Rod cell

Rod cell - photoreceptor cells that can function in lower light better than cone cells.. Article “Rod cell” in English Wikipedia has 41.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 18 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.18 points.

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 2026 the article “Rod cell” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Rod cell”, its content was written by 195 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 868 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 388 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2344 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7262 in February 2022
• Global: #9149 in June 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #32946 in November 2011
• Global: #17406 in April 2019

There are 38 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) Rod cell		41.3319
2	Turkish (tr) Çubuk hücreleri		38.8064
3	Hebrew (he) קנה (ראייה)		37.8939
4	Galician (gl) Bastón (célula)		30.9167
5	Czech (cs) Tyčinka (oko)		28.4378
6	Ukrainian (uk) Паличка		27.1851
7	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Štapićasta ćelija		26.7414
8	Chinese (zh) 视杆细胞		23.5234
9	Esperanto (eo) Bastoneto (ĉelo)		22.6725
10	Indonesian (id) Sel batang (penglihatan)		22.3068

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Rod cell" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rod cell		2 922 984
2	Spanish (es) Bastón (célula)		874 602
3	German (de) Stäbchen (Auge)		710 361
4	Portuguese (pt) Bastonete		565 956
5	Japanese (ja) 桿体細胞		499 114
6	French (fr) Bâtonnet		434 915
7	Russian (ru) Палочки (сетчатка)		428 402
8	Polish (pl) Pręciki (anatomia)		349 278
9	Chinese (zh) 视杆细胞		168 936
10	Italian (it) Bastoncello		165 102

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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 "Rod cell" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rod cell		2 398
2	Japanese (ja) 桿体細胞		744
3	German (de) Stäbchen (Auge)		478
4	French (fr) Bâtonnet		466
5	Portuguese (pt) Bastonete		401
6	Russian (ru) Палочки (сетчатка)		372
7	Chinese (zh) 视杆细胞		309
8	Polish (pl) Pręciki (anatomia)		292
9	Persian (fa) سلول استوانه‌ای		232
10	Korean (ko) 간상세포		155

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rod cell		195
2	German (de) Stäbchen (Auge)		109
3	French (fr) Bâtonnet		64
4	Italian (it) Bastoncello		47
5	Russian (ru) Палочки (сетчатка)		43
6	Spanish (es) Bastón (célula)		38
7	Dutch (nl) Staafje		38
8	Portuguese (pt) Bastonete		31
9	Polish (pl) Pręciki (anatomia)		28
10	Danish (da) Stav (synet)		26

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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 "Rod cell" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Dutch (nl) Staafje		3
2	Arabic (ar) خلية عصوية		1
3	Azerbaijani (az) Çöpcüklər		1
4	English (en) Rod cell		1
5	Catalan (ca) Bastonet de la retina		0
6	Czech (cs) Tyčinka (oko)		0
7	Danish (da) Stav (synet)		0
8	German (de) Stäbchen (Auge)		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Bastoneto (ĉelo)		0
10	Spanish (es) Bastón (célula)		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 "Rod cell" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Rod cell		388
2	Japanese (ja) 桿体細胞		158
3	Arabic (ar) خلية عصوية		157
4	Russian (ru) Палочки (сетчатка)		155
5	Polish (pl) Pręciki (anatomia)		116
6	Ukrainian (uk) Паличка		112
7	French (fr) Bâtonnet		110
8	Spanish (es) Bastón (célula)		106
9	German (de) Stäbchen (Auge)		100
10	Chinese (zh) 视杆细胞		94

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic خلية عصوية
az	Azerbaijani Çöpcüklər
ca	Catalan Bastonet de la retina
cs	Czech Tyčinka (oko)
da	Danish Stav (synet)
de	German Stäbchen (Auge)
en	English Rod cell
eo	Esperanto Bastoneto (ĉelo)
es	Spanish Bastón (célula)
et	Estonian Kepikesed
eu	Basque Makila (zelula)
fa	Persian سلول استوانه‌ای
fi	Finnish Sauvasolu
fr	French Bâtonnet
gl	Galician Bastón (célula)
he	Hebrew קנה (ראייה)
hi	Hindi शलाका कोशिका
id	Indonesian Sel batang (penglihatan)
it	Italian Bastoncello
ja	Japanese 桿体細胞
ko	Korean 간상세포
lt	Lithuanian Stiebeliai
ms	Malay Sel batang (penglihatan)
nl	Dutch Staafje
no	Norwegian Staver
pl	Polish Pręciki (anatomia)
pt	Portuguese Bastonete
ro	Romanian Celulă cu bastonaș
ru	Russian Палочки (сетчатка)
sh	Serbo-Croatian Štapićasta ćelija
simple	Simple English Rod cell
sk	Slovak Tyčinka (oko)
sr	Serbian Štapićasta ćelija
sv	Swedish Stav (biologi)
th	Thai เซลล์รูปแท่ง
tr	Turkish Çubuk hücreleri
uk	Ukrainian Паличка
zh	Chinese 视杆细胞

Best Rank

English: #32946 11.2011

Global: #17406 04.2019

Best Rank

English: #7262 02.2022

Global: #9149 06.2012

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