Minimum alveolar concentration

Minimum alveolar concentration - concentration of vapor in the lungs needed to prevent motor response in 50% of subjects in response to surgical stimulus; used to compare the potency of anesthetic vapors. Article “Minimum alveolar concentration” in English Wikipedia has 33.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 20 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.

Since the creation of article “Minimum alveolar concentration”, its content was written by 61 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 161 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 110 times in English Wikipedia and cited 383 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #49241 in September 2005
• Global: #68814 in August 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #180207 in February 2016
• Global: #224543 in June 2018

There are 15 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) Minimum alveolar concentration		33.2357
2	Persian (fa) حداقل غلظت آلوئولی		26.2328
3	Czech (cs) Minimální alveolární koncentrace		24.7059
4	Korean (ko) 최소폐포농도		24.1165
5	Portuguese (pt) Concentração alveolar mínima		20.484
6	Spanish (es) Concentración alveolar mínima		20.0714
7	Arabic (ar) الحد الأدنى من تركيز السنخية		19.0528
8	Estonian (et) Minimaalne alveolaarkontsentratsioon		16.2198
9	Italian (it) Concentrazione minima alveolare		11.0074
10	Polish (pl) MAC (anestezjologia)		7.9444

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Minimum alveolar concentration" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Minimum alveolar concentration		756 709
2	German (de) Minimale alveoläre Konzentration		100 461
3	Polish (pl) MAC (anestezjologia)		83 948
4	Japanese (ja) 最小肺胞内濃度		71 941
5	Italian (it) Concentrazione minima alveolare		61 273
6	French (fr) Concentration alvéolaire minimale		52 204
7	Portuguese (pt) Concentração alveolar mínima		36 505
8	Dutch (nl) Minimale alveolaire concentratie		25 300
9	Spanish (es) Concentración alveolar mínima		19 323
10	Persian (fa) حداقل غلظت آلوئولی		19 197

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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 "Minimum alveolar concentration" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Minimum alveolar concentration		1 323
2	Polish (pl) MAC (anestezjologia)		281
3	German (de) Minimale alveoläre Konzentration		169
4	Italian (it) Concentrazione minima alveolare		157
5	French (fr) Concentration alvéolaire minimale		132
6	Japanese (ja) 最小肺胞内濃度		115
7	Spanish (es) Concentración alveolar mínima		104
8	Persian (fa) حداقل غلظت آلوئولی		57
9	Dutch (nl) Minimale alveolaire concentratie		47
10	Portuguese (pt) Concentração alveolar mínima		37

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Minimum alveolar concentration		61
2	Italian (it) Concentrazione minima alveolare		25
3	German (de) Minimale alveoläre Konzentration		24
4	Dutch (nl) Minimale alveolaire concentratie		10
5	French (fr) Concentration alvéolaire minimale		9
6	Polish (pl) MAC (anestezjologia)		7
7	Japanese (ja) 最小肺胞内濃度		6
8	Portuguese (pt) Concentração alveolar mínima		6
9	Czech (cs) Minimální alveolární koncentrace		3
10	Estonian (et) Minimaalne alveolaarkontsentratsioon		3

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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 "Minimum alveolar concentration" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الحد الأدنى من تركيز السنخية		0
2	Czech (cs) Minimální alveolární koncentrace		0
3	German (de) Minimale alveoläre Konzentration		0
4	English (en) Minimum alveolar concentration		0
5	Spanish (es) Concentración alveolar mínima		0
6	Estonian (et) Minimaalne alveolaarkontsentratsioon		0
7	Persian (fa) حداقل غلظت آلوئولی		0
8	French (fr) Concentration alvéolaire minimale		0
9	Hebrew (he) ריכוז אלוואולרי מינימלי		0
10	Italian (it) Concentrazione minima alveolare		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 "Minimum alveolar concentration" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 最小肺胞内濃度		139
2	English (en) Minimum alveolar concentration		110
3	Arabic (ar) الحد الأدنى من تركيز السنخية		47
4	Persian (fa) حداقل غلظت آلوئولی		26
5	German (de) Minimale alveoläre Konzentration		13
6	French (fr) Concentration alvéolaire minimale		11
7	Italian (it) Concentrazione minima alveolare		8
8	Dutch (nl) Minimale alveolaire concentratie		8
9	Spanish (es) Concentración alveolar mínima		6
10	Estonian (et) Minimaalne alveolaarkontsentratsioon		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الحد الأدنى من تركيز السنخية
cs	Czech Minimální alveolární koncentrace
de	German Minimale alveoläre Konzentration
en	English Minimum alveolar concentration
es	Spanish Concentración alveolar mínima
et	Estonian Minimaalne alveolaarkontsentratsioon
fa	Persian حداقل غلظت آلوئولی
fr	French Concentration alvéolaire minimale
he	Hebrew ריכוז אלוואולרי מינימלי
it	Italian Concentrazione minima alveolare
ja	Japanese 最小肺胞内濃度
ko	Korean 최소폐포농도
nl	Dutch Minimale alveolaire concentratie
pl	Polish MAC (anestezjologia)
pt	Portuguese Concentração alveolar mínima

Best Rank

English: #180207 02.2016

Global: #224543 06.2018

Best Rank

English: #49241 09.2005

Global: #68814 08.2010

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