Principle of double effect

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Principle of double effect

Quality:

Principle of double effect - set of ethical criteria permitting certain actions when one's otherwise legitimate act may also cause harm. Article “Principle of double effect” in English Wikipedia has 37.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 6.6 points.

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 “Principle of double effect”, its content was written by 156 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 277 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 362 times in English Wikipedia and cited 569 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #8904 in May 2004
  • Global: #27905 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #52973 in April 2025
  • Global: #90030 in April 2025

There are 15 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
1English (en)
Principle of double effect
37.374
2Simple English (simple)
Principle of double effect
37.0709
3Polish (pl)
Zasada podwójnego skutku
33.3185
4German (de)
Prinzip der Doppelwirkung
33.1347
5Indonesian (id)
Prinsip akibat ganda
23.0268
6Lithuanian (lt)
Dvigubo efekto principas
21.519
7Spanish (es)
Principio de doble efecto
19.1322
8Persian (fa)
اصل اثر مضاعف
17.4754
9Chinese (zh)
雙重效果論
17.1083
10Italian (it)
Principio del duplice effetto
15.5333
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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 "Principle of double effect" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Principle of double effect
1 564 979
2Spanish (es)
Principio de doble efecto
216 034
3German (de)
Prinzip der Doppelwirkung
87 682
4Polish (pl)
Zasada podwójnego skutku
59 284
5Portuguese (pt)
Princípio do duplo efeito
44 763
6French (fr)
Doctrine du double effet
42 066
7Japanese (ja)
二重結果の原理
34 081
8Indonesian (id)
Prinsip akibat ganda
12 044
9Chinese (zh)
雙重效果論
10 250
10Italian (it)
Principio del duplice effetto
6 863
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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 "Principle of double effect" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Principle of double effect
2 370
2Japanese (ja)
二重結果の原理
458
3German (de)
Prinzip der Doppelwirkung
295
4Simple English (simple)
Principle of double effect
274
5Chinese (zh)
雙重效果論
272
6Spanish (es)
Principio de doble efecto
227
7French (fr)
Doctrine du double effet
187
8Polish (pl)
Zasada podwójnego skutku
183
9Italian (it)
Principio del duplice effetto
153
10Portuguese (pt)
Princípio do duplo efeito
57
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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 "Principle of double effect" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Principle of double effect
156
2German (de)
Prinzip der Doppelwirkung
43
3Spanish (es)
Principio de doble efecto
17
4French (fr)
Doctrine du double effet
15
5Portuguese (pt)
Princípio do duplo efeito
11
6Polish (pl)
Zasada podwójnego skutku
10
7Italian (it)
Principio del duplice effetto
6
8Arabic (ar)
مبدأ التأثير المزدوج
4
9Japanese (ja)
二重結果の原理
4
10Estonian (et)
Topelttagajärje doktriin
3
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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 "Principle of double effect" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
مبدأ التأثير المزدوج
0
2German (de)
Prinzip der Doppelwirkung
0
3English (en)
Principle of double effect
0
4Spanish (es)
Principio de doble efecto
0
5Estonian (et)
Topelttagajärje doktriin
0
6Persian (fa)
اصل اثر مضاعف
0
7French (fr)
Doctrine du double effet
0
8Indonesian (id)
Prinsip akibat ganda
0
9Italian (it)
Principio del duplice effetto
0
10Japanese (ja)
二重結果の原理
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 "Principle of double effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Principle of double effect
362
2Arabic (ar)
مبدأ التأثير المزدوج
55
3French (fr)
Doctrine du double effet
40
4Chinese (zh)
雙重效果論
26
5Japanese (ja)
二重結果の原理
19
6German (de)
Prinzip der Doppelwirkung
14
7Portuguese (pt)
Princípio do duplo efeito
11
8Spanish (es)
Principio de doble efecto
10
9Estonian (et)
Topelttagajärje doktriin
10
10Indonesian (id)
Prinsip akibat ganda
10
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مبدأ التأثير المزدوج
deGerman
Prinzip der Doppelwirkung
enEnglish
Principle of double effect
esSpanish
Principio de doble efecto
etEstonian
Topelttagajärje doktriin
faPersian
اصل اثر مضاعف
frFrench
Doctrine du double effet
idIndonesian
Prinsip akibat ganda
itItalian
Principio del duplice effetto
jaJapanese
二重結果の原理
ltLithuanian
Dvigubo efekto principas
plPolish
Zasada podwójnego skutku
ptPortuguese
Princípio do duplo efeito
simpleSimple English
Principle of double effect
zhChinese
雙重效果論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#52973
04.2025
Global:
#90030
04.2025

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#8904
05.2004
Global:
#27905
05.2004

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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