Initial mass function

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Initial mass function

Quality:

Initial mass function - empirical function that describes the initial distribution of masses for a population of stars. Article "Initial mass function" in English Wikipedia has 62.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 54 references and 13 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article "Initial mass function" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Initial mass function", its content was written by 70 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 182 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 62 times in English Wikipedia and cited 542 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #32585 in April 2019
  • Global: #66632 in May 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #51121 in March 2013
  • Global: #91762 in March 2013

There are 15 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
1Malay (ms)
Fungsi jisim awal
74.1989
2English (en)
Initial mass function
62.86
3Portuguese (pt)
Função de massa inicial
44.1359
4Ukrainian (uk)
Функція початкової маси
38.5121
5Spanish (es)
Función de masa inicial
27.6484
6Catalan (ca)
Funció de massa inicial
25.5365
7Italian (it)
Funzione di massa iniziale
18.0108
8Arabic (ar)
دالة الكتلة الأولية
16.8819
9Korean (ko)
초기질량함수
16.6957
10Chinese (zh)
初始质量函数
16.5365
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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 "Initial mass function" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Initial mass function
396 521
2German (de)
Ursprüngliche Massenfunktion
29 884
3Japanese (ja)
初期質量関数
21 060
4French (fr)
Fonction de masse initiale
18 313
5Russian (ru)
Начальная функция масс
17 590
6Italian (it)
Funzione di massa iniziale
16 326
7Korean (ko)
초기질량함수
12 979
8Chinese (zh)
初始质量函数
11 228
9Spanish (es)
Función de masa inicial
4 670
10Arabic (ar)
دالة الكتلة الأولية
1 493
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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 "Initial mass function" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Initial mass function
1 880
2Japanese (ja)
初期質量関数
99
3Spanish (es)
Función de masa inicial
77
4German (de)
Ursprüngliche Massenfunktion
74
5Chinese (zh)
初始质量函数
65
6French (fr)
Fonction de masse initiale
61
7Russian (ru)
Начальная функция масс
41
8Italian (it)
Funzione di massa iniziale
31
9Korean (ko)
초기질량함수
30
10Arabic (ar)
دالة الكتلة الأولية
27
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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 "Initial mass function" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Initial mass function
70
2German (de)
Ursprüngliche Massenfunktion
25
3Italian (it)
Funzione di massa iniziale
24
4French (fr)
Fonction de masse initiale
22
5Korean (ko)
초기질량함수
6
6Russian (ru)
Начальная функция масс
6
7Catalan (ca)
Funció de massa inicial
5
8Spanish (es)
Función de masa inicial
4
9Japanese (ja)
初期質量関数
4
10Arabic (ar)
دالة الكتلة الأولية
3
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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 "Initial mass function" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Initial mass function
1
2Arabic (ar)
دالة الكتلة الأولية
0
3Catalan (ca)
Funció de massa inicial
0
4German (de)
Ursprüngliche Massenfunktion
0
5Spanish (es)
Función de masa inicial
0
6French (fr)
Fonction de masse initiale
0
7Italian (it)
Funzione di massa iniziale
0
8Japanese (ja)
初期質量関数
0
9Korean (ko)
초기질량함수
0
10Malay (ms)
Fungsi jisim awal
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 "Initial mass function" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Fonction de masse initiale
287
2English (en)
Initial mass function
62
3Italian (it)
Funzione di massa iniziale
30
4Chinese (zh)
初始质量函数
26
5Korean (ko)
초기질량함수
23
6Japanese (ja)
初期質量関数
21
7Russian (ru)
Начальная функция масс
21
8Arabic (ar)
دالة الكتلة الأولية
18
9German (de)
Ursprüngliche Massenfunktion
14
10Ukrainian (uk)
Функція початкової маси
10
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
دالة الكتلة الأولية
caCatalan
Funció de massa inicial
deGerman
Ursprüngliche Massenfunktion
enEnglish
Initial mass function
esSpanish
Función de masa inicial
frFrench
Fonction de masse initiale
itItalian
Funzione di massa iniziale
jaJapanese
初期質量関数
koKorean
초기질량함수
msMalay
Fungsi jisim awal
noNorwegian
Opprinnelig massefunksjon
ptPortuguese
Função de massa inicial
ruRussian
Начальная функция масс
ukUkrainian
Функція початкової маси
zhChinese
初始质量函数

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#51121
03.2013
Global:
#91762
03.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#32585
04.2019
Global:
#66632
05.2018

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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