Half-value layer

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Half-value layer

Quality:

Half-value thickness - thickness of an attenuating layer which reduces the value of a quantity to half of its initial value. Article "Half-value layer" in English Wikipedia has 13.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 2 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

This article has the best quality in Slovak Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Half-value layer", its content was written by 39 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 161 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 20 times in English Wikipedia and cited 68 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #67352 in November 2023
  • Global: #45808 in November 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #296071 in April 2015
  • Global: #209083 in March 2011

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Slovak (sk)
Polohrúbka materiálu
28.3542
2Portuguese (pt)
Camada semirredutora
25.6952
3Tamil (ta)
அரை மதிப்புத் தடிமன்
22.3665
4French (fr)
Couche de demi-atténuation
18.4515
5English (en)
Half-value layer
13.7152
6German (de)
Halbwertsschicht
13.6997
7Italian (it)
Strato emivalente
12.0496
8Dutch (nl)
Halveringsdikte
7.7512
9Danish (da)
Halveringstykkelse
5.8434
10Czech (cs)
Polotloušťka materiálu
1.1107
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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 "Half-value layer" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Half-value layer
372 811
2German (de)
Halbwertsschicht
245 777
3Danish (da)
Halveringstykkelse
77 422
4French (fr)
Couche de demi-atténuation
75 093
5Dutch (nl)
Halveringsdikte
34 459
6Portuguese (pt)
Camada semirredutora
23 143
7Czech (cs)
Polotloušťka materiálu
21 507
8Italian (it)
Strato emivalente
20 431
9Slovenian (sl)
Razpolovna debelina
7 557
10Slovak (sk)
Polohrúbka materiálu
3 274
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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 "Half-value layer" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Half-value layer
1 005
2German (de)
Halbwertsschicht
482
3French (fr)
Couche de demi-atténuation
232
4Danish (da)
Halveringstykkelse
80
5Dutch (nl)
Halveringsdikte
74
6Italian (it)
Strato emivalente
39
7Portuguese (pt)
Camada semirredutora
32
8Czech (cs)
Polotloušťka materiálu
25
9Slovak (sk)
Polohrúbka materiálu
21
10Slovenian (sl)
Razpolovna debelina
12
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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 "Half-value layer" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Halbwertsschicht
47
2English (en)
Half-value layer
39
3French (fr)
Couche de demi-atténuation
16
4Czech (cs)
Polotloušťka materiálu
12
5Danish (da)
Halveringstykkelse
10
6Dutch (nl)
Halveringsdikte
10
7Italian (it)
Strato emivalente
8
8Portuguese (pt)
Camada semirredutora
8
9Tamil (ta)
அரை மதிப்புத் தடிமன்
5
10Slovenian (sl)
Razpolovna debelina
4
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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 "Half-value layer" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Czech (cs)
Polotloušťka materiálu
0
2Danish (da)
Halveringstykkelse
0
3German (de)
Halbwertsschicht
0
4English (en)
Half-value layer
0
5French (fr)
Couche de demi-atténuation
0
6Italian (it)
Strato emivalente
0
7Dutch (nl)
Halveringsdikte
0
8Portuguese (pt)
Camada semirredutora
0
9Slovak (sk)
Polohrúbka materiálu
0
10Slovenian (sl)
Razpolovna debelina
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 "Half-value layer" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Half-value layer
20
2German (de)
Halbwertsschicht
15
3French (fr)
Couche de demi-atténuation
9
4Slovak (sk)
Polohrúbka materiálu
8
5Italian (it)
Strato emivalente
5
6Slovenian (sl)
Razpolovna debelina
4
7Czech (cs)
Polotloušťka materiálu
3
8Danish (da)
Halveringstykkelse
2
9Dutch (nl)
Halveringsdikte
1
10Portuguese (pt)
Camada semirredutora
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Polotloušťka materiálu
daDanish
Halveringstykkelse
deGerman
Halbwertsschicht
enEnglish
Half-value layer
frFrench
Couche de demi-atténuation
itItalian
Strato emivalente
nlDutch
Halveringsdikte
ptPortuguese
Camada semirredutora
skSlovak
Polohrúbka materiálu
slSlovenian
Razpolovna debelina
taTamil
அரை மதிப்புத் தடிமன்

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#296071
04.2015
Global:
#209083
03.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#67352
11.2023
Global:
#45808
11.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Half-value thickness from Wikipedia articles about Radiation protection, Attenuation coefficient, Gamma ray, Half-life and Wikipedia article. Whereas reading the article about Half-value thickness people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Attenuation coefficient, Radiation protection, Kerma, Beer–Lambert law and Iridium-192.

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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