Shielded metal arc welding

Shielded metal arc welding - manual arc welding process that uses a consumable electrode covered with a flux to lay the weld. Article “Shielded metal arc welding” in English Wikipedia has 65.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 37 references and 12 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Shielded metal arc welding”, its content was written by 208 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 600 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 134 times in English Wikipedia and cited 820 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #577 in February 2006
• Global: #2387 in February 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #37195 in October 2014
• Global: #34625 in May 2013

There are 24 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	German (de) Lichtbogenhandschweißen		67.2674
2	English (en) Shielded metal arc welding		65.4064
3	Croatian (hr) Ručno elektrolučno zavarivanje		55.8742
4	Slovenian (sl) Ročno obločno varjenje		54.2031
5	Polish (pl) Spawanie elektrodami otulonymi		49.5998
6	Czech (cs) Ruční obloukové svařování		48.6579
7	Indonesian (id) Las busur logam terperisai		34.9301
8	Portuguese (pt) Soldagem a arco elétrico com eletrodo revestido		33.9199
9	Hebrew (he) ריתוך באלקטרודה מצופה		33.5945
10	Persian (fa) جوشکاری قوسی فلز پوشش‌دار		32.7216

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Shielded metal arc welding" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shielded metal arc welding		3 333 154
2	Italian (it) Saldatura a elettrodo rivestito		586 300
3	Spanish (es) Soldadura manual de metal por arco		564 504
4	Polish (pl) Spawanie elektrodami otulonymi		511 827
5	French (fr) Soudage à l'arc à l'électrode enrobée		481 387
6	Portuguese (pt) Soldagem a arco elétrico com eletrodo revestido		456 115
7	Japanese (ja) 被覆アーク溶接		358 488
8	German (de) Lichtbogenhandschweißen		326 456
9	Russian (ru) Ручная дуговая сварка		229 609
10	Dutch (nl) Lassen met beklede elektrode		199 478

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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 "Shielded metal arc welding" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Shielded metal arc welding		4 429
2	German (de) Lichtbogenhandschweißen		1 204
3	French (fr) Soudage à l'arc à l'électrode enrobée		1 004
4	Russian (ru) Ручная дуговая сварка		773
5	Thai (th) การเชื่อมไฟฟ้า		665
6	Spanish (es) Soldadura manual de metal por arco		640
7	Italian (it) Saldatura a elettrodo rivestito		506
8	Polish (pl) Spawanie elektrodami otulonymi		496
9	Japanese (ja) 被覆アーク溶接		369
10	Portuguese (pt) Soldagem a arco elétrico com eletrodo revestido		352

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

Language versions of the article "Shielded metal arc welding" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Shielded metal arc welding		208
2	French (fr) Soudage à l'arc à l'électrode enrobée		76
3	Italian (it) Saldatura a elettrodo rivestito		52
4	German (de) Lichtbogenhandschweißen		44
5	Polish (pl) Spawanie elektrodami otulonymi		28
6	Japanese (ja) 被覆アーク溶接		23
7	Dutch (nl) Lassen met beklede elektrode		22
8	Spanish (es) Soldadura manual de metal por arco		21
9	Portuguese (pt) Soldagem a arco elétrico com eletrodo revestido		21
10	Swedish (sv) Metallbågsvetsning		20

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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 "Shielded metal arc welding" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Dutch (nl) Lassen met beklede elektrode		2
2	Hebrew (he) ריתוך באלקטרודה מצופה		1
3	Arabic (ar) لحام قوسي معدني محجب		0
4	Catalan (ca) Soldadura per elèctrode revestit		0
5	Czech (cs) Ruční obloukové svařování		0
6	German (de) Lichtbogenhandschweißen		0
7	English (en) Shielded metal arc welding		0
8	Spanish (es) Soldadura manual de metal por arco		0
9	Persian (fa) جوشکاری قوسی فلز پوشش‌دار		0
10	French (fr) Soudage à l'arc à l'électrode enrobée		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 "Shielded metal arc welding" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Arabic (ar) لحام قوسي معدني محجب		144
2	English (en) Shielded metal arc welding		134
3	Italian (it) Saldatura a elettrodo rivestito		100
4	Russian (ru) Ручная дуговая сварка		70
5	French (fr) Soudage à l'arc à l'électrode enrobée		69
6	Persian (fa) جوشکاری قوسی فلز پوشش‌دار		57
7	Portuguese (pt) Soldagem a arco elétrico com eletrodo revestido		30
8	Chinese (zh) 手工电弧焊		29
9	German (de) Lichtbogenhandschweißen		26
10	Dutch (nl) Lassen met beklede elektrode		24

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic لحام قوسي معدني محجب
ca	Catalan Soldadura per elèctrode revestit
cs	Czech Ruční obloukové svařování
de	German Lichtbogenhandschweißen
en	English Shielded metal arc welding
es	Spanish Soldadura manual de metal por arco
fa	Persian جوشکاری قوسی فلز پوشش‌دار
fr	French Soudage à l'arc à l'électrode enrobée
he	Hebrew ריתוך באלקטרודה מצופה
hr	Croatian Ručno elektrolučno zavarivanje
id	Indonesian Las busur logam terperisai
it	Italian Saldatura a elettrodo rivestito
ja	Japanese 被覆アーク溶接
ko	Korean 차폐 금속 아크 용접
nl	Dutch Lassen met beklede elektrode
pl	Polish Spawanie elektrodami otulonymi
pt	Portuguese Soldagem a arco elétrico com eletrodo revestido
ru	Russian Ручная дуговая сварка
sl	Slovenian Ročno obločno varjenje
sv	Swedish Metallbågsvetsning
th	Thai การเชื่อมไฟฟ้า
tr	Turkish Korumalı metal ark kaynağı
uk	Ukrainian Ручне дугове зварювання
zh	Chinese 手工电弧焊

Best Rank

English: #37195 10.2014

Global: #34625 05.2013

Best Rank

English: #577 02.2006

Global: #2387 02.2006

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