Optical axis

Optical axis - line along which there is some degree of rotational symmetry in an optical system. Article “Optical axis” in English Wikipedia has 11.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Optical axis”, its content was written by 33 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 262 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 135 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1021 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4747 in April 2002
• Global: #5673 in April 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #236718 in July 2009
• Global: #185585 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, 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	French (fr) Axe optique		33.7724
2	Spanish (es) Eje óptico		31.9038
3	Ukrainian (uk) Оптична вісь		23.854
4	Uzbek (uz) Optik oʻq		22.5294
5	Croatian (hr) Optička os		22.3657
6	Arabic (ar) محور بصري		21.6912
7	Chinese (zh) 光轴		18.6899
8	Russian (ru) Оптическая ось		16.4689
9	English (en) Optical axis		11.4523
10	Portuguese (pt) Eixo óptico		5.6101

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Optical axis" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Optical axis		432 213
2	German (de) Optische Achse (Optik)		147 013
3	Japanese (ja) 光軸		118 761
4	Russian (ru) Оптическая ось		107 397
5	Polish (pl) Oś optyczna		94 080
6	Chinese (zh) 光轴		71 733
7	French (fr) Axe optique		65 076
8	Italian (it) Asse ottico		37 505
9	Ukrainian (uk) Оптична вісь		24 901
10	Korean (ko) 광축		22 144

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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 "Optical axis" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Optical axis		612
2	Chinese (zh) 光轴		248
3	German (de) Optische Achse (Optik)		160
4	Japanese (ja) 光軸		116
5	Russian (ru) Оптическая ось		96
6	French (fr) Axe optique		74
7	Korean (ko) 광축		56
8	Italian (it) Asse ottico		49
9	Spanish (es) Eje óptico		43
10	Polish (pl) Oś optyczna		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 "Optical axis" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Optische Achse (Optik)		56
2	English (en) Optical axis		33
3	Russian (ru) Оптическая ось		27
4	Dutch (nl) Optische as (optica)		19
5	Polish (pl) Oś optyczna		17
6	Japanese (ja) 光軸		12
7	Esperanto (eo) Optika akso		11
8	Ukrainian (uk) Оптична вісь		11
9	French (fr) Axe optique		10
10	Hebrew (he) ציר אופטי		8

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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 "Optical axis" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Uzbek (uz) Optik oʻq		1
2	Arabic (ar) محور بصري		0
3	Czech (cs) Optická osa		0
4	German (de) Optische Achse (Optik)		0
5	English (en) Optical axis		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Optika akso		0
7	Spanish (es) Eje óptico		0
8	Estonian (et) Optiline telg		0
9	Persian (fa) محور نوری		0
10	French (fr) Axe optique		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 "Optical axis" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Optical axis		135
2	Dutch (nl) Optische as (optica)		128
3	German (de) Optische Achse (Optik)		108
4	French (fr) Axe optique		97
5	Russian (ru) Оптическая ось		84
6	Estonian (et) Optiline telg		59
7	Ukrainian (uk) Оптична вісь		43
8	Polish (pl) Oś optyczna		41
9	Italian (it) Asse ottico		37
10	Japanese (ja) 光軸		35

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic محور بصري
cs	Czech Optická osa
de	German Optische Achse (Optik)
en	English Optical axis
eo	Esperanto Optika akso
es	Spanish Eje óptico
et	Estonian Optiline telg
fa	Persian محور نوری
fr	French Axe optique
he	Hebrew ציר אופטי
hr	Croatian Optička os
id	Indonesian Sumbu optis
it	Italian Asse ottico
ja	Japanese 光軸
ko	Korean 광축
nl	Dutch Optische as (optica)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Optisk akse
pl	Polish Oś optyczna
pt	Portuguese Eixo óptico
ro	Romanian Axă optică
ru	Russian Оптическая ось
sk	Slovak Optická os
sl	Slovenian Optična os
sv	Swedish Optisk axel
th	Thai แกนเชิงแสง
tr	Turkish Eksen (optik)
uk	Ukrainian Оптична вісь
ur	Urdu محور بصری
uz	Uzbek Optik oʻq
zh	Chinese 光轴

Best Rank

English: #236718 07.2009

Global: #185585 05.2009

Best Rank

English: #4747 04.2002

Global: #5673 04.2002

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