Initiation (chemistry)

Initiation - chemical reaction that triggers one or more secondary reactions. Article “Initiation (chemistry)” in English Wikipedia has 37.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 17 references and 5 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 “Initiation (chemistry)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Initiation (chemistry)”, its content was written by 20 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 53 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 13 times in English Wikipedia and cited 165 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #64510 in April 2023
• Global: #77953 in February 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #723136 in April 2008
• Global: #1037832 in January 2008

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) Initiation (chemistry)		37.6304
2	Czech (cs) Iniciace (chemie)		32.0432
3	Dutch (nl) Initiatie (scheikunde)		28.1262
4	French (fr) Amorçage (chimie)		20.4473
5	Chinese (zh) 起始反應		19.9273
6	Estonian (et) Initsieerimisreaktsioon		16.993
7	Portuguese (pt) Iniciação química		16.9583

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Initiation (chemistry)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Initiation (chemistry)		59 346
2	French (fr) Amorçage (chimie)		26 463
3	Dutch (nl) Initiatie (scheikunde)		21 025
4	Estonian (et) Initsieerimisreaktsioon		4 015
5	Chinese (zh) 起始反應		3 805
6	Portuguese (pt) Iniciação química		3 115
7	Czech (cs) Iniciace (chemie)		917

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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 "Initiation (chemistry)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Initiation (chemistry)		94
2	French (fr) Amorçage (chimie)		42
3	Chinese (zh) 起始反應		36
4	Portuguese (pt) Iniciação química		27
5	Dutch (nl) Initiatie (scheikunde)		24
6	Czech (cs) Iniciace (chemie)		20
7	Estonian (et) Initsieerimisreaktsioon		7

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Initiation (chemistry)		20
2	Dutch (nl) Initiatie (scheikunde)		16
3	French (fr) Amorçage (chimie)		6
4	Portuguese (pt) Iniciação química		5
5	Czech (cs) Iniciace (chemie)		3
6	Estonian (et) Initsieerimisreaktsioon		2
7	Chinese (zh) 起始反應		1

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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 "Initiation (chemistry)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Initiation (chemistry)		1
2	Czech (cs) Iniciace (chemie)		0
3	Estonian (et) Initsieerimisreaktsioon		0
4	French (fr) Amorçage (chimie)		0
5	Dutch (nl) Initiatie (scheikunde)		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Iniciação química		0
7	Chinese (zh) 起始反應		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 "Initiation (chemistry)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Amorçage (chimie)		55
2	Dutch (nl) Initiatie (scheikunde)		32
3	Estonian (et) Initsieerimisreaktsioon		28
4	Czech (cs) Iniciace (chemie)		27
5	English (en) Initiation (chemistry)		13
6	Chinese (zh) 起始反應		10
7	Portuguese (pt) Iniciação química		0

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech Iniciace (chemie)
en	English Initiation (chemistry)
et	Estonian Initsieerimisreaktsioon
fr	French Amorçage (chimie)
nl	Dutch Initiatie (scheikunde)
pt	Portuguese Iniciação química
zh	Chinese 起始反應

Best Rank

English: #723136 04.2008

Global: #1037832 01.2008

Best Rank

English: #64510 04.2023

Global: #77953 02.2013

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