Recursion (computer science)

Recursion - algorithmic technique in computer science of solving a problem by reducing it to a smaller instance of the same problem. Article "Recursion (computer science)" in English Wikipedia has 63.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 30 references and 41 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Recursion (computer science)", its content was written by 274 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 876 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 490 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1681 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7177 in September 2020
• Global: #5419 in October 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #23726 in April 2015
• Global: #31093 in April 2015

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) Recursion (computer science)		63.2046
2	Serbian (sr) Рекурзија (компјутерске науке)		37.1966
3	French (fr) Algorithme récursif		35.6068
4	Spanish (es) Recursión (ciencias de computación)		29.695
5	Tamil (ta) சுழல்		29.1038
6	Ukrainian (uk) Рекурсія (програмування)		27.5173
7	Chinese (zh) 递归 (计算机科学)		25.3993
8	Portuguese (pt) Recursividade (ciência da computação)		24.999
9	Persian (fa) بازگشت (علوم رایانه)		22.2252
10	Kazakh (kk) Рекурсивті функция		21.3863

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Recursion (computer science)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Recursion (computer science)		4 207 873
2	Spanish (es) Recursión (ciencias de computación)		531 925
3	German (de) Rekursive Programmierung		439 500
4	Italian (it) Algoritmo ricorsivo		370 033
5	French (fr) Algorithme récursif		368 970
6	Portuguese (pt) Recursividade (ciência da computação)		315 049
7	Russian (ru) Рекурсивная функция		306 316
8	Chinese (zh) 递归 (计算机科学)		136 699
9	Persian (fa) بازگشت (علوم رایانه)		83 786
10	Korean (ko) 재귀 (컴퓨터 과학)		80 938

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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 "Recursion (computer science)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Recursion (computer science)		7 013
2	Russian (ru) Рекурсивная функция		710
3	German (de) Rekursive Programmierung		627
4	Italian (it) Algoritmo ricorsivo		526
5	French (fr) Algorithme récursif		477
6	Chinese (zh) 递归 (计算机科学)		425
7	Spanish (es) Recursión (ciencias de computación)		357
8	Vietnamese (vi) Đệ quy (tin học)		294
9	Portuguese (pt) Recursividade (ciência da computação)		183
10	Korean (ko) 재귀 (컴퓨터 과학)		168

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Recursion (computer science)		274
2	Italian (it) Algoritmo ricorsivo		101
3	French (fr) Algorithme récursif		98
4	German (de) Rekursive Programmierung		74
5	Russian (ru) Рекурсивная функция		50
6	Spanish (es) Recursión (ciencias de computación)		43
7	Vietnamese (vi) Đệ quy (tin học)		36
8	Chinese (zh) 递归 (计算机科学)		30
9	Persian (fa) بازگشت (علوم رایانه)		22
10	Portuguese (pt) Recursividade (ciência da computação)		18

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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 "Recursion (computer science)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) عودية (علم الحاسوب)		0
2	Catalan (ca) Algorisme recursiu		0
3	Czech (cs) Rekurze (programování)		0
4	German (de) Rekursive Programmierung		0
5	English (en) Recursion (computer science)		0
6	Spanish (es) Recursión (ciencias de computación)		0
7	Persian (fa) بازگشت (علوم رایانه)		0
8	Finnish (fi) Rekursiivinen algoritmi		0
9	French (fr) Algorithme récursif		0
10	Hindi (hi) पुनरावृत्ति (कंप्यूटर विज्ञान)		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 "Recursion (computer science)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Recursion (computer science)		490
2	Chinese (zh) 递归 (计算机科学)		187
3	Italian (it) Algoritmo ricorsivo		142
4	Persian (fa) بازگشت (علوم رایانه)		112
5	French (fr) Algorithme récursif		107
6	Korean (ko) 재귀 (컴퓨터 과학)		85
7	Arabic (ar) عودية (علم الحاسوب)		79
8	Serbian (sr) Рекурзија (компјутерске науке)		79
9	Ukrainian (uk) Рекурсія (програмування)		76
10	Spanish (es) Recursión (ciencias de computación)		58

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عودية (علم الحاسوب)
ca	Catalan Algorisme recursiu
cs	Czech Rekurze (programování)
de	German Rekursive Programmierung
en	English Recursion (computer science)
es	Spanish Recursión (ciencias de computación)
fa	Persian بازگشت (علوم رایانه)
fi	Finnish Rekursiivinen algoritmi
fr	French Algorithme récursif
hi	Hindi पुनरावृत्ति (कंप्यूटर विज्ञान)
hy	Armenian Ռեկուրսիա (ինֆորմատիկա)
it	Italian Algoritmo ricorsivo
kk	Kazakh Рекурсивті функция
ko	Korean 재귀 (컴퓨터 과학)
nl	Dutch Recursie (informatica)
pt	Portuguese Recursividade (ciência da computação)
ru	Russian Рекурсивная функция
simple	Simple English Recursive algorithm
sk	Slovak Rekurzia (informatika)
sr	Serbian Рекурзија (компјутерске науке)
sv	Swedish Rekursiv algoritm
ta	Tamil சுழல்
uk	Ukrainian Рекурсія (програмування)
vi	Vietnamese Đệ quy (tin học)
zh	Chinese 递归 (计算机科学)

Best Rank

English: #23726 04.2015

Global: #31093 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #7177 09.2020

Global: #5419 10.2003

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