Overjustification effect

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Overjustification effect

Quality:

Overjustification effect - effect that occurs when an expected external incentive such as money or prizes decreases a person's intrinsic motivation to perform a task. Article “Overjustification effect” in English Wikipedia has 45.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 references and 13 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Overjustification effect” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Overjustification effect”, its content was written by 66 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 150 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 21 times in English Wikipedia and cited 56 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #84111 in February 2009
  • Global: #141578 in March 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #100017 in April 2015
  • Global: #151917 in April 2015

There are 8 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
1German (de)
Korrumpierungseffekt
51.4242
2English (en)
Overjustification effect
45.8886
3Spanish (es)
Efecto de sobrejustificación
33.8889
4Japanese (ja)
過剰正当化効果
24.1825
5Russian (ru)
Эффект чрезмерного обоснования
16.5677
6Polish (pl)
Efekt nadmiernego uzasadnienia
7.2618
7Korean (ko)
과잉정당화 효과
1.0217
8Dutch (nl)
Overrechtvaardigingseffect
0.3309
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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 "Overjustification effect" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Overjustification effect
659 951
2German (de)
Korrumpierungseffekt
216 037
3Japanese (ja)
過剰正当化効果
185 027
4Polish (pl)
Efekt nadmiernego uzasadnienia
23 183
5Korean (ko)
과잉정당화 효과
17 731
6Russian (ru)
Эффект чрезмерного обоснования
9 192
7Spanish (es)
Efecto de sobrejustificación
7 237
8Dutch (nl)
Overrechtvaardigingseffect
6 508
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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 "Overjustification effect" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Overjustification effect
2 628
2Japanese (ja)
過剰正当化効果
708
3German (de)
Korrumpierungseffekt
410
4Russian (ru)
Эффект чрезмерного обоснования
326
5Spanish (es)
Efecto de sobrejustificación
96
6Korean (ko)
과잉정당화 효과
63
7Polish (pl)
Efekt nadmiernego uzasadnienia
54
8Dutch (nl)
Overrechtvaardigingseffect
29
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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 "Overjustification effect" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Overjustification effect
66
2German (de)
Korrumpierungseffekt
41
3Japanese (ja)
過剰正当化効果
16
4Polish (pl)
Efekt nadmiernego uzasadnienia
10
5Spanish (es)
Efecto de sobrejustificación
8
6Russian (ru)
Эффект чрезмерного обоснования
4
7Dutch (nl)
Overrechtvaardigingseffect
3
8Korean (ko)
과잉정당화 효과
2
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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 "Overjustification effect" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Overjustification effect
1
2German (de)
Korrumpierungseffekt
0
3Spanish (es)
Efecto de sobrejustificación
0
4Japanese (ja)
過剰正当化効果
0
5Korean (ko)
과잉정당화 효과
0
6Dutch (nl)
Overrechtvaardigingseffect
0
7Polish (pl)
Efekt nadmiernego uzasadnienia
0
8Russian (ru)
Эффект чрезмерного обоснования
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 "Overjustification effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Overjustification effect
21
2German (de)
Korrumpierungseffekt
14
3Japanese (ja)
過剰正当化効果
14
4Korean (ko)
과잉정당화 효과
2
5Russian (ru)
Эффект чрезмерного обоснования
2
6Spanish (es)
Efecto de sobrejustificación
1
7Dutch (nl)
Overrechtvaardigingseffect
1
8Polish (pl)
Efekt nadmiernego uzasadnienia
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Korrumpierungseffekt
enEnglish
Overjustification effect
esSpanish
Efecto de sobrejustificación
jaJapanese
過剰正当化効果
koKorean
과잉정당화 효과
nlDutch
Overrechtvaardigingseffect
plPolish
Efekt nadmiernego uzasadnienia
ruRussian
Эффект чрезмерного обоснования

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#100017
04.2015
Global:
#151917
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#84111
02.2009
Global:
#141578
03.2011

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Overjustification effect from Wikipedia articles about List of psychological effects, Red herring, Self-determination theory, Motivation and Incentive. Whereas reading the article about Overjustification effect people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Motivation crowding theory, Motivation, Self-determination theory, Candle problem and Self-perception theory.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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