Publication bias

Publication bias - type of bias when authors are more likely to submit, or editors are more likely to accept, positive results than negative or inconclusive results. Article “Publication bias” in English Wikipedia has 59.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 59 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 “Publication bias”, its content was written by 166 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 451 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 320 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1053 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #25264 in July 2015
• Global: #47711 in July 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #119758 in April 2014
• Global: #133357 in June 2011

There are 25 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) Publication bias		59.1363
2	Hungarian (hu) Publikációs torzítás		45.1004
3	Ukrainian (uk) Упередження публікації		38.9242
4	Thai (th) ความเอนเอียงในการตีพิมพ์		37.4558
5	Czech (cs) Publikační zkreslení		35.7714
6	Portuguese (pt) Viés de publicação		30.9267
7	Japanese (ja) 出版バイアス		30.4813
8	German (de) Publikationsbias		29.8191
9	Polish (pl) Złudzenie publikacyjne		29.1779
10	Hebrew (he) הטיית פרסום		27.7712

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Publication bias		993 845
2	German (de) Publikationsbias		185 015
3	Japanese (ja) 出版バイアス		78 895
4	French (fr) Biais de publication		63 864
5	Spanish (es) Sesgo de publicación		60 117
6	Dutch (nl) Publicatiebias		49 894
7	Chinese (zh) 發表偏倚		42 207
8	Hebrew (he) הטיית פרסום		15 042
9	Portuguese (pt) Viés de publicação		13 973
10	Italian (it) Bias di pubblicazione		13 607

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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 "Publication bias" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Publication bias		2 229
2	German (de) Publikationsbias		328
3	Japanese (ja) 出版バイアス		271
4	Chinese (zh) 發表偏倚		271
5	French (fr) Biais de publication		168
6	Italian (it) Bias di pubblicazione		108
7	Dutch (nl) Publicatiebias		107
8	Korean (ko) 출판 편향		102
9	Portuguese (pt) Viés de publicação		90
10	Spanish (es) Sesgo de publicación		81

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Publication bias		166
2	German (de) Publikationsbias		59
3	French (fr) Biais de publication		36
4	Hebrew (he) הטיית פרסום		27
5	Dutch (nl) Publicatiebias		22
6	Chinese (zh) 發表偏倚		21
7	Hungarian (hu) Publikációs torzítás		13
8	Japanese (ja) 出版バイアス		13
9	Swedish (sv) Publikationsbias		12
10	Spanish (es) Sesgo de publicación		11

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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 "Publication bias" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 發表偏倚		2
2	Czech (cs) Publikační zkreslení		1
3	Greek (el) Μεροληπτική δημοσίευση		1
4	Hebrew (he) הטיית פרסום		1
5	Arabic (ar) تحيز النشر		0
6	Catalan (ca) Biaix de publicació		0
7	German (de) Publikationsbias		0
8	English (en) Publication bias		0
9	Spanish (es) Sesgo de publicación		0
10	Persian (fa) سوگیری چاپ		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 "Publication bias" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Publication bias		320
2	Chinese (zh) 發表偏倚		251
3	Ukrainian (uk) Упередження публікації		71
4	German (de) Publikationsbias		45
5	French (fr) Biais de publication		43
6	Japanese (ja) 出版バイアス		43
7	Spanish (es) Sesgo de publicación		39
8	Thai (th) ความเอนเอียงในการตีพิมพ์		37
9	Korean (ko) 출판 편향		35
10	Portuguese (pt) Viés de publicação		24

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تحيز النشر
ca	Catalan Biaix de publicació
cs	Czech Publikační zkreslení
de	German Publikationsbias
el	Greek Μεροληπτική δημοσίευση
en	English Publication bias
es	Spanish Sesgo de publicación
fa	Persian سوگیری چاپ
fi	Finnish Julkaisuharha
fr	French Biais de publication
he	Hebrew הטיית פרסום
hu	Hungarian Publikációs torzítás
it	Italian Bias di pubblicazione
ja	Japanese 出版バイアス
ko	Korean 출판 편향
nl	Dutch Publicatiebias
no	Norwegian Publikasjonsbias
pl	Polish Złudzenie publikacyjne
pt	Portuguese Viés de publicação
ru	Russian Предвзятость публикации
sr	Serbian Пристрасност објављивања
sv	Swedish Publikationsbias
th	Thai ความเอนเอียงในการตีพิมพ์
uk	Ukrainian Упередження публікації
zh	Chinese 發表偏倚

Best Rank

English: #119758 04.2014

Global: #133357 06.2011

Best Rank

English: #25264 07.2015

Global: #47711 07.2015

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