History of longitude

History of longitude measurement - mapping the periods of finding ways to solve the problems to determine longitude. Article “History of longitude” in English Wikipedia has 93.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 149 references and 17 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 “History of longitude”, its content was written by 151 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 265 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 73 times in English Wikipedia and cited 168 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #21076 in June 2020
• Global: #46399 in June 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #107752 in April 2018
• Global: #92157 in April 2018

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 longitude		93.7589
2	Indonesian (id) Sejarah garis bujur		86.7563
3	Malay (ms) Sejarah garis bujur		80.5829
4	Japanese (ja) 経度の歴史		77.3422
5	Catalan (ca) Història de la longitud		51.2648
6	Spanish (es) Historia de la longitud		37.1006
7	French (fr) Mesure de la longitude		28.4528

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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 longitude" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of longitude		915 496
2	Spanish (es) Historia de la longitud		179 895
3	Japanese (ja) 経度の歴史		135 367
4	French (fr) Mesure de la longitude		113 664
5	Indonesian (id) Sejarah garis bujur		3 660
6	Catalan (ca) Història de la longitud		3 391
7	Malay (ms) Sejarah garis bujur		1 673

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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 longitude" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) History of longitude		5 881
2	Japanese (ja) 経度の歴史		729
3	French (fr) Mesure de la longitude		296
4	Spanish (es) Historia de la longitud		279
5	Catalan (ca) Història de la longitud		25
6	Indonesian (id) Sejarah garis bujur		20
7	Malay (ms) Sejarah garis bujur		15

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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 longitude" 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 longitude		151
2	French (fr) Mesure de la longitude		55
3	Japanese (ja) 経度の歴史		24
4	Spanish (es) Historia de la longitud		23
5	Catalan (ca) Història de la longitud		8
6	Indonesian (id) Sejarah garis bujur		2
7	Malay (ms) Sejarah garis bujur		2

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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 longitude" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Mesure de la longitude		1
2	Japanese (ja) 経度の歴史		1
3	Catalan (ca) Història de la longitud		0
4	English (en) History of longitude		0
5	Spanish (es) Historia de la longitud		0
6	Indonesian (id) Sejarah garis bujur		0
7	Malay (ms) Sejarah garis bujur		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 longitude" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) History of longitude		73
2	French (fr) Mesure de la longitude		42
3	Spanish (es) Historia de la longitud		27
4	Catalan (ca) Història de la longitud		13
5	Japanese (ja) 経度の歴史		12
6	Malay (ms) Sejarah garis bujur		1
7	Indonesian (id) Sejarah garis bujur		0

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Història de la longitud
en	English History of longitude
es	Spanish Historia de la longitud
fr	French Mesure de la longitude
id	Indonesian Sejarah garis bujur
ja	Japanese 経度の歴史
ms	Malay Sejarah garis bujur

Best Rank

English: #107752 04.2018

Global: #92157 04.2018

Best Rank

English: #21076 06.2020

Global: #46399 06.2020

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