Magic number (physics)

Magic number - number of protons or neutrons that make a nucleus particularly stable. Article "Magic number (physics)" in English Wikipedia has 39.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 6 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Magic number (physics)", its content was written by 154 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 622 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 161 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1022 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #11542 in March 2004
• Global: #15574 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #53109 in November 2019
• Global: #44159 in May 2009

There are 30 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) Magic number (physics)		39.1929
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		29.4962
3	Swedish (sv) Magiskt tal (fysik)		29.2531
4	Hungarian (hu) Mágikus szám		25.9143
5	Tamil (ta) இயற்பியலின் விந்தை எண்கள்		25.3467
6	Ukrainian (uk) Магічні ядра		24.8394
7	Indonesian (id) Bilangan ajaib (fisika nuklir)		23.3961
8	Malay (ms) Bilangan ajaib		21.6743
9	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		21.6568
10	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		19.13

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Magic number (physics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Magic number (physics)		1 485 512
2	Japanese (ja) 魔法数		444 089
3	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		443 820
4	Russian (ru) Магические числа (физика)		366 229
5	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		180 614
6	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		88 666
7	Italian (it) Numero magico (fisica)		85 711
8	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		69 420
9	Arabic (ar) عدد سحري		36 309
10	Korean (ko) 마법수		17 991

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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 "Magic number (physics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Magic number (physics)		7 137
2	Japanese (ja) 魔法数		1 270
3	Russian (ru) Магические числа (физика)		1 156
4	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		1 035
5	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		485
6	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		357
7	Italian (it) Numero magico (fisica)		290
8	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		273
9	Arabic (ar) عدد سحري		245
10	Korean (ko) 마법수		78

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Magic number (physics)		154
2	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		110
3	Italian (it) Numero magico (fisica)		50
4	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		46
5	Japanese (ja) 魔法数		40
6	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		29
7	Hebrew (he) מספר קסם (מדע)		27
8	Russian (ru) Магические числа (физика)		24
9	Norwegian (no) Magisk tall		18
10	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		13

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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 "Magic number (physics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Urdu (ur) ڈبل میجک		1
2	Arabic (ar) عدد سحري		0
3	Catalan (ca) Núclid màgic		0
4	Czech (cs) Magické číslo (fyzika)		0
5	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		0
6	English (en) Magic number (physics)		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Magia nombro (fiziko)		0
8	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		0
9	Persian (fa) عدد جادویی (فیزیک)		0
10	Finnish (fi) Maagiset luvut		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 "Magic number (physics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 幻数 (物理学)		185
2	Japanese (ja) 魔法数		178
3	English (en) Magic number (physics)		161
4	French (fr) Nombre magique (physique)		66
5	German (de) Magische Zahl (Physik)		59
6	Slovenian (sl) Magično število (fizika)		39
7	Russian (ru) Магические числа (физика)		38
8	Catalan (ca) Núclid màgic		34
9	Spanish (es) Número mágico (física)		30
10	Arabic (ar) عدد سحري		23

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عدد سحري
ca	Catalan Núclid màgic
cs	Czech Magické číslo (fyzika)
de	German Magische Zahl (Physik)
en	English Magic number (physics)
eo	Esperanto Magia nombro (fiziko)
es	Spanish Número mágico (física)
fa	Persian عدد جادویی (فیزیک)
fi	Finnish Maagiset luvut
fr	French Nombre magique (physique)
he	Hebrew מספר קסם (מדע)
hr	Croatian Magični broj
hu	Hungarian Mágikus szám
hy	Armenian Մոգական թվեր (ֆիզիկա)
id	Indonesian Bilangan ajaib (fisika nuklir)
it	Italian Numero magico (fisica)
ja	Japanese 魔法数
ko	Korean 마법수
ms	Malay Bilangan ajaib
no	Norwegian Magisk tall
ro	Romanian Număr magic (fizică)
ru	Russian Магические числа (физика)
sk	Slovak Magické čísla
sl	Slovenian Magično število (fizika)
sv	Swedish Magiskt tal (fysik)
ta	Tamil இயற்பியலின் விந்தை எண்கள்
uk	Ukrainian Магічні ядра
ur	Urdu ڈبل میجک
uz	Uzbek Sehrli yadrolar
zh	Chinese 幻数 (物理学)

Best Rank

English: #53109 11.2019

Global: #44159 05.2009

Best Rank

English: #11542 03.2004

Global: #15574 09.2003

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