Law of effect

Law of effect - a psychological principle; champions trial and error as root of learning. Article “Law of effect” in English Wikipedia has 29.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 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 “Law of effect” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Law of effect”, its content was written by 63 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 110 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 31 times in English Wikipedia and cited 95 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #76089 in August 2012
• Global: #113715 in July 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #74121 in October 2013
• Global: #127791 in October 2013

There are 10 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) Law of effect		29.553
2	Persian (fa) قانون اثر		26.9643
3	Chinese (zh) 效果律		23.927
4	Arabic (ar) قانون الأثر		23.4395
5	Russian (ru) Закон эффекта		16.7942
6	Portuguese (pt) Lei do Efeito		14.6597
7	Polish (pl) Prawo efektu		13.9331
8	Catalan (ca) Llei de l'efecte		12.4217
9	Bulgarian (bg) Закон за ефекта		11.1453
10	French (fr) Loi de l'effet		0.1888

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Law of effect" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Law of effect		1 215 366
2	Polish (pl) Prawo efektu		94 424
3	French (fr) Loi de l'effet		62 889
4	Chinese (zh) 效果律		45 300
5	Persian (fa) قانون اثر		41 123
6	Arabic (ar) قانون الأثر		33 295
7	Portuguese (pt) Lei do Efeito		28 483
8	Russian (ru) Закон эффекта		17 036
9	Bulgarian (bg) Закон за ефекта		9 201
10	Catalan (ca) Llei de l'efecte		1 675

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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 "Law of effect" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Law of effect		2 006
2	Polish (pl) Prawo efektu		151
3	Chinese (zh) 效果律		132
4	Persian (fa) قانون اثر		129
5	Portuguese (pt) Lei do Efeito		106
6	Russian (ru) Закон эффекта		100
7	French (fr) Loi de l'effet		76
8	Arabic (ar) قانون الأثر		66
9	Bulgarian (bg) Закон за ефекта		21
10	Catalan (ca) Llei de l'efecte		6

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Law of effect		63
2	French (fr) Loi de l'effet		12
3	Polish (pl) Prawo efektu		8
4	Chinese (zh) 效果律		7
5	Portuguese (pt) Lei do Efeito		6
6	Arabic (ar) قانون الأثر		5
7	Bulgarian (bg) Закон за ефекта		3
8	Persian (fa) قانون اثر		3
9	Russian (ru) Закон эффекта		2
10	Catalan (ca) Llei de l'efecte		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 "Law of effect" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Law of effect		1
2	Arabic (ar) قانون الأثر		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Закон за ефекта		0
4	Catalan (ca) Llei de l'efecte		0
5	Persian (fa) قانون اثر		0
6	French (fr) Loi de l'effet		0
7	Polish (pl) Prawo efektu		0
8	Portuguese (pt) Lei do Efeito		0
9	Russian (ru) Закон эффекта		0
10	Chinese (zh) 效果律		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 "Law of effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Law of effect		31
2	Chinese (zh) 效果律		31
3	Arabic (ar) قانون الأثر		7
4	Portuguese (pt) Lei do Efeito		7
5	French (fr) Loi de l'effet		5
6	Bulgarian (bg) Закон за ефекта		4
7	Polish (pl) Prawo efektu		4
8	Russian (ru) Закон эффекта		3
9	Catalan (ca) Llei de l'efecte		2
10	Persian (fa) قانون اثر		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قانون الأثر
bg	Bulgarian Закон за ефекта
ca	Catalan Llei de l'efecte
en	English Law of effect
fa	Persian قانون اثر
fr	French Loi de l'effet
pl	Polish Prawo efektu
pt	Portuguese Lei do Efeito
ru	Russian Закон эффекта
zh	Chinese 效果律

Best Rank

English: #74121 10.2013

Global: #127791 10.2013

Best Rank

English: #76089 08.2012

Global: #113715 07.2016

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