Role of chance in scientific discoveries

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Role of chance in scientific discoveries

Quality:

Article “Role of chance in scientific discoveries” in English Wikipedia has 41.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 31 references and 5 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 “Role of chance in scientific discoveries”, its content was written by 32 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 47 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 23 times in English Wikipedia and cited 29 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #52930 in June 2016
  • Global: #104460 in August 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #280537 in November 2013
  • Global: #482849 in November 2013

There are 4 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Role of chance in scientific discoveries
41.2061
2Russian (ru)
Роль случайности в научных открытиях
30.6731
3French (fr)
Rôle du hasard dans les découvertes scientifiques
22.6085
4Arabic (ar)
دور الصدفة في الاكتشافات العلمية
19.1139
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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 "Role of chance in scientific discoveries" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Role of chance in scientific discoveries
195 947
2French (fr)
Rôle du hasard dans les découvertes scientifiques
8 021
3Russian (ru)
Роль случайности в научных открытиях
4 517
4Arabic (ar)
دور الصدفة في الاكتشافات العلمية
2 123
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Role of chance in scientific discoveries" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Role of chance in scientific discoveries
834
2French (fr)
Rôle du hasard dans les découvertes scientifiques
106
3Russian (ru)
Роль случайности в научных открытиях
97
4Arabic (ar)
دور الصدفة في الاكتشافات العلمية
13
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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 "Role of chance in scientific discoveries" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Role of chance in scientific discoveries
32
2French (fr)
Rôle du hasard dans les découvertes scientifiques
11
3Russian (ru)
Роль случайности в научных открытиях
3
4Arabic (ar)
دور الصدفة في الاكتشافات العلمية
1
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Role of chance in scientific discoveries" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
دور الصدفة في الاكتشافات العلمية
0
2English (en)
Role of chance in scientific discoveries
0
3French (fr)
Rôle du hasard dans les découvertes scientifiques
0
4Russian (ru)
Роль случайности в научных открытиях
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 "Role of chance in scientific discoveries" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Role of chance in scientific discoveries
23
2French (fr)
Rôle du hasard dans les découvertes scientifiques
4
3Russian (ru)
Роль случайности в научных открытиях
2
4Arabic (ar)
دور الصدفة في الاكتشافات العلمية
0
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
دور الصدفة في الاكتشافات العلمية
enEnglish
Role of chance in scientific discoveries
frFrench
Rôle du hasard dans les découvertes scientifiques
ruRussian
Роль случайности в научных открытиях

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#280537
11.2013
Global:
#482849
11.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#52930
06.2016
Global:
#104460
08.2018

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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