Surface wave

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Surface wave

Quality:

Surface wave - mechanical wave that propagates along the interface between differing media. Article “Surface wave” in English Wikipedia has 43.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 19 references and 13 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.

In June 2025 the article “Surface wave” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Surface wave”, its content was written by 194 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 396 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 244 times in English Wikipedia and cited 840 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5345 in May 2002
  • Global: #6806 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #72306 in February 2012
  • Global: #112440 in February 2012

There are 21 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)
Surface wave
43.5755
2Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Overflatebølgje
32.9535
3Catalan (ca)
Ona superficial
29.0035
4Ukrainian (uk)
Поверхневі хвилі
27.4856
5Simple English (simple)
Surface wave
20.65
6Indonesian (id)
Gelombang permukaan
19.4072
7Korean (ko)
표면파
18.5027
8Italian (it)
Onda superficiale
18.2318
9Turkish (tr)
Yüzey dalgası
15.9199
10Estonian (et)
Pinnalained
13.8133
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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 "Surface wave" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Surface wave
1 417 391
2Japanese (ja)
表面波
97 678
3German (de)
Oberflächenwelle
62 993
4Chinese (zh)
面波
60 028
5Ukrainian (uk)
Поверхневі хвилі
56 563
6Italian (it)
Onda superficiale
40 131
7Indonesian (id)
Gelombang permukaan
39 337
8Arabic (ar)
موجة سطحية
34 381
9Dutch (nl)
Oppervlaktegolf
12 167
10Turkish (tr)
Yüzey dalgası
11 986
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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 "Surface wave" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Surface wave
1 914
2Chinese (zh)
面波
230
3Japanese (ja)
表面波
212
4Turkish (tr)
Yüzey dalgası
128
5Simple English (simple)
Surface wave
121
6Korean (ko)
표면파
81
7German (de)
Oberflächenwelle
73
8Italian (it)
Onda superficiale
60
9Indonesian (id)
Gelombang permukaan
48
10Arabic (ar)
موجة سطحية
42
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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 "Surface wave" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Surface wave
194
2Italian (it)
Onda superficiale
29
3Ukrainian (uk)
Поверхневі хвилі
23
4German (de)
Oberflächenwelle
18
5Hebrew (he)
גלי קרקע
15
6Dutch (nl)
Oppervlaktegolf
15
7Finnish (fi)
Pinta-aalto
14
8Simple English (simple)
Surface wave
14
9Japanese (ja)
表面波
13
10Chinese (zh)
面波
12
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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 "Surface wave" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Ona superficial
1
2English (en)
Surface wave
1
3Arabic (ar)
موجة سطحية
0
4German (de)
Oberflächenwelle
0
5Estonian (et)
Pinnalained
0
6Persian (fa)
موج سطحی
0
7Finnish (fi)
Pinta-aalto
0
8Hebrew (he)
גלי קרקע
0
9Hindi (hi)
पृष्ठीय तरंग
0
10Indonesian (id)
Gelombang permukaan
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 "Surface wave" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Surface wave
244
2Ukrainian (uk)
Поверхневі хвилі
229
3Chinese (zh)
面波
145
4Korean (ko)
표면파
29
5Italian (it)
Onda superficiale
27
6Japanese (ja)
表面波
25
7German (de)
Oberflächenwelle
22
8Persian (fa)
موج سطحی
20
9Estonian (et)
Pinnalained
18
10Arabic (ar)
موجة سطحية
16
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
موجة سطحية
caCatalan
Ona superficial
deGerman
Oberflächenwelle
enEnglish
Surface wave
etEstonian
Pinnalained
faPersian
موج سطحی
fiFinnish
Pinta-aalto
heHebrew
גלי קרקע
hiHindi
पृष्ठीय तरंग
idIndonesian
Gelombang permukaan
itItalian
Onda superficiale
jaJapanese
表面波
koKorean
표면파
nlDutch
Oppervlaktegolf
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Overflatebølgje
noNorwegian
Overflatebølge
simpleSimple English
Surface wave
svSwedish
Ytvåg
trTurkish
Yüzey dalgası
ukUkrainian
Поверхневі хвилі
zhChinese
面波

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#72306
02.2012
Global:
#112440
02.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5345
05.2002
Global:
#6806
05.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Surface wave from Wikipedia articles about Wind wave, Rogue wave, Mechanical wave, Secondary wave and Wave. Whereas reading the article about Surface wave people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Gravity wave, Ground wave, Rayleigh wave, Love wave and Wind wave.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

zh: 面波
simple: Surface wave
sv: Ytvåg

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