Institutional review board

Institutional review board - hospital or other institutional committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects. Article “Institutional review board” in English Wikipedia has 59.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 63 references and 15 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 “Institutional review board” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Institutional review board”, its content was written by 145 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 319 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 236 times in English Wikipedia and cited 626 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #29053 in July 2024
• Global: #49883 in January 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #22413 in September 2014
• Global: #43161 in February 2013

There are 8 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) Institutional review board		59.6237
2	German (de) Ethikkommission		42.5882
3	Japanese (ja) 倫理委員会		21.418
4	Chinese (zh) 机构审查委员会		16.0508
5	Arabic (ar) مجلس الاستعراض المؤسساتي		14.1552
6	Polish (pl) Komisja bioetyczna		12.749
7	Korean (ko) 기관 감사 위원회		11.6789
8	French (fr) Comité de protection des personnes		10.2044

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Institutional review board" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Institutional review board		3 279 996
2	German (de) Ethikkommission		399 901
3	French (fr) Comité de protection des personnes		100 585
4	Polish (pl) Komisja bioetyczna		76 069
5	Japanese (ja) 倫理委員会		37 758
6	Korean (ko) 기관 감사 위원회		22 340
7	Chinese (zh) 机构审查委员会		13 362
8	Arabic (ar) مجلس الاستعراض المؤسساتي		5 562

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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 "Institutional review board" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Institutional review board		4 083
2	German (de) Ethikkommission		830
3	French (fr) Comité de protection des personnes		307
4	Japanese (ja) 倫理委員会		305
5	Chinese (zh) 机构审查委员会		256
6	Polish (pl) Komisja bioetyczna		113
7	Korean (ko) 기관 감사 위원회		52
8	Arabic (ar) مجلس الاستعراض المؤسساتي		37

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Institutional review board		145
2	German (de) Ethikkommission		113
3	French (fr) Comité de protection des personnes		33
4	Korean (ko) 기관 감사 위원회		9
5	Polish (pl) Komisja bioetyczna		8
6	Japanese (ja) 倫理委員会		5
7	Arabic (ar) مجلس الاستعراض المؤسساتي		3
8	Chinese (zh) 机构审查委员会		3

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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 "Institutional review board" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Institutional review board		1
2	Chinese (zh) 机构审查委员会		1
3	Arabic (ar) مجلس الاستعراض المؤسساتي		0
4	German (de) Ethikkommission		0
5	French (fr) Comité de protection des personnes		0
6	Japanese (ja) 倫理委員会		0
7	Korean (ko) 기관 감사 위원회		0
8	Polish (pl) Komisja bioetyczna		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 "Institutional review board" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Institutional review board		236
2	German (de) Ethikkommission		169
3	Chinese (zh) 机构审查委员会		72
4	Arabic (ar) مجلس الاستعراض المؤسساتي		65
5	French (fr) Comité de protection des personnes		36
6	Japanese (ja) 倫理委員会		24
7	Polish (pl) Komisja bioetyczna		14
8	Korean (ko) 기관 감사 위원회		10

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مجلس الاستعراض المؤسساتي
de	German Ethikkommission
en	English Institutional review board
fr	French Comité de protection des personnes
ja	Japanese 倫理委員会
ko	Korean 기관 감사 위원회
pl	Polish Komisja bioetyczna
zh	Chinese 机构审查委员会

Best Rank

English: #22413 09.2014

Global: #43161 02.2013

Best Rank

English: #29053 07.2024

Global: #49883 01.2016

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