Rectifier (neural networks)

Rectifier - activation function defined as the identity function for positive arguments and zero for negative arguments. Article “Rectifier (neural networks)” in English Wikipedia has 49.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 38 references and 8 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.

In June 2025 the article “Rectifier (neural networks)” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Rectifier (neural networks)”, its content was written by 124 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 219 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 234 times in English Wikipedia and cited 631 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #21128 in July 2020
• Global: #48650 in May 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #22446 in November 2017
• Global: #45314 in May 2018

There are 14 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) Rectifier (neural networks)		49.2531
2	Catalan (ca) Rectificador (xarxes neurals)		40.2287
3	Chinese (zh) 线性整流函数		37.0716
4	Ukrainian (uk) ReLU		36.2465
5	Serbian (sr) Исправљач (неуронске мреже)		32.1894
6	Polish (pl) ReLU		31.6534
7	Japanese (ja) 正規化線形関数		28.1079
8	Spanish (es) Rectificador (redes neuronales)		25.3961
9	German (de) Rectifier (neuronale Netzwerke)		25.2511
10	Persian (fa) یکسوساز (شبکه عصبی)		19.9102

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Rectifier (neural networks)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rectifier (neural networks)		2 833 112
2	Chinese (zh) 线性整流函数		316 822
3	German (de) Rectifier (neuronale Netzwerke)		93 855
4	Spanish (es) Rectificador (redes neuronales)		52 757
5	Japanese (ja) 正規化線形関数		46 046
6	French (fr) Redresseur (réseaux neuronaux)		28 725
7	Italian (it) Rettificatore (reti neurali)		26 841
8	Korean (ko) ReLU		21 982
9	Ukrainian (uk) ReLU		18 184
10	Persian (fa) یکسوساز (شبکه عصبی)		9 815

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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 "Rectifier (neural networks)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rectifier (neural networks)		13 688
2	Chinese (zh) 线性整流函数		933
3	German (de) Rectifier (neuronale Netzwerke)		592
4	French (fr) Redresseur (réseaux neuronaux)		526
5	Japanese (ja) 正規化線形関数		519
6	Polish (pl) ReLU		477
7	Spanish (es) Rectificador (redes neuronales)		447
8	Korean (ko) ReLU		301
9	Italian (it) Rettificatore (reti neurali)		262
10	Czech (cs) ReLU		118

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rectifier (neural networks)		124
2	German (de) Rectifier (neuronale Netzwerke)		14
3	Chinese (zh) 线性整流函数		13
4	Persian (fa) یکسوساز (شبکه عصبی)		10
5	Italian (it) Rettificatore (reti neurali)		10
6	Spanish (es) Rectificador (redes neuronales)		9
7	Ukrainian (uk) ReLU		8
8	Japanese (ja) 正規化線形関数		7
9	Catalan (ca) Rectificador (xarxes neurals)		5
10	Korean (ko) ReLU		5

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Language versions of the article "Rectifier (neural networks)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Polish (pl) ReLU		3
2	English (en) Rectifier (neural networks)		2
3	Catalan (ca) Rectificador (xarxes neurals)		0
4	Czech (cs) ReLU		0
5	German (de) Rectifier (neuronale Netzwerke)		0
6	Spanish (es) Rectificador (redes neuronales)		0
7	Persian (fa) یکسوساز (شبکه عصبی)		0
8	French (fr) Redresseur (réseaux neuronaux)		0
9	Italian (it) Rettificatore (reti neurali)		0
10	Japanese (ja) 正規化線形関数		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 "Rectifier (neural networks)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Rectifier (neural networks)		234
2	Ukrainian (uk) ReLU		112
3	Chinese (zh) 线性整流函数		105
4	Polish (pl) ReLU		76
5	Persian (fa) یکسوساز (شبکه عصبی)		31
6	Japanese (ja) 正規化線形関数		17
7	German (de) Rectifier (neuronale Netzwerke)		11
8	Italian (it) Rettificatore (reti neurali)		11
9	Catalan (ca) Rectificador (xarxes neurals)		8
10	Korean (ko) ReLU		8

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Rectificador (xarxes neurals)
cs	Czech ReLU
de	German Rectifier (neuronale Netzwerke)
en	English Rectifier (neural networks)
es	Spanish Rectificador (redes neuronales)
fa	Persian یکسوساز (شبکه عصبی)
fr	French Redresseur (réseaux neuronaux)
it	Italian Rettificatore (reti neurali)
ja	Japanese 正規化線形関数
ko	Korean ReLU
pl	Polish ReLU
sr	Serbian Исправљач (неуронске мреже)
uk	Ukrainian ReLU
zh	Chinese 线性整流函数

Best Rank

English: #22446 11.2017

Global: #45314 05.2018

Best Rank

English: #21128 07.2020

Global: #48650 05.2022

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