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Grey literature

Quality:

Gray Bibliography - materials produced by organizations outside of traditional channels. Article “Grey literature” in English Wikipedia has 41.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 22 references and 10 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 2026 the article “Grey literature” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Grey literature”, its content was written by 171 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 548 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 195 times in English Wikipedia and cited 582 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12647 in December 2022
  • Global: #5121 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #52396 in October 2014
  • Global: #79353 in October 2014

There are 26 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
1English (en)
Grey literature
41.1784
2Russian (ru)
Серая литература
29.7405
3Catalan (ca)
Literatura grisa
29.5953
4French (fr)
Littérature grise
25.8935
5Serbian (sr)
Сива литература
24.4171
6Greek (el)
Γκρίζα βιβλιογραφία
23.5702
7Italian (it)
Letteratura grigia
21.5765
8Japanese (ja)
灰色文献
21.2456
9Swedish (sv)
Grå litteratur
20.5366
10Persian (fa)
ادبیات خاکستری
20.0944
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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 "Grey literature" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Grey literature
1 691 173
2German (de)
Graue Literatur
318 681
3French (fr)
Littérature grise
200 906
4Spanish (es)
Bibliografía gris
169 710
5Italian (it)
Letteratura grigia
83 133
6Polish (pl)
Szara literatura
49 794
7Chinese (zh)
灰色文獻
37 028
8Russian (ru)
Серая литература
27 679
9Czech (cs)
Šedá literatura
26 008
10Portuguese (pt)
Literatura cinzenta
25 132
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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 "Grey literature" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Grey literature
2 545
2German (de)
Graue Literatur
513
3French (fr)
Littérature grise
499
4Spanish (es)
Bibliografía gris
128
5Chinese (zh)
灰色文獻
113
6Japanese (ja)
灰色文献
108
7Italian (it)
Letteratura grigia
88
8Russian (ru)
Серая литература
84
9Czech (cs)
Šedá literatura
40
10Polish (pl)
Szara literatura
32
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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 "Grey literature" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Grey literature
171
2German (de)
Graue Literatur
93
3French (fr)
Littérature grise
54
4Italian (it)
Letteratura grigia
42
5Polish (pl)
Szara literatura
19
6Czech (cs)
Šedá literatura
18
7Spanish (es)
Bibliografía gris
18
8Danish (da)
Grå publikation
15
9Croatian (hr)
Siva literatura
14
10Portuguese (pt)
Literatura cinzenta
14
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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 "Grey literature" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Literatura grisa
1
2English (en)
Grey literature
1
3Arabic (ar)
أدبيات رمادية
0
4Czech (cs)
Šedá literatura
0
5Danish (da)
Grå publikation
0
6German (de)
Graue Literatur
0
7Greek (el)
Γκρίζα βιβλιογραφία
0
8Spanish (es)
Bibliografía gris
0
9Basque (eu)
Literatura gris
0
10Persian (fa)
ادبیات خاکستری
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 "Grey literature" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Grey literature
195
2German (de)
Graue Literatur
130
3French (fr)
Littérature grise
39
4Chinese (zh)
灰色文獻
38
5Persian (fa)
ادبیات خاکستری
35
6Spanish (es)
Bibliografía gris
25
7Italian (it)
Letteratura grigia
25
8Catalan (ca)
Literatura grisa
14
9Japanese (ja)
灰色文献
12
10Czech (cs)
Šedá literatura
10
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أدبيات رمادية
caCatalan
Literatura grisa
csCzech
Šedá literatura
daDanish
Grå publikation
deGerman
Graue Literatur
elGreek
Γκρίζα βιβλιογραφία
enEnglish
Grey literature
esSpanish
Bibliografía gris
euBasque
Literatura gris
faPersian
ادبیات خاکستری
frFrench
Littérature grise
heHebrew
ספרות אפורה
hrCroatian
Siva literatura
hyArmenian
Մոխրագույն գրականություն
idIndonesian
Sastra abu-abu
itItalian
Letteratura grigia
jaJapanese
灰色文献
koKorean
회색 문헌
msMalay
Sastera kelabu
plPolish
Szara literatura
ptPortuguese
Literatura cinzenta
ruRussian
Серая литература
shSerbo-Croatian
Siva literatura
srSerbian
Сива литература
svSwedish
Grå litteratur
zhChinese
灰色文獻

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#52396
10.2014
Global:
#79353
10.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12647
12.2022
Global:
#5121
05.2003

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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