List of superseded scientific theories

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List of superseded scientific theories

Quality:

Superseded scientific theory - scientific theory rejected by modern mainstream scientific consensus. Article “List of superseded scientific theories” in English Wikipedia has 37.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 9 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “List of superseded scientific theories”, its content was written by 282 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 387 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 282 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1076 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #265 in February 2004
  • Global: #2477 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #25179 in October 2009
  • Global: #44106 in October 2009

There are 12 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
1Chinese (zh)
被取代的科學理論
60.0158
2Persian (fa)
نظریه‌های علمی جایگزین‌شده
42.6842
3English (en)
List of superseded scientific theories
37.7284
4Ukrainian (uk)
Замінені теорії в науці
35.6613
5Basque (eu)
Teoria zaharkituak zientzian
29.8302
6Catalan (ca)
Teoria científica obsoleta
21.3015
7Turkish (tr)
Terk edilmiş kuramlar
20.2951
8Japanese (ja)
取って代わられた科学理論
20.2893
9Portuguese (pt)
Teoria científica obsoleta
16.8418
10Spanish (es)
Teoría científica obsoleta
13.0582
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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The most popular language versions of the article "List of superseded scientific theories" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
List of superseded scientific theories
1 330 714
2Spanish (es)
Teoría científica obsoleta
238 226
3Persian (fa)
نظریه‌های علمی جایگزین‌شده
34 190
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria científica obsoleta
27 296
5Japanese (ja)
取って代わられた科学理論
22 762
6Chinese (zh)
被取代的科學理論
16 065
7Swedish (sv)
Förlegade vetenskapliga teorier
6 514
8Catalan (ca)
Teoria científica obsoleta
4 969
9Turkish (tr)
Terk edilmiş kuramlar
2 892
10Arabic (ar)
نظريات مفرطة في العلم
2 740
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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 "List of superseded scientific theories" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
List of superseded scientific theories
8 289
2Japanese (ja)
取って代わられた科学理論
379
3Chinese (zh)
被取代的科學理論
174
4Spanish (es)
Teoría científica obsoleta
158
5Portuguese (pt)
Teoria científica obsoleta
109
6Persian (fa)
نظریه‌های علمی جایگزین‌شده
104
7Turkish (tr)
Terk edilmiş kuramlar
45
8Catalan (ca)
Teoria científica obsoleta
22
9Arabic (ar)
نظريات مفرطة في العلم
20
10Basque (eu)
Teoria zaharkituak zientzian
15
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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 "List of superseded scientific theories" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
List of superseded scientific theories
282
2Spanish (es)
Teoría científica obsoleta
36
3Persian (fa)
نظریه‌های علمی جایگزین‌شده
14
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria científica obsoleta
11
5Catalan (ca)
Teoria científica obsoleta
8
6Chinese (zh)
被取代的科學理論
7
7Arabic (ar)
نظريات مفرطة في العلم
6
8Japanese (ja)
取って代わられた科学理論
6
9Swedish (sv)
Förlegade vetenskapliga teorier
6
10Ukrainian (uk)
Замінені теорії в науці
5
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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 "List of superseded scientific theories" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Teoria científica obsoleta
2
2Basque (eu)
Teoria zaharkituak zientzian
1
3Chinese (zh)
被取代的科學理論
1
4Arabic (ar)
نظريات مفرطة في العلم
0
5English (en)
List of superseded scientific theories
0
6Spanish (es)
Teoría científica obsoleta
0
7Persian (fa)
نظریه‌های علمی جایگزین‌شده
0
8Japanese (ja)
取って代わられた科学理論
0
9Portuguese (pt)
Teoria científica obsoleta
0
10Swedish (sv)
Förlegade vetenskapliga teorier
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 "List of superseded scientific theories" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
List of superseded scientific theories
282
2Portuguese (pt)
Teoria científica obsoleta
198
3Arabic (ar)
نظريات مفرطة في العلم
162
4Chinese (zh)
被取代的科學理論
133
5Persian (fa)
نظریه‌های علمی جایگزین‌شده
106
6Swedish (sv)
Förlegade vetenskapliga teorier
80
7Ukrainian (uk)
Замінені теорії в науці
40
8Spanish (es)
Teoría científica obsoleta
28
9Catalan (ca)
Teoria científica obsoleta
20
10Turkish (tr)
Terk edilmiş kuramlar
20
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظريات مفرطة في العلم
caCatalan
Teoria científica obsoleta
enEnglish
List of superseded scientific theories
esSpanish
Teoría científica obsoleta
euBasque
Teoria zaharkituak zientzian
faPersian
نظریه‌های علمی جایگزین‌شده
jaJapanese
取って代わられた科学理論
ptPortuguese
Teoria científica obsoleta
svSwedish
Förlegade vetenskapliga teorier
trTurkish
Terk edilmiş kuramlar
ukUkrainian
Замінені теорії в науці
zhChinese
被取代的科學理論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#25179
10.2009
Global:
#44106
10.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#265
02.2004
Global:
#2477
02.2004

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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