Kennedy–Thorndike experiment

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Kennedy–Thorndike experiment

Quality:

Kennedy–Thorndike experiment - modified form of the Michelson–Morley experiment, testing special relativity. Article “Kennedy–Thorndike experiment” in English Wikipedia has 39.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 20 references and 8 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Kennedy–Thorndike experiment”, its content was written by 51 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 125 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 42 times in English Wikipedia and cited 206 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4899 in July 2003
  • Global: #11887 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #223905 in October 2014
  • Global: #376127 in October 2014

There are 11 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
1Catalan (ca)
Experiment de Kennedy–Thorndike
49.1682
2German (de)
Kennedy-Thorndike-Experiment
40.1958
3English (en)
Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
39.6063
4Spanish (es)
Experimento de Kennedy y Thorndike
28.6207
5Russian (ru)
Опыт Кеннеди — Торндайка
28.459
6Polish (pl)
Doświadczenie Kennedy’ego-Thorndike’a
24.8228
7Hindi (hi)
कैनेडी–थॉर्नडाइक प्रयोग
24.4383
8Japanese (ja)
ケネディ・ソーンダイクの実験
20.4658
9French (fr)
Expérience de Kennedy-Thorndike
10.8328
10Galician (gl)
Experimento de Kennedy-Thorndike
2.4092
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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 "Kennedy–Thorndike experiment" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
138 447
2German (de)
Kennedy-Thorndike-Experiment
32 438
3Portuguese (pt)
Experiência de Kennedy-Thorndike
12 536
4Polish (pl)
Doświadczenie Kennedy’ego-Thorndike’a
11 681
5Galician (gl)
Experimento de Kennedy-Thorndike
4 931
6Russian (ru)
Опыт Кеннеди — Торндайка
2 544
7Japanese (ja)
ケネディ・ソーンダイクの実験
2 071
8French (fr)
Expérience de Kennedy-Thorndike
1 475
9Catalan (ca)
Experiment de Kennedy–Thorndike
790
10Spanish (es)
Experimento de Kennedy y Thorndike
521
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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 "Kennedy–Thorndike experiment" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
948
2German (de)
Kennedy-Thorndike-Experiment
91
3Polish (pl)
Doświadczenie Kennedy’ego-Thorndike’a
49
4Russian (ru)
Опыт Кеннеди — Торндайка
44
5Japanese (ja)
ケネディ・ソーンダイクの実験
30
6Spanish (es)
Experimento de Kennedy y Thorndike
23
7French (fr)
Expérience de Kennedy-Thorndike
21
8Portuguese (pt)
Experiência de Kennedy-Thorndike
16
9Galician (gl)
Experimento de Kennedy-Thorndike
8
10Hindi (hi)
कैनेडी–थॉर्नडाइक प्रयोग
5
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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 "Kennedy–Thorndike experiment" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
51
2German (de)
Kennedy-Thorndike-Experiment
26
3Polish (pl)
Doświadczenie Kennedy’ego-Thorndike’a
18
4Galician (gl)
Experimento de Kennedy-Thorndike
8
5Portuguese (pt)
Experiência de Kennedy-Thorndike
6
6French (fr)
Expérience de Kennedy-Thorndike
4
7Russian (ru)
Опыт Кеннеди — Торндайка
4
8Catalan (ca)
Experiment de Kennedy–Thorndike
3
9Spanish (es)
Experimento de Kennedy y Thorndike
2
10Japanese (ja)
ケネディ・ソーンダイクの実験
2
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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 "Kennedy–Thorndike experiment" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Kennedy-Thorndike-Experiment
2
2Polish (pl)
Doświadczenie Kennedy’ego-Thorndike’a
1
3Catalan (ca)
Experiment de Kennedy–Thorndike
0
4English (en)
Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
0
5Spanish (es)
Experimento de Kennedy y Thorndike
0
6French (fr)
Expérience de Kennedy-Thorndike
0
7Galician (gl)
Experimento de Kennedy-Thorndike
0
8Hindi (hi)
कैनेडी–थॉर्नडाइक प्रयोग
0
9Japanese (ja)
ケネディ・ソーンダイクの実験
0
10Portuguese (pt)
Experiência de Kennedy-Thorndike
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 "Kennedy–Thorndike experiment" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Polish (pl)
Doświadczenie Kennedy’ego-Thorndike’a
81
2English (en)
Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
42
3French (fr)
Expérience de Kennedy-Thorndike
22
4Russian (ru)
Опыт Кеннеди — Торндайка
15
5German (de)
Kennedy-Thorndike-Experiment
12
6Spanish (es)
Experimento de Kennedy y Thorndike
12
7Catalan (ca)
Experiment de Kennedy–Thorndike
8
8Japanese (ja)
ケネディ・ソーンダイクの実験
8
9Portuguese (pt)
Experiência de Kennedy-Thorndike
3
10Galician (gl)
Experimento de Kennedy-Thorndike
2
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Experiment de Kennedy–Thorndike
deGerman
Kennedy-Thorndike-Experiment
enEnglish
Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
esSpanish
Experimento de Kennedy y Thorndike
frFrench
Expérience de Kennedy-Thorndike
glGalician
Experimento de Kennedy-Thorndike
hiHindi
कैनेडी–थॉर्नडाइक प्रयोग
jaJapanese
ケネディ・ソーンダイクの実験
plPolish
Doświadczenie Kennedy’ego-Thorndike’a
ptPortuguese
Experiência de Kennedy-Thorndike
ruRussian
Опыт Кеннеди — Торндайка

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#223905
10.2014
Global:
#376127
10.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4899
07.2003
Global:
#11887
07.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Kennedy–Thorndike experiment from Wikipedia articles about Michelson–Morley experiment, Theory of relativity, Tests of special relativity, Ives–Stilwell experiment and Special relativity. Whereas reading the article about Kennedy–Thorndike experiment people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Ives–Stilwell experiment, Michelson–Morley experiment, Lorentz transformation, Tests of special relativity and Length contraction.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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