Linear polarization

Linear polarization - confinement of the electric field vector or magnetic field vector to a given plane along the direction of propagation. Article “Linear polarization” in English Wikipedia has 13.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.71 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Linear polarization”, its content was written by 40 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 73 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 145 times in English Wikipedia and cited 246 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5123 in May 2002
• Global: #6586 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #153640 in January 2010
• Global: #244812 in January 2010

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	Russian (ru) Линейная поляризация		26.6758
2	Chinese (zh) 线性偏振		13.6192
3	English (en) Linear polarization		13.558
4	Hebrew (he) קיטוב ליניארי		12.6124
5	Arabic (ar) استقطاب خطي		11.3663
6	Thai (th) โพลาไรเซชันแบบเส้นตรง		10.7971
7	Spanish (es) Polarización lineal		10.2178
8	Slovenian (sl) Linearna polarizacija		10.1713
9	Greek (el) Γραμμική Πόλωση		9.5746
10	Dutch (nl) Lineair gepolariseerd licht		0.225

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Linear polarization" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linear polarization		831 135
2	Spanish (es) Polarización lineal		61 062
3	Dutch (nl) Lineair gepolariseerd licht		24 201
4	Russian (ru) Линейная поляризация		18 784
5	Arabic (ar) استقطاب خطي		15 931
6	Hebrew (he) קיטוב ליניארי		9 308
7	Slovenian (sl) Linearna polarizacija		6 966
8	Thai (th) โพลาไรเซชันแบบเส้นตรง		1 445
9	Greek (el) Γραμμική Πόλωση		679
10	Chinese (zh) 线性偏振		496

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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 "Linear polarization" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linear polarization		1 639
2	Russian (ru) Линейная поляризация		182
3	Spanish (es) Polarización lineal		103
4	Chinese (zh) 线性偏振		69
5	Hebrew (he) קיטוב ליניארי		43
6	Dutch (nl) Lineair gepolariseerd licht		35
7	Thai (th) โพลาไรเซชันแบบเส้นตรง		13
8	Arabic (ar) استقطاب خطي		9
9	Greek (el) Γραμμική Πόλωση		9
10	Slovenian (sl) Linearna polarizacija		9

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linear polarization		40
2	Arabic (ar) استقطاب خطي		9
3	Dutch (nl) Lineair gepolariseerd licht		7
4	Hebrew (he) קיטוב ליניארי		5
5	Slovenian (sl) Linearna polarizacija		4
6	Russian (ru) Линейная поляризация		2
7	Thai (th) โพลาไรเซชันแบบเส้นตรง		2
8	Chinese (zh) 线性偏振		2
9	Greek (el) Γραμμική Πόλωση		1
10	Spanish (es) Polarización lineal		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 "Linear polarization" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) استقطاب خطي		0
2	Greek (el) Γραμμική Πόλωση		0
3	English (en) Linear polarization		0
4	Spanish (es) Polarización lineal		0
5	Hebrew (he) קיטוב ליניארי		0
6	Dutch (nl) Lineair gepolariseerd licht		0
7	Russian (ru) Линейная поляризация		0
8	Slovenian (sl) Linearna polarizacija		0
9	Thai (th) โพลาไรเซชันแบบเส้นตรง		0
10	Chinese (zh) 线性偏振		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 "Linear polarization" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Linear polarization		145
2	Thai (th) โพลาไรเซชันแบบเส้นตรง		20
3	Arabic (ar) استقطاب خطي		18
4	Spanish (es) Polarización lineal		18
5	Hebrew (he) קיטוב ליניארי		13
6	Slovenian (sl) Linearna polarizacija		11
7	Chinese (zh) 线性偏振		9
8	Dutch (nl) Lineair gepolariseerd licht		7
9	Russian (ru) Линейная поляризация		5
10	Greek (el) Γραμμική Πόλωση		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic استقطاب خطي
el	Greek Γραμμική Πόλωση
en	English Linear polarization
es	Spanish Polarización lineal
he	Hebrew קיטוב ליניארי
nl	Dutch Lineair gepolariseerd licht
ru	Russian Линейная поляризация
sl	Slovenian Linearna polarizacija
th	Thai โพลาไรเซชันแบบเส้นตรง
zh	Chinese 线性偏振

Best Rank

English: #153640 01.2010

Global: #244812 01.2010

Best Rank

English: #5123 05.2002

Global: #6586 05.2002

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