Postpositivism

Postpositivism - metatheoretical stance that critiques and amends positivism, arguing that theories, hypotheses, background knowledge and values of the researcher can influence what is observed. Article “Postpositivism” in English Wikipedia has 48.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 23 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.

Since the creation of article “Postpositivism”, its content was written by 83 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 162 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 351 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1097 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #31221 in June 2019
• Global: #112770 in May 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #101687 in September 2014
• Global: #123627 in November 2014

There are 12 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) Postpositivism		48.6612
2	Chinese (zh) 后实证主义		48.1358
3	Finnish (fi) Postpositivismi		34.8852
4	Greek (el) Μεταθετικισμός		34.4012
5	Persian (fa) پسااثبات‌گرایی		30.2226
6	Azerbaijani (az) Postpozitivizm		28.2383
7	Arabic (ar) ما بعد الفلسفة الوضعية		27.0634
8	Portuguese (pt) Pós-positivismo		8.5795
9	Slovak (sk) Postpozitivizmus		6.1599
10	Turkish (tr) Postpozitivizm		5.9798

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Postpositivism		1 242 822
2	Russian (ru) Постпозитивизм		398 572
3	Portuguese (pt) Pós-positivismo		163 081
4	Turkish (tr) Postpozitivizm		71 013
5	Slovak (sk) Postpozitivizmus		12 841
6	Chinese (zh) 后实证主义		11 199
7	Persian (fa) پسااثبات‌گرایی		8 276
8	Arabic (ar) ما بعد الفلسفة الوضعية		7 048
9	Greek (el) Μεταθετικισμός		2 853
10	Finnish (fi) Postpositivismi		1 561

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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 "Postpositivism" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Postpositivism		2 769
2	Russian (ru) Постпозитивизм		770
3	Chinese (zh) 后实证主义		299
4	Portuguese (pt) Pós-positivismo		148
5	Persian (fa) پسااثبات‌گرایی		79
6	Turkish (tr) Postpozitivizm		64
7	Azerbaijani (az) Postpozitivizm		42
8	Arabic (ar) ما بعد الفلسفة الوضعية		39
9	Slovak (sk) Postpozitivizmus		28
10	Greek (el) Μεταθετικισμός		16

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Postpositivism		83
2	Russian (ru) Постпозитивизм		27
3	Turkish (tr) Postpozitivizm		13
4	Portuguese (pt) Pós-positivismo		9
5	Slovak (sk) Postpozitivizmus		9
6	Persian (fa) پسااثبات‌گرایی		6
7	Arabic (ar) ما بعد الفلسفة الوضعية		5
8	Chinese (zh) 后实证主义		4
9	Azerbaijani (az) Postpozitivizm		2
10	Belarusian (be) Постпазітывізм		2

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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 "Postpositivism" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Azerbaijani (az) Postpozitivizm		3
2	Arabic (ar) ما بعد الفلسفة الوضعية		0
3	Belarusian (be) Постпазітывізм		0
4	Greek (el) Μεταθετικισμός		0
5	English (en) Postpositivism		0
6	Persian (fa) پسااثبات‌گرایی		0
7	Finnish (fi) Postpositivismi		0
8	Portuguese (pt) Pós-positivismo		0
9	Russian (ru) Постпозитивизм		0
10	Slovak (sk) Postpozitivizmus		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 "Postpositivism" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Postpositivism		351
2	Arabic (ar) ما بعد الفلسفة الوضعية		242
3	Persian (fa) پسااثبات‌گرایی		146
4	Slovak (sk) Postpozitivizmus		87
5	Portuguese (pt) Pós-positivismo		80
6	Chinese (zh) 后实证主义		76
7	Azerbaijani (az) Postpozitivizm		52
8	Russian (ru) Постпозитивизм		47
9	Turkish (tr) Postpozitivizm		12
10	Belarusian (be) Постпазітывізм		2

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ما بعد الفلسفة الوضعية
az	Azerbaijani Postpozitivizm
be	Belarusian Постпазітывізм
el	Greek Μεταθετικισμός
en	English Postpositivism
fa	Persian پسااثبات‌گرایی
fi	Finnish Postpositivismi
pt	Portuguese Pós-positivismo
ru	Russian Постпозитивизм
sk	Slovak Postpozitivizmus
tr	Turkish Postpozitivizm
zh	Chinese 后实证主义

Best Rank

English: #101687 09.2014

Global: #123627 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #31221 06.2019

Global: #112770 05.2006

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