The Need for Roots

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The Need for Roots

Quality:

The Need for Roots - essay by Simone Weil. Article “The Need for Roots” in English Wikipedia has 94.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 144 references and 10 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 “The Need for Roots” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “The Need for Roots”, its content was written by 45 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 106 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in English Wikipedia and cited 43 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #33043 in May 2025
  • Global: #30609 in May 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #433524 in October 2012
  • Global: #446372 in February 2023

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)
The Need for Roots
94.2857
2Catalan (ca)
L'arrelament
72.2972
3Spanish (es)
Echar raíces
55.9855
4French (fr)
L'Enracinement
48.6071
5Italian (it)
La prima radice
22.4846
6Arabic (ar)
التجذر
7.6978
7Persian (fa)
نیاز به ریشه‌ها
4.0032
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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 "The Need for Roots" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Need for Roots
180 677
2French (fr)
L'Enracinement
138 295
3Italian (it)
La prima radice
22 897
4Arabic (ar)
التجذر
5 770
5Spanish (es)
Echar raíces
1 980
6Catalan (ca)
L'arrelament
104
7Persian (fa)
نیاز به ریشه‌ها
27
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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 "The Need for Roots" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Need for Roots
1 792
2French (fr)
L'Enracinement
1 119
3Spanish (es)
Echar raíces
336
4Italian (it)
La prima radice
198
5Catalan (ca)
L'arrelament
31
6Arabic (ar)
التجذر
25
7Persian (fa)
نیاز به ریشه‌ها
10
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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 "The Need for Roots" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Need for Roots
45
2French (fr)
L'Enracinement
30
3Italian (it)
La prima radice
17
4Arabic (ar)
التجذر
5
5Catalan (ca)
L'arrelament
4
6Spanish (es)
Echar raíces
4
7Persian (fa)
نیاز به ریشه‌ها
1
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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 "The Need for Roots" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Need for Roots
1
2French (fr)
L'Enracinement
1
3Arabic (ar)
التجذر
0
4Catalan (ca)
L'arrelament
0
5Spanish (es)
Echar raíces
0
6Persian (fa)
نیاز به ریشه‌ها
0
7Italian (it)
La prima radice
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 "The Need for Roots" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
L'Enracinement
14
2Italian (it)
La prima radice
12
3English (en)
The Need for Roots
11
4Arabic (ar)
التجذر
4
5Catalan (ca)
L'arrelament
1
6Spanish (es)
Echar raíces
1
7Persian (fa)
نیاز به ریشه‌ها
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
التجذر
caCatalan
L'arrelament
enEnglish
The Need for Roots
esSpanish
Echar raíces
faPersian
نیاز به ریشه‌ها
frFrench
L'Enracinement
itItalian
La prima radice

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#433524
10.2012
Global:
#446372
02.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#33043
05.2025
Global:
#30609
05.2025

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Need for Roots from Wikipedia articles about Simone Weil, Reflections Concerning the Causes of Liberty and Social Oppression, Wikipedia article, La condition ouvrière and Kenneth Rexroth. Whereas reading the article about The Need for Roots people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Simone Weil, Reflections Concerning the Causes of Liberty and Social Oppression, Kenneth Rexroth, Compagnonnage and Supercazzola.

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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