Mutual exclusion

Mutual exclusion - property of concurrency control, which is instituted for the purpose of preventing race conditions. Article “Mutual exclusion” in English Wikipedia has 38 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 15 references and 11 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.

In June 2026 the article “Mutual exclusion” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Mutual exclusion”, its content was written by 149 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 545 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 105 times in English Wikipedia and cited 875 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5259 in March 2003
• Global: #10090 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #47768 in October 2013
• Global: #45406 in November 2009

There are 20 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	English (en) Mutual exclusion		37.9616
2	Ukrainian (uk) М'ютекс		21.1047
3	German (de) Mutex		20.5256
4	Chinese (zh) 互斥锁		16.4345
5	Japanese (ja) 排他制御		16.2646
6	Greek (el) Αμοιβαίος αποκλεισμός (υπολογιστές)		14.8604
7	Hebrew (he) מניעה הדדית		13.067
8	Persian (fa) انحصار متقابل		11.2891
9	Polish (pl) Problem wzajemnego wykluczania		11.2171
10	Serbian (sr) Мутекс		8.5421

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Mutual exclusion" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Mutual exclusion		2 489 003
2	German (de) Mutex		509 787
3	Japanese (ja) 排他制御		500 223
4	Spanish (es) Exclusión mutua (informática)		318 546
5	French (fr) Exclusion mutuelle		253 827
6	Chinese (zh) 互斥锁		190 395
7	Polish (pl) Problem wzajemnego wykluczania		169 015
8	Portuguese (pt) Exclusão mútua		168 387
9	Italian (it) Mutex		113 924
10	Korean (ko) 상호 배제		54 315

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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 "Mutual exclusion" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Mutual exclusion		1 662
2	German (de) Mutex		477
3	Japanese (ja) 排他制御		389
4	Chinese (zh) 互斥锁		269
5	French (fr) Exclusion mutuelle		260
6	Polish (pl) Problem wzajemnego wykluczania		129
7	Czech (cs) Vzájemné vyloučení		95
8	Spanish (es) Exclusión mutua (informática)		87
9	Portuguese (pt) Exclusão mútua		79
10	Ukrainian (uk) М'ютекс		56

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Mutual exclusion		149
2	German (de) Mutex		90
3	French (fr) Exclusion mutuelle		58
4	Italian (it) Mutex		35
5	Polish (pl) Problem wzajemnego wykluczania		35
6	Hebrew (he) מניעה הדדית		26
7	Japanese (ja) 排他制御		24
8	Dutch (nl) Wederzijdse uitsluiting		19
9	Spanish (es) Exclusión mutua (informática)		17
10	Chinese (zh) 互斥锁		15

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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 "Mutual exclusion" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) استبعاد التشارك		1
2	English (en) Mutual exclusion		1
3	Korean (ko) 상호 배제		1
4	Catalan (ca) Exclusió mútua		0
5	Czech (cs) Vzájemné vyloučení		0
6	German (de) Mutex		0
7	Greek (el) Αμοιβαίος αποκλεισμός (υπολογιστές)		0
8	Spanish (es) Exclusión mutua (informática)		0
9	Basque (eu) Elkar-bazterketa		0
10	Persian (fa) انحصار متقابل		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 "Mutual exclusion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Ukrainian (uk) М'ютекс		253
2	English (en) Mutual exclusion		105
3	Japanese (ja) 排他制御		74
4	French (fr) Exclusion mutuelle		68
5	Persian (fa) انحصار متقابل		63
6	German (de) Mutex		44
7	Italian (it) Mutex		43
8	Chinese (zh) 互斥锁		39
9	Spanish (es) Exclusión mutua (informática)		29
10	Catalan (ca) Exclusió mútua		28

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic استبعاد التشارك
ca	Catalan Exclusió mútua
cs	Czech Vzájemné vyloučení
de	German Mutex
el	Greek Αμοιβαίος αποκλεισμός (υπολογιστές)
en	English Mutual exclusion
es	Spanish Exclusión mutua (informática)
eu	Basque Elkar-bazterketa
fa	Persian انحصار متقابل
fr	French Exclusion mutuelle
he	Hebrew מניעה הדדית
it	Italian Mutex
ja	Japanese 排他制御
ko	Korean 상호 배제
nl	Dutch Wederzijdse uitsluiting
pl	Polish Problem wzajemnego wykluczania
pt	Portuguese Exclusão mútua
sr	Serbian Мутекс
uk	Ukrainian М'ютекс
zh	Chinese 互斥锁

Best Rank

English: #47768 10.2013

Global: #45406 11.2009

Best Rank

English: #5259 03.2003

Global: #10090 03.2003

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