Gate control theory

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Gate control theory

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Gate control theory - theory of pain; asserts that non-painful input closes the “gates” to painful input, which prevents pain sensation from traveling to the central nervous system; proposed in 1965 by Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall. Article “Gate control theory” in English Wikipedia has 38.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 5 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 “Gate control theory”, its content was written by 77 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 213 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 31 times in English Wikipedia and cited 91 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #23293 in December 2004
  • Global: #50459 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #32941 in November 2016
  • Global: #55019 in November 2016

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Gate control theory
38.2246
2Russian (ru)
Воротная теория боли
38.2074
3Chinese (zh)
門控理論
31.9874
4Spanish (es)
Teoría de la compuerta
29.9626
5Catalan (ca)
Teoria del control de porta
28.9499
6Swedish (sv)
Portteori
19.0867
7Finnish (fi)
Porttikontrolliteoria
15.0811
8Polish (pl)
Bramkowa teoria bólu
13.7475
9German (de)
Gate-Control-Theory
7.0998
10Italian (it)
Teoria del cancello
6.9019
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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 "Gate control theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Gate control theory
1 633 927
2German (de)
Gate-Control-Theory
302 287
3Italian (it)
Teoria del cancello
265 113
4Spanish (es)
Teoría de la compuerta
229 103
5Japanese (ja)
ゲートコントロールセオリー
97 698
6Dutch (nl)
Poorttheorie
85 450
7Polish (pl)
Bramkowa teoria bólu
64 202
8Swedish (sv)
Portteori
48 320
9Finnish (fi)
Porttikontrolliteoria
33 285
10Hebrew (he)
תאוריית שליטת השער בכאב
28 210
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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 "Gate control theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Gate control theory
3 313
2Spanish (es)
Teoría de la compuerta
457
3Italian (it)
Teoria del cancello
432
4Russian (ru)
Воротная теория боли
320
5German (de)
Gate-Control-Theory
276
6Polish (pl)
Bramkowa teoria bólu
247
7Chinese (zh)
門控理論
214
8Japanese (ja)
ゲートコントロールセオリー
112
9Dutch (nl)
Poorttheorie
77
10Hebrew (he)
תאוריית שליטת השער בכאב
45
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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 "Gate control theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Gate control theory
77
2German (de)
Gate-Control-Theory
39
3Italian (it)
Teoria del cancello
24
4Hebrew (he)
תאוריית שליטת השער בכאב
14
5Dutch (nl)
Poorttheorie
13
6Japanese (ja)
ゲートコントロールセオリー
10
7Finnish (fi)
Porttikontrolliteoria
9
8Swedish (sv)
Portteori
8
9Polish (pl)
Bramkowa teoria bólu
6
10Catalan (ca)
Teoria del control de porta
5
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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 "Gate control theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Teoria del control de porta
0
2German (de)
Gate-Control-Theory
0
3English (en)
Gate control theory
0
4Spanish (es)
Teoría de la compuerta
0
5Finnish (fi)
Porttikontrolliteoria
0
6Hebrew (he)
תאוריית שליטת השער בכאב
0
7Italian (it)
Teoria del cancello
0
8Japanese (ja)
ゲートコントロールセオリー
0
9Dutch (nl)
Poorttheorie
0
10Polish (pl)
Bramkowa teoria bólu
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 "Gate control theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Gate control theory
31
2German (de)
Gate-Control-Theory
15
3Russian (ru)
Воротная теория боли
11
4Japanese (ja)
ゲートコントロールセオリー
8
5Catalan (ca)
Teoria del control de porta
7
6Hebrew (he)
תאוריית שליטת השער בכאב
5
7Italian (it)
Teoria del cancello
5
8Polish (pl)
Bramkowa teoria bólu
3
9Finnish (fi)
Porttikontrolliteoria
2
10Swedish (sv)
Portteori
2
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Teoria del control de porta
deGerman
Gate-Control-Theory
enEnglish
Gate control theory
esSpanish
Teoría de la compuerta
fiFinnish
Porttikontrolliteoria
heHebrew
תאוריית שליטת השער בכאב
itItalian
Teoria del cancello
jaJapanese
ゲートコントロールセオリー
nlDutch
Poorttheorie
plPolish
Bramkowa teoria bólu
ruRussian
Воротная теория боли
svSwedish
Portteori
zhChinese
門控理論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#32941
11.2016
Global:
#55019
11.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#23293
12.2004
Global:
#50459
09.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Gate control theory from Wikipedia articles about Bruise, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, Dry needling, Pain and Michel Odent. Whereas reading the article about Gate control theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Mindfulness-based pain management, Ronald Melzack, Tactile induced analgesia, Patrick D. Wall (scientist) and Pain.

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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