Ratchet effect

Ratchet effect - restrained ability of human process reversal. Article “Ratchet effect” in English Wikipedia has 34.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 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 “Ratchet effect”, its content was written by 65 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 175 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 29 times in English Wikipedia and cited 88 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #76428 in May 2016
• Global: #114177 in May 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #137570 in February 2025
• Global: #195384 in December 2014

There are 11 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, 2026 (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) Ratchet effect		34.3781
2	Indonesian (id) Efek ratchet		28.5874
3	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект храповика		25.1627
4	Russian (ru) Эффект храповика		21.7712
5	Uzbek (uz) Xrapovik samarasi		20.55
6	Japanese (ja) ラチェット効果		19.0802
7	French (fr) Effet cliquet		16.9283
8	Persian (fa) اثر چرخ‌دنده‌ای		13.323
9	German (de) Ratchet-Effekt		9.0699
10	Dutch (nl) Pal-effect		8.0636

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ratchet effect		574 763
2	French (fr) Effet cliquet		319 878
3	Russian (ru) Эффект храповика		229 111
4	German (de) Ratchet-Effekt		78 319
5	Dutch (nl) Pal-effect		9 364
6	Japanese (ja) ラチェット効果		6 171
7	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект храповика		4 581
8	Korean (ko) 톱니효과		1 638
9	Persian (fa) اثر چرخ‌دنده‌ای		456
10	Indonesian (id) Efek ratchet		60

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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 "Ratchet effect" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ratchet effect		3 235
2	French (fr) Effet cliquet		385
3	Japanese (ja) ラチェット効果		328
4	Russian (ru) Эффект храповика		279
5	German (de) Ratchet-Effekt		140
6	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект храповика		33
7	Dutch (nl) Pal-effect		25
8	Korean (ko) 톱니효과		24
9	Persian (fa) اثر چرخ‌دنده‌ای		20
10	Indonesian (id) Efek ratchet		3

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ratchet effect		65
2	French (fr) Effet cliquet		37
3	Russian (ru) Эффект храповика		28
4	German (de) Ratchet-Effekt		22
5	Dutch (nl) Pal-effect		7
6	Japanese (ja) ラチェット効果		6
7	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект храповика		5
8	Persian (fa) اثر چرخ‌دنده‌ای		2
9	Uzbek (uz) Xrapovik samarasi		2
10	Indonesian (id) Efek ratchet		1

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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 "Ratchet effect" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Ratchet-Effekt		0
2	English (en) Ratchet effect		0
3	Persian (fa) اثر چرخ‌دنده‌ای		0
4	French (fr) Effet cliquet		0
5	Indonesian (id) Efek ratchet		0
6	Japanese (ja) ラチェット効果		0
7	Korean (ko) 톱니효과		0
8	Dutch (nl) Pal-effect		0
9	Russian (ru) Эффект храповика		0
10	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект храповика		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 "Ratchet effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Ratchet effect		29
2	French (fr) Effet cliquet		15
3	Dutch (nl) Pal-effect		12
4	Russian (ru) Эффект храповика		11
5	German (de) Ratchet-Effekt		5
6	Japanese (ja) ラチェット効果		5
7	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект храповика		5
8	Korean (ko) 톱니효과		3
9	Persian (fa) اثر چرخ‌دنده‌ای		2
10	Indonesian (id) Efek ratchet		1

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#	Language	Value
de	German Ratchet-Effekt
en	English Ratchet effect
fa	Persian اثر چرخ‌دنده‌ای
fr	French Effet cliquet
id	Indonesian Efek ratchet
ja	Japanese ラチェット効果
ko	Korean 톱니효과
nl	Dutch Pal-effect
ru	Russian Эффект храповика
uk	Ukrainian Ефект храповика
uz	Uzbek Xrapovik samarasi

Best Rank

English: #137570 02.2025

Global: #195384 12.2014

Best Rank

English: #76428 05.2016

Global: #114177 05.2016

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