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Reference work

Quality:

Reference work - type of work to which one can refer for confirmed facts. Article “Reference work” in English Wikipedia has 40.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 8 references and 34 sections.

This article has the best quality in Dutch Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Reference work” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Reference work”, its content was written by 198 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 684 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 846 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3480 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #953 in May 2003
  • Global: #445 in August 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #47587 in June 2010
  • Global: #62158 in June 2010

There are 35 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Dutch (nl)
Naslagwerk
42.2897
2English (en)
Reference work
40.5281
3Chinese (zh)
工具书
38.1641
4Greek (el)
Έργο αναφοράς
33.7273
5Spanish (es)
Obra de referencia
27.9095
6Malay (ms)
Karya rujukan
27.3383
7Russian (ru)
Справочник
27.0067
8Estonian (et)
Teatmeteos
25.9261
9Croatian (hr)
Referentno djelo
25.1062
10Belarusian (be)
Даведнік
24.1451
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Reference work" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Reference work
1 815 283
2German (de)
Nachschlagewerk
382 009
3Russian (ru)
Справочник
236 946
4Spanish (es)
Obra de referencia
203 324
5French (fr)
Ouvrage de référence
189 486
6Dutch (nl)
Naslagwerk
90 736
7Chinese (zh)
工具书
87 328
8Ukrainian (uk)
Довідник
70 131
9Persian (fa)
کتاب مرجع
49 894
10Portuguese (pt)
Obra de referência
45 867
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Reference work" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Reference work
9 037
2German (de)
Nachschlagewerk
708
3Russian (ru)
Справочник
461
4Chinese (zh)
工具书
431
5French (fr)
Ouvrage de référence
408
6Spanish (es)
Obra de referencia
316
7Persian (fa)
کتاب مرجع
121
8Japanese (ja)
参考図書
121
9Dutch (nl)
Naslagwerk
83
10Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Oppslagsverk
74
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Reference work" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Reference work
198
2German (de)
Nachschlagewerk
133
3Spanish (es)
Obra de referencia
51
4French (fr)
Ouvrage de référence
42
5Dutch (nl)
Naslagwerk
37
6Russian (ru)
Справочник
32
7Chinese (zh)
工具书
26
8Ukrainian (uk)
Довідник
21
9Persian (fa)
کتاب مرجع
13
10Norwegian (no)
Oppslagsverk
12
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Reference work" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Reference work
3
2Hebrew (he)
ספר יעץ
1
3Arabic (ar)
عمل مرجعي
0
4Belarusian (be)
Даведнік
0
5Catalan (ca)
Obra de referència
0
6German (de)
Nachschlagewerk
0
7Greek (el)
Έργο αναφοράς
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Referencverko
0
9Spanish (es)
Obra de referencia
0
10Estonian (et)
Teatmeteos
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Reference work" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Reference work
846
2German (de)
Nachschlagewerk
736
3Russian (ru)
Справочник
308
4French (fr)
Ouvrage de référence
186
5Ukrainian (uk)
Довідник
156
6Chinese (zh)
工具书
156
7Greek (el)
Έργο αναφοράς
122
8Dutch (nl)
Naslagwerk
115
9Catalan (ca)
Obra de referència
99
10Spanish (es)
Obra de referencia
91
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
عمل مرجعي
beBelarusian
Даведнік
caCatalan
Obra de referència
deGerman
Nachschlagewerk
elGreek
Έργο αναφοράς
enEnglish
Reference work
eoEsperanto
Referencverko
esSpanish
Obra de referencia
etEstonian
Teatmeteos
euBasque
Erreferentzia-lan
faPersian
کتاب مرجع
fiFinnish
Hakuteos
frFrench
Ouvrage de référence
heHebrew
ספר יעץ
hrCroatian
Referentno djelo
hyArmenian
Ուղեցույց
idIndonesian
Karya rujukan
itItalian
Opera di riferimento
jaJapanese
参考図書
kkKazakh
Анықтамалық басылым
koKorean
참고서
ltLithuanian
Žinynas
msMalay
Karya rujukan
nlDutch
Naslagwerk
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Oppslagsverk
noNorwegian
Oppslagsverk
ptPortuguese
Obra de referência
ruRussian
Справочник
skSlovak
Príručková publikácia
svSwedish
Referenslitteratur
thThai
งานอ้างอิง
trTurkish
Referans çalışması
ukUkrainian
Довідник
urUrdu
حوالہ جاتی مواد
zhChinese
工具书

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#47587
06.2010
Global:
#62158
06.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#953
05.2003
Global:
#445
08.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Reference work from Wikipedia articles about Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Dictionary, Guinness World Records and Fact. Whereas reading the article about Reference work people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Document, Book, Electronic publishing, Library reference service and Periodical.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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