System justification theory (social psychology)

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System justification theory (social psychology)

Quality:

System justification theory - theory within social psychology that people have several underlying needs that can be satisfied by the defense and justification of the status quo. Article “System justification theory (social psychology)” in English Wikipedia has 61.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 76 references and 22 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.22 points.

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 “System justification theory (social psychology)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “System justification theory (social psychology)”, its content was written by 68 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 112 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 243 times in English Wikipedia and cited 303 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #34269 in November 2012
  • Global: #54666 in November 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #241231 in September 2014
  • Global: #430597 in September 2014

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
System justification theory (social psychology)
61.1778
2Turkish (tr)
Sistemi meşrulaştırma teorisi
40.7331
3Chinese (zh)
系统合理化
35.1795
4Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצדקת המערכת
29.4554
5Arabic (ar)
تبرير النظام
21.5995
6French (fr)
Théorie de la justification du système
16.8885
7Portuguese (pt)
Justificação do sistema
8.5983
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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 "System justification theory (social psychology)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
System justification theory (social psychology)
393 450
2Turkish (tr)
Sistemi meşrulaştırma teorisi
15 788
3French (fr)
Théorie de la justification du système
11 657
4Arabic (ar)
تبرير النظام
2 177
5Chinese (zh)
系统合理化
1 925
6Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצדקת המערכת
853
7Portuguese (pt)
Justificação do sistema
558
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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 "System justification theory (social psychology)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
System justification theory (social psychology)
2 582
2French (fr)
Théorie de la justification du système
89
3Chinese (zh)
系统合理化
76
4Turkish (tr)
Sistemi meşrulaştırma teorisi
57
5Arabic (ar)
تبرير النظام
21
6Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצדקת המערכת
18
7Portuguese (pt)
Justificação do sistema
15
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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 "System justification theory (social psychology)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
System justification theory (social psychology)
68
2French (fr)
Théorie de la justification du système
18
3Turkish (tr)
Sistemi meşrulaştırma teorisi
12
4Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצדקת המערכת
6
5Chinese (zh)
系统合理化
4
6Arabic (ar)
تبرير النظام
2
7Portuguese (pt)
Justificação do sistema
2
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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 "System justification theory (social psychology)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
System justification theory (social psychology)
1
2Arabic (ar)
تبرير النظام
0
3French (fr)
Théorie de la justification du système
0
4Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצדקת המערכת
0
5Portuguese (pt)
Justificação do sistema
0
6Turkish (tr)
Sistemi meşrulaştırma teorisi
0
7Chinese (zh)
系统合理化
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 "System justification theory (social psychology)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
System justification theory (social psychology)
243
2Hebrew (he)
תאוריית הצדקת המערכת
41
3French (fr)
Théorie de la justification du système
8
4Turkish (tr)
Sistemi meşrulaştırma teorisi
6
5Chinese (zh)
系统合理化
3
6Portuguese (pt)
Justificação do sistema
2
7Arabic (ar)
تبرير النظام
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تبرير النظام
enEnglish
System justification theory (social psychology)
frFrench
Théorie de la justification du système
heHebrew
תאוריית הצדקת המערכת
ptPortuguese
Justificação do sistema
trTurkish
Sistemi meşrulaştırma teorisi
zhChinese
系统合理化

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#241231
09.2014
Global:
#430597
09.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#34269
11.2012
Global:
#54666
11.2019

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on System justification theory from Wikipedia articles about List of cognitive biases, Just-world fallacy, John T. Jost, List of social psychology theories and Madelyne Pryor. Whereas reading the article about System justification theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Just-world fallacy, Progress trap, Cognitive dissonance, False consciousness and Social identity theory.

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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