Geodesics in general relativity

Geodesics in general relativity - generalization of straight line to a curved space time. Article “Geodesics in general relativity” in English Wikipedia has 35.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 11 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.

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

Since the creation of article “Geodesics in general relativity”, its content was written by 68 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 105 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 248 times in English Wikipedia and cited 666 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #41906 in August 2014
• Global: #83646 in January 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #132501 in November 2014
• Global: #239419 in November 2014

There are 11 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) Geodesics in general relativity		35.2907
2	Basque (eu) Geodesikoak erlatibitate orokorrean		33.0375
3	Spanish (es) Geodésicas en la relatividad general		22.7205
4	Korean (ko) 일반 상대성 이론의 지름길		16.0142
5	Arabic (ar) الخطوط المتقاصرة في النسبية العامة		14.4486
6	Indonesian (id) Geodesik dalam relativitas umum		14.3326
7	Japanese (ja) 一般相対性理論における測地線		13.5341
8	Persian (fa) ژئودزیک‌ها در نسبیت عام		5.0214
9	Catalan (ca) Geodèsica (relativitat general)		2.2971
10	Swedish (sv) Geodet i allmänna relativitetsteorin		1.9814

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Geodesics in general relativity" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Geodesics in general relativity		964 636
2	Japanese (ja) 一般相対性理論における測地線		24 127
3	Portuguese (pt) Geodésica (relatividade geral)		13 898
4	Persian (fa) ژئودزیک‌ها در نسبیت عام		11 332
5	Swedish (sv) Geodet i allmänna relativitetsteorin		2 968
6	Arabic (ar) الخطوط المتقاصرة في النسبية العامة		1 377
7	Spanish (es) Geodésicas en la relatividad general		1 239
8	Indonesian (id) Geodesik dalam relativitas umum		1 044
9	Korean (ko) 일반 상대성 이론의 지름길		411
10	Basque (eu) Geodesikoak erlatibitate orokorrean		342

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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 "Geodesics in general relativity" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Geodesics in general relativity		4 321
2	Japanese (ja) 一般相対性理論における測地線		238
3	Spanish (es) Geodésicas en la relatividad general		101
4	Korean (ko) 일반 상대성 이론의 지름길		40
5	Portuguese (pt) Geodésica (relatividade geral)		32
6	Arabic (ar) الخطوط المتقاصرة في النسبية العامة		19
7	Indonesian (id) Geodesik dalam relativitas umum		17
8	Swedish (sv) Geodet i allmänna relativitetsteorin		13
9	Persian (fa) ژئودزیک‌ها در نسبیت عام		12
10	Catalan (ca) Geodèsica (relativitat general)		5

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

Language versions of the article "Geodesics in general relativity" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Geodesics in general relativity		68
2	Portuguese (pt) Geodésica (relatividade geral)		9
3	Persian (fa) ژئودزیک‌ها در نسبیت عام		5
4	Indonesian (id) Geodesik dalam relativitas umum		4
5	Japanese (ja) 一般相対性理論における測地線		4
6	Arabic (ar) الخطوط المتقاصرة في النسبية العامة		3
7	Spanish (es) Geodésicas en la relatividad general		3
8	Basque (eu) Geodesikoak erlatibitate orokorrean		3
9	Swedish (sv) Geodet i allmänna relativitetsteorin		3
10	Catalan (ca) Geodèsica (relativitat general)		2

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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 "Geodesics in general relativity" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Geodesics in general relativity		1
2	Arabic (ar) الخطوط المتقاصرة في النسبية العامة		0
3	Catalan (ca) Geodèsica (relativitat general)		0
4	Spanish (es) Geodésicas en la relatividad general		0
5	Basque (eu) Geodesikoak erlatibitate orokorrean		0
6	Persian (fa) ژئودزیک‌ها در نسبیت عام		0
7	Indonesian (id) Geodesik dalam relativitas umum		0
8	Japanese (ja) 一般相対性理論における測地線		0
9	Korean (ko) 일반 상대성 이론의 지름길		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Geodésica (relatividade geral)		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 "Geodesics in general relativity" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Geodesics in general relativity		248
2	Arabic (ar) الخطوط المتقاصرة في النسبية العامة		138
3	Persian (fa) ژئودزیک‌ها در نسبیت عام		94
4	Japanese (ja) 一般相対性理論における測地線		54
5	Indonesian (id) Geodesik dalam relativitas umum		35
6	Portuguese (pt) Geodésica (relatividade geral)		30
7	Basque (eu) Geodesikoak erlatibitate orokorrean		27
8	Korean (ko) 일반 상대성 이론의 지름길		12
9	Catalan (ca) Geodèsica (relativitat general)		10
10	Swedish (sv) Geodet i allmänna relativitetsteorin		10

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الخطوط المتقاصرة في النسبية العامة
ca	Catalan Geodèsica (relativitat general)
en	English Geodesics in general relativity
es	Spanish Geodésicas en la relatividad general
eu	Basque Geodesikoak erlatibitate orokorrean
fa	Persian ژئودزیک‌ها در نسبیت عام
id	Indonesian Geodesik dalam relativitas umum
ja	Japanese 一般相対性理論における測地線
ko	Korean 일반 상대성 이론의 지름길
pt	Portuguese Geodésica (relatividade geral)
sv	Swedish Geodet i allmänna relativitetsteorin

Best Rank

English: #132501 11.2014

Global: #239419 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #41906 08.2014

Global: #83646 01.2023

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