Photoionization detector

Photoionization detector - type of gas detector. Article “Photoionization detector” in English Wikipedia has 20.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.1 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Photoionization detector”, its content was written by 40 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 116 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 15 times in English Wikipedia and cited 124 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #71109 in December 2015
• Global: #126914 in May 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #286206 in April 2015
• Global: #334353 in March 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Polish (pl) Detektor fotojonizacyjny		42.5411
2	English (en) Photoionization detector		20.8764
3	Chinese (zh) 光離子化檢測儀		13.824
4	Spanish (es) Detector de fotoionización		11.2085
5	Hebrew (he) PID		5.3285
6	German (de) Photoionisationsdetektor		4.858
7	French (fr) Détecteur à photoionisation		4.6602
8	Italian (it) Rivelatore a fotoionizzazione		0.3312

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Photoionization detector" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Photoionization detector		433 412
2	German (de) Photoionisationsdetektor		91 966
3	Chinese (zh) 光離子化檢測儀		41 806
4	French (fr) Détecteur à photoionisation		36 706
5	Spanish (es) Detector de fotoionización		27 356
6	Polish (pl) Detektor fotojonizacyjny		24 055
7	Italian (it) Rivelatore a fotoionizzazione		13 465
8	Hebrew (he) PID		4 267

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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 "Photoionization detector" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Photoionization detector		1 478
2	German (de) Photoionisationsdetektor		352
3	Chinese (zh) 光離子化檢測儀		159
4	French (fr) Détecteur à photoionisation		120
5	Italian (it) Rivelatore a fotoionizzazione		68
6	Spanish (es) Detector de fotoionización		37
7	Polish (pl) Detektor fotojonizacyjny		30
8	Hebrew (he) PID		17

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Photoionization detector		40
2	German (de) Photoionisationsdetektor		19
3	French (fr) Détecteur à photoionisation		17
4	Italian (it) Rivelatore a fotoionizzazione		12
5	Polish (pl) Detektor fotojonizacyjny		9
6	Spanish (es) Detector de fotoionización		7
7	Chinese (zh) 光離子化檢測儀		7
8	Hebrew (he) PID		5

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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 "Photoionization detector" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Photoionisationsdetektor		1
2	English (en) Photoionization detector		0
3	Spanish (es) Detector de fotoionización		0
4	French (fr) Détecteur à photoionisation		0
5	Hebrew (he) PID		0
6	Italian (it) Rivelatore a fotoionizzazione		0
7	Polish (pl) Detektor fotojonizacyjny		0
8	Chinese (zh) 光離子化檢測儀		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 "Photoionization detector" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 光離子化檢測儀		44
2	French (fr) Détecteur à photoionisation		42
3	English (en) Photoionization detector		15
4	German (de) Photoionisationsdetektor		11
5	Polish (pl) Detektor fotojonizacyjny		6
6	Italian (it) Rivelatore a fotoionizzazione		3
7	Spanish (es) Detector de fotoionización		2
8	Hebrew (he) PID		1

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#	Language	Value
de	German Photoionisationsdetektor
en	English Photoionization detector
es	Spanish Detector de fotoionización
fr	French Détecteur à photoionisation
he	Hebrew PID
it	Italian Rivelatore a fotoionizzazione
pl	Polish Detektor fotojonizacyjny
zh	Chinese 光離子化檢測儀

Best Rank

English: #286206 04.2015

Global: #334353 03.2015

Best Rank

English: #71109 12.2015

Global: #126914 05.2012

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