Linking number

Linking number - numerical invariant that describes the linking of two closed curves in three-dimensional space. Article “Linking number” in English Wikipedia has 43.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 10 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Linking number”, its content was written by 58 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 151 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 130 times in English Wikipedia and cited 410 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #12281 in February 2004
• Global: #30636 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #312604 in April 2008
• Global: #472012 in April 2008

There are 14 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, 2026 (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) Коэффициент зацепления		51.9214
2	English (en) Linking number		43.3427
3	Chinese (zh) 环绕数		41.2263
4	Portuguese (pt) Número de enlaces		27.9241
5	Dutch (nl) Schakelgetal		22.2201
6	Hebrew (he) אינדקס שזירה		22.018
7	Japanese (ja) 絡み数		18.3249
8	Korean (ko) 연환수		18.223
9	Spanish (es) Índice de ligazón		11.8233
10	French (fr) Enlacement		9.2754

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Linking number" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linking number		337 214
2	Chinese (zh) 环绕数		22 679
3	Japanese (ja) 絡み数		21 341
4	Russian (ru) Коэффициент зацепления		13 881
5	French (fr) Enlacement		10 249
6	German (de) Verschlingungszahl		8 853
7	Spanish (es) Índice de ligazón		5 603
8	Korean (ko) 연환수		3 057
9	Portuguese (pt) Número de enlaces		3 014
10	Dutch (nl) Schakelgetal		2 429

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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 "Linking number" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linking number		960
2	Japanese (ja) 絡み数		110
3	Chinese (zh) 环绕数		99
4	Russian (ru) Коэффициент зацепления		31
5	German (de) Verschlingungszahl		28
6	French (fr) Enlacement		22
7	Spanish (es) Índice de ligazón		15
8	Korean (ko) 연환수		10
9	Ukrainian (uk) Коефіцієнт зачеплення		8
10	Dutch (nl) Schakelgetal		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 "Linking number" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linking number		58
2	French (fr) Enlacement		23
3	Russian (ru) Коэффициент зацепления		18
4	German (de) Verschlingungszahl		13
5	Chinese (zh) 环绕数		10
6	Dutch (nl) Schakelgetal		8
7	Hebrew (he) אינדקס שזירה		6
8	Spanish (es) Índice de ligazón		5
9	Korean (ko) 연환수		3
10	Japanese (ja) 絡み数		2

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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 "Linking number" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Verschlingungszahl		0
2	English (en) Linking number		0
3	Spanish (es) Índice de ligazón		0
4	French (fr) Enlacement		0
5	Hebrew (he) אינדקס שזירה		0
6	Japanese (ja) 絡み数		0
7	Korean (ko) 연환수		0
8	Dutch (nl) Schakelgetal		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Número de enlaces		0
10	Russian (ru) Коэффициент зацепления		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 "Linking number" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Linking number		130
2	Russian (ru) Коэффициент зацепления		99
3	Ukrainian (uk) Коефіцієнт зачеплення		59
4	Chinese (zh) 环绕数		31
5	Portuguese (pt) Número de enlaces		24
6	Japanese (ja) 絡み数		21
7	French (fr) Enlacement		11
8	German (de) Verschlingungszahl		9
9	Spanish (es) Índice de ligazón		7
10	Korean (ko) 연환수		7

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#	Language	Value
de	German Verschlingungszahl
en	English Linking number
es	Spanish Índice de ligazón
fr	French Enlacement
he	Hebrew אינדקס שזירה
ja	Japanese 絡み数
ko	Korean 연환수
nl	Dutch Schakelgetal
pt	Portuguese Número de enlaces
ru	Russian Коэффициент зацепления
sh	Serbo-Croatian Koeficijent vezivanja
sr	Serbian Koeficijent vezivanja
uk	Ukrainian Коефіцієнт зачеплення
zh	Chinese 环绕数

Best Rank

English: #312604 04.2008

Global: #472012 04.2008

Best Rank

English: #12281 02.2004

Global: #30636 02.2004

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