History of supernova observation

History of supernova observation - ancient and modern recorded observations of supernovae explosions. Article “History of supernova observation” in English Wikipedia has 82.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 95 references and 8 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 “History of supernova observation” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “History of supernova observation”, its content was written by 128 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 227 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 109 times in English Wikipedia and cited 378 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #31741 in January 2014
• Global: #49514 in August 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #70969 in January 2020
• Global: #107007 in January 2020

There are 7 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) History of supernova observation		82.5328
2	Chinese (zh) 超新星观测史		76.4263
3	Russian (ru) История наблюдения за сверхновыми		56.8148
4	Arabic (ar) تاريخ مراقبة المستعرات العظمى		43.8254
5	Japanese (ja) 超新星の観測史		42.762
6	French (fr) Supernova historique		16.3115
7	Spanish (es) Supernova histórica		13.1696

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

The most popular language versions of the article "History of supernova observation" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of supernova observation		896 053
2	French (fr) Supernova historique		109 724
3	Spanish (es) Supernova histórica		54 517
4	Japanese (ja) 超新星の観測史		41 973
5	Russian (ru) История наблюдения за сверхновыми		28 064
6	Chinese (zh) 超新星观测史		24 437
7	Arabic (ar) تاريخ مراقبة المستعرات العظمى		13 945

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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 "History of supernova observation" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of supernova observation		4 315
2	Japanese (ja) 超新星の観測史		523
3	Russian (ru) История наблюдения за сверхновыми		498
4	French (fr) Supernova historique		407
5	Chinese (zh) 超新星观测史		166
6	Spanish (es) Supernova histórica		96
7	Arabic (ar) تاريخ مراقبة المستعرات العظمى		44

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

Language versions of the article "History of supernova observation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) History of supernova observation		128
2	French (fr) Supernova historique		37
3	Arabic (ar) تاريخ مراقبة المستعرات العظمى		18
4	Spanish (es) Supernova histórica		12
5	Japanese (ja) 超新星の観測史		12
6	Chinese (zh) 超新星观测史		11
7	Russian (ru) История наблюдения за сверхновыми		9

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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 "History of supernova observation" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) History of supernova observation		1
2	Japanese (ja) 超新星の観測史		1
3	Arabic (ar) تاريخ مراقبة المستعرات العظمى		0
4	Spanish (es) Supernova histórica		0
5	French (fr) Supernova historique		0
6	Russian (ru) История наблюдения за сверхновыми		0
7	Chinese (zh) 超新星观测史		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 "History of supernova observation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) History of supernova observation		109
2	Arabic (ar) تاريخ مراقبة المستعرات العظمى		76
3	French (fr) Supernova historique		65
4	Chinese (zh) 超新星观测史		59
5	Russian (ru) История наблюдения за сверхновыми		34
6	Japanese (ja) 超新星の観測史		28
7	Spanish (es) Supernova histórica		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تاريخ مراقبة المستعرات العظمى
en	English History of supernova observation
es	Spanish Supernova histórica
fr	French Supernova historique
ja	Japanese 超新星の観測史
ru	Russian История наблюдения за сверхновыми
zh	Chinese 超新星观测史

Best Rank

English: #70969 01.2020

Global: #107007 01.2020

Best Rank

English: #31741 01.2014

Global: #49514 08.2019

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