Ground effect (aerodynamics)

Ground effect - the reduced aerodynamic drag that an aircraft's wings generate when they are close to a fixed surface. Article “Ground effect (aerodynamics)” in English Wikipedia has 56.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 31 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.

Since the creation of article “Ground effect (aerodynamics)”, its content was written by 191 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 641 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 116 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1267 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4571 in September 2003
• Global: #8869 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #13396 in December 2013
• Global: #26172 in December 2013

There are 24 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) Ground effect (aerodynamics)		56.8387
2	Turkish (tr) Yer etkisi (havacılık)		30.9483
3	Arabic (ar) تأثير الأرض		29.1404
4	Norwegian (no) Bakkeeffekt		27.8752
5	French (fr) Effet de sol		26.1392
6	Dutch (nl) Grondeffect		26.1086
7	Chinese (zh) 地面效应		25.5283
8	Esperanto (eo) Grundefiko (aviado)		24.8898
9	German (de) Bodeneffekt		21.1139
10	Portuguese (pt) Efeito solo		20.37

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Ground effect (aerodynamics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ground effect (aerodynamics)		1 960 799
2	German (de) Bodeneffekt		611 793
3	Japanese (ja) 地面効果		576 419
4	French (fr) Effet de sol		335 458
5	Spanish (es) Efecto suelo		279 763
6	Russian (ru) Экранный эффект		191 872
7	Chinese (zh) 地面效应		150 363
8	Polish (pl) Efekt przypowierzchniowy		91 984
9	Portuguese (pt) Efeito solo		81 422
10	Italian (it) Effetto suolo (aeronautica)		48 760

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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 "Ground effect (aerodynamics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ground effect (aerodynamics)		7 201
2	Japanese (ja) 地面効果		1 970
3	German (de) Bodeneffekt		1 963
4	French (fr) Effet de sol		1 111
5	Chinese (zh) 地面效应		892
6	Russian (ru) Экранный эффект		608
7	Spanish (es) Efecto suelo		418
8	Polish (pl) Efekt przypowierzchniowy		293
9	Italian (it) Effetto suolo (aeronautica)		236
10	Portuguese (pt) Efeito solo		144

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ground effect (aerodynamics)		191
2	German (de) Bodeneffekt		114
3	French (fr) Effet de sol		71
4	Japanese (ja) 地面効果		52
5	Russian (ru) Экранный эффект		36
6	Spanish (es) Efecto suelo		25
7	Chinese (zh) 地面效应		24
8	Italian (it) Effetto suolo (aeronautica)		20
9	Hebrew (he) אפקט הקרקע		16
10	Portuguese (pt) Efeito solo		16

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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 "Ground effect (aerodynamics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Hebrew (he) אפקט הקרקע		1
2	Swedish (sv) Markeffekt		1
3	Arabic (ar) تأثير الأرض		0
4	Belarusian (be) Экранны эфект		0
5	Catalan (ca) Efecte terra		0
6	German (de) Bodeneffekt		0
7	Greek (el) Αρχή επίδρασης του εδάφους		0
8	English (en) Ground effect (aerodynamics)		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Grundefiko (aviado)		0
10	Spanish (es) Efecto suelo		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 "Ground effect (aerodynamics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Effet de sol		443
2	German (de) Bodeneffekt		210
3	Japanese (ja) 地面効果		134
4	English (en) Ground effect (aerodynamics)		116
5	Chinese (zh) 地面效应		56
6	Polish (pl) Efekt przypowierzchniowy		54
7	Spanish (es) Efecto suelo		46
8	Portuguese (pt) Efeito solo		27
9	Russian (ru) Экранный эффект		26
10	Italian (it) Effetto suolo (aeronautica)		25

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تأثير الأرض
be	Belarusian Экранны эфект
ca	Catalan Efecte terra
de	German Bodeneffekt
el	Greek Αρχή επίδρασης του εδάφους
en	English Ground effect (aerodynamics)
eo	Esperanto Grundefiko (aviado)
es	Spanish Efecto suelo
fa	Persian اثر زمین (آیرودینامیک)
fi	Finnish Maavaikutus
fr	French Effet de sol
he	Hebrew אפקט הקרקע
it	Italian Effetto suolo (aeronautica)
ja	Japanese 地面効果
lt	Lithuanian Ekrano efektas
nl	Dutch Grondeffect
no	Norwegian Bakkeeffekt
pl	Polish Efekt przypowierzchniowy
pt	Portuguese Efeito solo
ru	Russian Экранный эффект
sl	Slovenian Učinek tal
sv	Swedish Markeffekt
tr	Turkish Yer etkisi (havacılık)
zh	Chinese 地面效应

Best Rank

English: #13396 12.2013

Global: #26172 12.2013

Best Rank

English: #4571 09.2003

Global: #8869 11.2002

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