History of climate change science

History of climate change science - aspect of the history of science. Article “History of climate change science” in English Wikipedia has 94.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 267 references and 27 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “History of climate change science” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 10 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “History of climate change science”, its content was written by 204 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 487 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 468 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1288 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8704 in March 2011
• Global: #17279 in June 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #24486 in December 2014
• Global: #32145 in November 2014

There are 17 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	German (de) Forschungsgeschichte des Klimawandels		100
2	French (fr) Histoire de la recherche sur le changement climatique		96.6208
3	English (en) History of climate change science		94.8301
4	Czech (cs) Historie vědy o změně klimatu		92.5145
5	Chinese (zh) 氣候變化科學史		92.2941
6	Portuguese (pt) História da ciência das alterações climáticas		79.5398
7	Ukrainian (uk) Історія науки про зміни клімату		62.0489
8	Greek (el) Ιστορία της επιστήμης της κλιματικής αλλαγής		56.5634
9	Russian (ru) История науки об изменении климата		52.2857
10	Spanish (es) Historia de la ciencia del cambio climático		48.1986

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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 climate change science" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of climate change science		1 530 354
2	Spanish (es) Historia de la ciencia del cambio climático		530 177
3	German (de) Forschungsgeschichte des Klimawandels		263 557
4	Japanese (ja) 地球温暖化に関する動きの歴史		159 387
5	Russian (ru) История науки об изменении климата		41 250
6	French (fr) Histoire de la recherche sur le changement climatique		28 977
7	Indonesian (id) Sejarah temuan ilmiah perubahan iklim		15 386
8	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم التغير المناخي		10 714
9	Ukrainian (uk) Історія науки про зміни клімату		10 569
10	Portuguese (pt) História da ciência das alterações climáticas		7 614

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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 climate change science" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of climate change science		5 848
2	German (de) Forschungsgeschichte des Klimawandels		1 085
3	Spanish (es) Historia de la ciencia del cambio climático		725
4	French (fr) Histoire de la recherche sur le changement climatique		484
5	Japanese (ja) 地球温暖化に関する動きの歴史		216
6	Portuguese (pt) História da ciência das alterações climáticas		215
7	Chinese (zh) 氣候變化科學史		214
8	Russian (ru) История науки об изменении климата		198
9	Indonesian (id) Sejarah temuan ilmiah perubahan iklim		56
10	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم التغير المناخي		39

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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 climate change science" 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 climate change science		204
2	German (de) Forschungsgeschichte des Klimawandels		131
3	French (fr) Histoire de la recherche sur le changement climatique		47
4	Spanish (es) Historia de la ciencia del cambio climático		41
5	Japanese (ja) 地球温暖化に関する動きの歴史		17
6	Ukrainian (uk) Історія науки про зміни клімату		9
7	Russian (ru) История науки об изменении климата		7
8	Czech (cs) Historie vědy o změně klimatu		5
9	Greek (el) Ιστορία της επιστήμης της κλιματικής αλλαγής		4
10	Indonesian (id) Sejarah temuan ilmiah perubahan iklim		4

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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 climate change science" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) History of climate change science		4
2	German (de) Forschungsgeschichte des Klimawandels		3
3	Czech (cs) Historie vědy o změně klimatu		2
4	Japanese (ja) 地球温暖化に関する動きの歴史		1
5	Arabic (ar) تاريخ علم التغير المناخي		0
6	Greek (el) Ιστορία της επιστήμης της κλιματικής αλλαγής		0
7	Spanish (es) Historia de la ciencia del cambio climático		0
8	Basque (eu) Klima aldaketaren zientziaren historia		0
9	Persian (fa) تاریخچه علم تغییرات اقلیمی		0
10	French (fr) Histoire de la recherche sur le changement climatique		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 climate change science" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) History of climate change science		468
2	Persian (fa) تاریخچه علم تغییرات اقلیمی		147
3	Japanese (ja) 地球温暖化に関する動きの歴史		140
4	Chinese (zh) 氣候變化科學史		135
5	French (fr) Histoire de la recherche sur le changement climatique		131
6	Korean (ko) 기후 변화 학계의 역사		109
7	Portuguese (pt) História da ciência das alterações climáticas		65
8	German (de) Forschungsgeschichte des Klimawandels		37
9	Ukrainian (uk) Історія науки про зміни клімату		30
10	Spanish (es) Historia de la ciencia del cambio climático		10

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تاريخ علم التغير المناخي
cs	Czech Historie vědy o změně klimatu
de	German Forschungsgeschichte des Klimawandels
el	Greek Ιστορία της επιστήμης της κλιματικής αλλαγής
en	English History of climate change science
es	Spanish Historia de la ciencia del cambio climático
eu	Basque Klima aldaketaren zientziaren historia
fa	Persian تاریخچه علم تغییرات اقلیمی
fr	French Histoire de la recherche sur le changement climatique
he	Hebrew היסטוריה של מדע שינויי האקלים
id	Indonesian Sejarah temuan ilmiah perubahan iklim
ja	Japanese 地球温暖化に関する動きの歴史
ko	Korean 기후 변화 학계의 역사
pt	Portuguese História da ciência das alterações climáticas
ru	Russian История науки об изменении климата
uk	Ukrainian Історія науки про зміни клімату
zh	Chinese 氣候變化科學史

Best Rank

English: #24486 12.2014

Global: #32145 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #8704 03.2011

Global: #17279 06.2022

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