Shale oil

Shale oil - oil produced from oil shale rock fragments. Article “Shale oil” in English Wikipedia has 57.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 73 references and 8 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Shale oil”, its content was written by 75 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 357 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 196 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1007 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #18288 in October 2012
• Global: #5862 in November 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #2792 in January 2015
• Global: #2797 in January 2015

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, 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	Chinese (zh) 页岩油		65.5508
2	English (en) Shale oil		57.6998
3	Hungarian (hu) Palaolaj		56.253
4	Greek (el) Σχιστολιθικό πετρέλαιο		51.5806
5	Italian (it) Olio di scisto		43.8709
6	French (fr) Huile de schiste		37.2414
7	Arabic (ar) نفط صخري		36.9036
8	Estonian (et) Põlevkiviõli		35.938
9	Portuguese (pt) Petróleo de xisto		34.4106
10	Japanese (ja) シェールオイル		33.5839

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Shale oil" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shale oil		1 872 337
2	Russian (ru) Сланцевая нефть		691 052
3	Japanese (ja) シェールオイル		596 503
4	Spanish (es) Petróleo de esquisto		477 879
5	Chinese (zh) 页岩油		476 915
6	Arabic (ar) نفط صخري		287 416
7	Persian (fa) نفت شیل		185 090
8	Italian (it) Olio di scisto		176 498
9	Korean (ko) 셰일 오일		116 283
10	Portuguese (pt) Petróleo de xisto		77 507

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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 "Shale oil" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shale oil		2 199
2	Japanese (ja) シェールオイル		772
3	Chinese (zh) 页岩油		752
4	Russian (ru) Сланцевая нефть		745
5	Italian (it) Olio di scisto		548
6	Persian (fa) نفت شیل		385
7	Spanish (es) Petróleo de esquisto		379
8	Korean (ko) 셰일 오일		183
9	Portuguese (pt) Petróleo de xisto		149
10	French (fr) Huile de schiste		119

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Shale oil		75
2	French (fr) Huile de schiste		36
3	Italian (it) Olio di scisto		28
4	Chinese (zh) 页岩油		28
5	Spanish (es) Petróleo de esquisto		21
6	Arabic (ar) نفط صخري		19
7	Estonian (et) Põlevkiviõli		19
8	Russian (ru) Сланцевая нефть		18
9	Persian (fa) نفت شیل		14
10	Hungarian (hu) Palaolaj		13

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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 "Shale oil" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Basque (eu) Eskisto-petrolio		1
2	Italian (it) Olio di scisto		1
3	Arabic (ar) نفط صخري		0
4	Greek (el) Σχιστολιθικό πετρέλαιο		0
5	English (en) Shale oil		0
6	Spanish (es) Petróleo de esquisto		0
7	Estonian (et) Põlevkiviõli		0
8	Persian (fa) نفت شیل		0
9	Finnish (fi) Liuskeöljy		0
10	French (fr) Huile de schiste		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 "Shale oil" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Shale oil		196
2	Persian (fa) نفت شیل		182
3	Russian (ru) Сланцевая нефть		179
4	French (fr) Huile de schiste		98
5	Estonian (et) Põlevkiviõli		86
6	Chinese (zh) 页岩油		37
7	Japanese (ja) シェールオイル		31
8	Dutch (nl) Schalieolie		25
9	Portuguese (pt) Petróleo de xisto		24
10	Arabic (ar) نفط صخري		23

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نفط صخري
el	Greek Σχιστολιθικό πετρέλαιο
en	English Shale oil
es	Spanish Petróleo de esquisto
et	Estonian Põlevkiviõli
eu	Basque Eskisto-petrolio
fa	Persian نفت شیل
fi	Finnish Liuskeöljy
fr	French Huile de schiste
hu	Hungarian Palaolaj
it	Italian Olio di scisto
ja	Japanese シェールオイル
kk	Kazakh Тақтатас мұнайы
ko	Korean 셰일 오일
la	Latin Oleum schisti
nl	Dutch Schalieolie
pt	Portuguese Petróleo de xisto
ru	Russian Сланцевая нефть
sv	Swedish Skifferolja
tr	Turkish Kaya petrolü
uk	Ukrainian Сланцева нафта
vi	Vietnamese Dầu đá phiến
zh	Chinese 页岩油

Best Rank

English: #2792 01.2015

Global: #2797 01.2015

Best Rank

English: #18288 10.2012

Global: #5862 11.2024

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