化方法
20.9464
9Arabic (ar)
طريقة شكلية
18.9544
10Basque (eu)
Metodo formalak
18.8906
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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 "Formal methods" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Formal methods
1 295 231
2French (fr)
Méthode formelle (informatique)
229 601
3Japanese (ja)
形式手法
159 179
4Spanish (es)
Método formal
134 303
5Portuguese (pt)
Métodos formais
93 331
6Chinese (zh)
形式化方法
64 364
7Russian (ru)
Формальные методы
58 322
8German (de)
Formale Methode
45 961
9Persian (fa)
روش‌های صوری
35 274
10Polish (pl)
Metody formalne
30 111
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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 "Formal methods" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Formal methods
4 380
2French (fr)
Méthode formelle (informatique)
406
3Japanese (ja)
形式手法
329
4Chinese (zh)
形式化方法
224
5Russian (ru)
Формальные методы
106
6Indonesian (id)
Metode formal
98
7German (de)
Formale Methode
92
8Portuguese (pt)
Métodos formais
87
9Spanish (es)
Método formal
81
10Persian (fa)
روش‌های صوری
53
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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 "Formal methods" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Formal methods
127
2French (fr)
Méthode formelle (informatique)
69
3German (de)
Formale Methode
28
4Portuguese (pt)
Métodos formais
23
5Persian (fa)
روش‌های صوری
20
6Vietnamese (vi)
Các phương pháp hình thức
16
7Japanese (ja)
形式手法
15
8Russian (ru)
Формальные методы
11
9Dutch (nl)
Formele methoden
10
10Ukrainian (uk)
Формальні методи
10
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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 "Formal methods" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Formal methods
1
2Persian (fa)
روش‌های صوری
1
3Italian (it)
Metodi formali
1
4Russian (ru)
Формальные методы
1
5Arabic (ar)
طريقة شكلية
0
6Azerbaijani (az)
Formal metodlar
0
7German (de)
Formale Methode
0
8Spanish (es)
Método formal
0
9Basque (eu)
Metodo formalak
0
10French (fr)
Méthode formelle (informatique)
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 "Formal methods" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Formal methods
605
2Persian (fa)
روش‌های صوری
288
3Arabic (ar)
طريقة شكلية
280
4French (fr)
Méthode formelle (informatique)
244
5Ukrainian (uk)
Формальні методи
240
6Chinese (zh)
形式化方法
187
7Vietnamese (vi)
Các phương pháp hình thức
159
8Korean (ko)
정형 기법
155
9Turkish (tr)
Biçimsel yöntemler
144
10Japanese (ja)
形式手法
135
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
طريقة شكلية
azAzerbaijani
Formal metodlar
deGerman
Formale Methode
enEnglish
Formal methods
esSpanish
Método formal
euBasque
Metodo formalak
faPersian
روش‌های صوری
frFrench
Méthode formelle (informatique)
huHungarian
Formális módszerek
idIndonesian
Metode formal
itItalian
Metodi formali
jaJapanese
形式手法
koKorean
정형 기법
ltLithuanian
Formalūs metodai
msMalay
Kaedah formal
nlDutch
Formele methoden
plPolish
Metody formalne
ptPortuguese
Métodos formais
ruRussian
Формальные методы
srSerbian
Формалне методе
svSwedish
Formella metoder
trTurkish
Biçimsel yöntemler
ukUkrainian
Формальні методи
viVietnamese
Các phương pháp hình thức
zhChinese
形式化方法

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#72110
09.2014
Global:
#95119
09.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#8561
12.2002
Global:
#12165
12.2002

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Formal methods from Wikipedia articles about Formal verification, Theoretical computer science, Computer science, Agile software development and Computer programming. Whereas reading the article about Formal methods people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Formal verification, Formal specification, Z notation, B-Method and Specification language.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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