Stephenson valve gear

Stephenson valve gear - simple design of valve gear. Article “Stephenson valve gear” in English Wikipedia has 36.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 8 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 “Stephenson valve gear”, its content was written by 55 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 102 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 818 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1242 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #63138 in September 2014
• Global: #135726 in October 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #311720 in December 2008
• Global: #397506 in June 2010

There are 7 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	English (en) Stephenson valve gear		36.0546
2	Russian (ru) Парораспределительный механизм Стефенсона		25.9416
3	Catalan (ca) Distribució Stephenson		24.8028
4	Spanish (es) Distribución de válvula de Stephenson		16.391
5	Japanese (ja) スチーブンソン式弁装置		15.3313
6	German (de) Kulissensteuerung		10.3534
7	French (fr) Distribution Stephenson		7.4391

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Stephenson valve gear" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Stephenson valve gear		345 546
2	German (de) Kulissensteuerung		100 217
3	Japanese (ja) スチーブンソン式弁装置		55 804
4	Spanish (es) Distribución de válvula de Stephenson		12 394
5	French (fr) Distribution Stephenson		7 983
6	Russian (ru) Парораспределительный механизм Стефенсона		1 740
7	Catalan (ca) Distribució Stephenson		1 605

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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 "Stephenson valve gear" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Stephenson valve gear		1 813
2	German (de) Kulissensteuerung		258
3	Japanese (ja) スチーブンソン式弁装置		175
4	Russian (ru) Парораспределительный механизм Стефенсона		72
5	Catalan (ca) Distribució Stephenson		35
6	French (fr) Distribution Stephenson		34
7	Spanish (es) Distribución de válvula de Stephenson		18

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Stephenson valve gear		55
2	German (de) Kulissensteuerung		21
3	French (fr) Distribution Stephenson		8
4	Spanish (es) Distribución de válvula de Stephenson		6
5	Japanese (ja) スチーブンソン式弁装置		6
6	Catalan (ca) Distribució Stephenson		5
7	Russian (ru) Парораспределительный механизм Стефенсона		1

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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 "Stephenson valve gear" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Distribució Stephenson		0
2	German (de) Kulissensteuerung		0
3	English (en) Stephenson valve gear		0
4	Spanish (es) Distribución de válvula de Stephenson		0
5	French (fr) Distribution Stephenson		0
6	Japanese (ja) スチーブンソン式弁装置		0
7	Russian (ru) Парораспределительный механизм Стефенсона		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 "Stephenson valve gear" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Stephenson valve gear		818
2	Japanese (ja) スチーブンソン式弁装置		205
3	Catalan (ca) Distribució Stephenson		111
4	French (fr) Distribution Stephenson		43
5	German (de) Kulissensteuerung		40
6	Spanish (es) Distribución de válvula de Stephenson		15
7	Russian (ru) Парораспределительный механизм Стефенсона		10

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Distribució Stephenson
de	German Kulissensteuerung
en	English Stephenson valve gear
es	Spanish Distribución de válvula de Stephenson
fr	French Distribution Stephenson
ja	Japanese スチーブンソン式弁装置
ru	Russian Парораспределительный механизм Стефенсона

Best Rank

English: #311720 12.2008

Global: #397506 06.2010

Best Rank

English: #63138 09.2014

Global: #135726 10.2016

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