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Proximate cause

Quality:

Proximate cause - basis of liability in negligence in the United States. Article “Proximate cause” in English Wikipedia has 37 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 20 references and 12 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 “Proximate cause”, its content was written by 113 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 120 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 380 times in English Wikipedia and cited 404 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #422 in December 2001
  • Global: #443 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #50863 in October 2014
  • Global: #91305 in October 2008

There are 2 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)
Proximate cause
37.0079
2Chinese (zh)
近因
1.9133
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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 "Proximate cause" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Proximate cause
2 017 209
2Chinese (zh)
近因
10 141
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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 "Proximate cause" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Proximate cause
3 022
2Chinese (zh)
近因
66
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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 "Proximate cause" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Proximate cause
113
2Chinese (zh)
近因
7
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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 "Proximate cause" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Proximate cause
0
2Chinese (zh)
近因
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 "Proximate cause" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Proximate cause
380
2Chinese (zh)
近因
24
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
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Proximate cause
zhChinese
近因

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#50863
10.2014
Global:
#91305
10.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#422
12.2001
Global:
#443
12.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Proximate cause from Wikipedia articles about Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., Manner of death, United States subprime mortgage crisis, Tort and Sine qua non. Whereas reading the article about Proximate cause people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Proximate and ultimate causation, Sine qua non, Causation, Four causes and Causation in English law.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

zh: 近因

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