Self-determination theory

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Self-determination theory

Quality:

Self-determination theory - cognitive theory of human motivation and personality. Article “Self-determination theory” in English Wikipedia has 78.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 138 references and 35 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Self-determination theory” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Self-determination theory”, its content was written by 161 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 437 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 106 times in English Wikipedia and cited 293 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #25466 in September 2020
  • Global: #28895 in October 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #17379 in October 2017
  • Global: #30687 in October 2017

There are 23 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
1German (de)
Selbstbestimmungstheorie
80
2English (en)
Self-determination theory
78.7506
3Spanish (es)
Teoría de la autodeterminación
43.8883
4Turkish (tr)
Öz belirleme teorisi
43.0225
5Korean (ko)
자기결정성 이론
39.3644
6Slovenian (sl)
Teorija samodoločenosti
38.0529
7Chinese (zh)
自我決定論
34.1891
8Dutch (nl)
Zelfbeschikkingstheorie
29.8016
9Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da autodeterminação
29.5059
10Swedish (sv)
Självbestämmandeteorin
28.8308
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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 "Self-determination theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Self-determination theory
3 372 391
2German (de)
Selbstbestimmungstheorie
913 545
3Dutch (nl)
Zelfbeschikkingstheorie
393 607
4Chinese (zh)
自我決定論
304 599
5French (fr)
Théorie de l'autodétermination
213 390
6Russian (ru)
Теория самодетерминации
163 213
7Korean (ko)
자기결정성 이론
138 779
8Spanish (es)
Teoría de la autodeterminación
133 328
9Finnish (fi)
Itsemääräämisteoria
100 128
10Swedish (sv)
Självbestämmandeteorin
81 886
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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 "Self-determination theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Self-determination theory
11 456
2German (de)
Selbstbestimmungstheorie
3 793
3French (fr)
Théorie de l'autodétermination
2 518
4Chinese (zh)
自我決定論
2 374
5Russian (ru)
Теория самодетерминации
1 912
6Korean (ko)
자기결정성 이론
1 600
7Spanish (es)
Teoría de la autodeterminación
1 248
8Dutch (nl)
Zelfbeschikkingstheorie
1 104
9Finnish (fi)
Itsemääräämisteoria
506
10Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da autodeterminação
498
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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 "Self-determination theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Self-determination theory
161
2German (de)
Selbstbestimmungstheorie
90
3French (fr)
Théorie de l'autodétermination
32
4Dutch (nl)
Zelfbeschikkingstheorie
25
5Hebrew (he)
תאוריית ההגדרה העצמית
19
6Korean (ko)
자기결정성 이론
13
7Chinese (zh)
自我決定論
12
8Finnish (fi)
Itsemääräämisteoria
9
9Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da autodeterminação
8
10Swedish (sv)
Självbestämmandeteorin
8
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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 "Self-determination theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Self-determination theory
1
2French (fr)
Théorie de l'autodétermination
1
3Arabic (ar)
نظرية التحديد الذاتي
0
4Catalan (ca)
Teoria de l'autodeterminació
0
5Danish (da)
Selvbestemmelsesteorien
0
6German (de)
Selbstbestimmungstheorie
0
7Spanish (es)
Teoría de la autodeterminación
0
8Estonian (et)
Enesemääramise teooria
0
9Persian (fa)
نظریه خودمختاری
0
10Finnish (fi)
Itsemääräämisteoria
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 "Self-determination theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Self-determination theory
106
2German (de)
Selbstbestimmungstheorie
43
3French (fr)
Théorie de l'autodétermination
16
4Chinese (zh)
自我決定論
14
5Hebrew (he)
תאוריית ההגדרה העצמית
12
6Russian (ru)
Теория самодетерминации
12
7Dutch (nl)
Zelfbeschikkingstheorie
11
8Catalan (ca)
Teoria de l'autodeterminació
9
9Korean (ko)
자기결정성 이론
9
10Arabic (ar)
نظرية التحديد الذاتي
8
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية التحديد الذاتي
caCatalan
Teoria de l'autodeterminació
daDanish
Selvbestemmelsesteorien
deGerman
Selbstbestimmungstheorie
enEnglish
Self-determination theory
esSpanish
Teoría de la autodeterminación
etEstonian
Enesemääramise teooria
faPersian
نظریه خودمختاری
fiFinnish
Itsemääräämisteoria
frFrench
Théorie de l'autodétermination
glGalician
Teoría da autodeterminación
heHebrew
תאוריית ההגדרה העצמית
huHungarian
Öndeterminációs elmélet
koKorean
자기결정성 이론
nlDutch
Zelfbeschikkingstheorie
ptPortuguese
Teoria da autodeterminação
roRomanian
Teoria autodeterminării
ruRussian
Теория самодетерминации
slSlovenian
Teorija samodoločenosti
srSerbian
Самоодређење
svSwedish
Självbestämmandeteorin
trTurkish
Öz belirleme teorisi
zhChinese
自我決定論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#17379
10.2017
Global:
#30687
10.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#25466
09.2020
Global:
#28895
10.2024

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Self-determination theory from Wikipedia articles about Will to power, Fear of missing out, Maslows hierarchy of needs, Motivation and Determinism. Whereas reading the article about Self-determination theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Edward L. Deci, Motivation, Social relation, Richard M. Ryan and Autonomy.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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