Quantum key distribution

Quality:

Quantum key distribution - secure communication method enabling two parties to produce a shared random secret key such that any eavesdroppers can be detected using quantum properties. Article "Quantum key distribution" in English Wikipedia has 70.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 129 references and 25 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Quantum key distribution" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Quantum key distribution", its content was written by 331 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 598 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 995 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1730 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5120 in May 2004
• Global: #4130 in November 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #9196 in August 2016
• Global: #21963 in August 2016

There are 16 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) Quantum key distribution		70.2879
2	Korean (ko) 양자 키 분배		38.0811
3	Spanish (es) Distribución cuántica de claves		36.3496
4	German (de) Quantenschlüsselaustausch		27.4687
5	Chinese (zh) 量子密鑰分發		27.1443
6	Persian (fa) توزیع کلید کوانتومی		26.2612
7	Portuguese (pt) Distribuição de chave quântica		26.156
8	Ukrainian (uk) Квантове розповсюдження ключа		25.3729
9	Japanese (ja) 量子鍵配送		21.8839
10	French (fr) Distribution quantique de clé		18.3978

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Quantum key distribution		1 273 395
2	German (de) Quantenschlüsselaustausch		99 246
3	Japanese (ja) 量子鍵配送		74 857
4	Chinese (zh) 量子密鑰分發		69 639
5	Russian (ru) Квантовое распределение ключей		39 129
6	Korean (ko) 양자 키 분배		33 615
7	Polish (pl) Kwantowa dystrybucja klucza		21 419
8	French (fr) Distribution quantique de clé		21 398
9	Italian (it) Distribuzione a chiave quantistica		16 816
10	Hebrew (he) החלפת מפתחות קוונטית		11 229

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Quantum key distribution		9 279
2	German (de) Quantenschlüsselaustausch		575
3	Chinese (zh) 量子密鑰分發		569
4	Japanese (ja) 量子鍵配送		479
5	Russian (ru) Квантовое распределение ключей		327
6	French (fr) Distribution quantique de clé		316
7	Korean (ko) 양자 키 분배		252
8	Spanish (es) Distribución cuántica de claves		214
9	Polish (pl) Kwantowa dystrybucja klucza		152
10	Italian (it) Distribuzione a chiave quantistica		118

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Quantum key distribution		331
2	German (de) Quantenschlüsselaustausch		122
3	Chinese (zh) 量子密鑰分發		27
4	Japanese (ja) 量子鍵配送		16
5	Hebrew (he) החלפת מפתחות קוונטית		15
6	Italian (it) Distribuzione a chiave quantistica		15
7	Polish (pl) Kwantowa dystrybucja klucza		15
8	Spanish (es) Distribución cuántica de claves		9
9	Korean (ko) 양자 키 분배		9
10	Russian (ru) Квантовое распределение ключей		9

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Quantum key distribution		2
2	Japanese (ja) 量子鍵配送		1
3	Catalan (ca) Distribució de claus quàntica		0
4	German (de) Quantenschlüsselaustausch		0
5	Spanish (es) Distribución cuántica de claves		0
6	Persian (fa) توزیع کلید کوانتومی		0
7	French (fr) Distribution quantique de clé		0
8	Hebrew (he) החלפת מפתחות קוונטית		0
9	Italian (it) Distribuzione a chiave quantistica		0
10	Korean (ko) 양자 키 분배		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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