The Pelican Brief

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The Pelican Brief

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The Pelican Brief - 1992 novel by John Grisham. This book is the 2993rd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “The Pelican Brief” in English Wikipedia has 18.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 5 sections.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 2993rd most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “The Pelican Brief”, its content was written by 108 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 324 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The Pelican Brief is on the 2993rd place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 81 times in English Wikipedia and cited 279 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #39666 in March 2004
  • Global: #62411 in May 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #57248 in March 2010
  • Global: #65809 in May 2016

There are 16 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
1German (de)
Die Akte (Roman)
26.755
2English (en)
The Pelican Brief
18.2061
3Estonian (et)
Pelikani memorandum
18.0072
4Indonesian (id)
The Pelican Brief (novel)
17.3083
5Danish (da)
Pelikan notatet
17.1921
6Romanian (ro)
Cazul Pelican
14.405
7Polish (pl)
Raport Pelikana (powieść)
13.3846
8Spanish (es)
El informe Pelícano (novela)
11.6226
9French (fr)
L'Affaire Pélican (roman)
9.2354
10Arabic (ar)
قضية البجع
7.6358
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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 Pelican Brief" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Pelican Brief
1 252 641
2German (de)
Die Akte (Roman)
126 030
3Italian (it)
Il rapporto Pelican (romanzo)
106 448
4French (fr)
L'Affaire Pélican (roman)
74 619
5Spanish (es)
El informe Pelícano (novela)
68 441
6Turkish (tr)
Pelikan Dosyası
60 455
7Russian (ru)
Дело о пеликанах (роман)
43 504
8Swedish (sv)
Pelikanfallet (roman)
32 030
9Dutch (nl)
Achter gesloten deuren (roman)
24 768
10Indonesian (id)
The Pelican Brief (novel)
13 330
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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 Pelican Brief" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Pelican Brief
3 719
2German (de)
Die Akte (Roman)
507
3Russian (ru)
Дело о пеликанах (роман)
397
4Spanish (es)
El informe Pelícano (novela)
295
5Italian (it)
Il rapporto Pelican (romanzo)
287
6Swedish (sv)
Pelikanfallet (roman)
253
7French (fr)
L'Affaire Pélican (roman)
223
8Dutch (nl)
Achter gesloten deuren (roman)
67
9Polish (pl)
Raport Pelikana (powieść)
64
10Turkish (tr)
Pelikan Dosyası
55
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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 Pelican Brief" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Pelican Brief
108
2German (de)
Die Akte (Roman)
45
3Italian (it)
Il rapporto Pelican (romanzo)
40
4Dutch (nl)
Achter gesloten deuren (roman)
33
5Russian (ru)
Дело о пеликанах (роман)
17
6French (fr)
L'Affaire Pélican (roman)
15
7Danish (da)
Pelikan notatet
14
8Swedish (sv)
Pelikanfallet (roman)
14
9Estonian (et)
Pelikani memorandum
8
10Spanish (es)
El informe Pelícano (novela)
7
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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 Pelican Brief" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Die Akte (Roman)
1
2Arabic (ar)
قضية البجع
0
3Danish (da)
Pelikan notatet
0
4English (en)
The Pelican Brief
0
5Spanish (es)
El informe Pelícano (novela)
0
6Estonian (et)
Pelikani memorandum
0
7French (fr)
L'Affaire Pélican (roman)
0
8Indonesian (id)
The Pelican Brief (novel)
0
9Italian (it)
Il rapporto Pelican (romanzo)
0
10Dutch (nl)
Achter gesloten deuren (roman)
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 Pelican Brief" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
The Pelican Brief
81
2Italian (it)
Il rapporto Pelican (romanzo)
48
3German (de)
Die Akte (Roman)
31
4French (fr)
L'Affaire Pélican (roman)
29
5Dutch (nl)
Achter gesloten deuren (roman)
20
6Polish (pl)
Raport Pelikana (powieść)
16
7Romanian (ro)
Cazul Pelican
11
8Turkish (tr)
Pelikan Dosyası
9
9Russian (ru)
Дело о пеликанах (роман)
8
10Spanish (es)
El informe Pelícano (novela)
6
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
قضية البجع
daDanish
Pelikan notatet
deGerman
Die Akte (Roman)
enEnglish
The Pelican Brief
esSpanish
El informe Pelícano (novela)
etEstonian
Pelikani memorandum
frFrench
L'Affaire Pélican (roman)
idIndonesian
The Pelican Brief (novel)
itItalian
Il rapporto Pelican (romanzo)
nlDutch
Achter gesloten deuren (roman)
noNorwegian
Pelikanrapporten (bok)
plPolish
Raport Pelikana (powieść)
roRomanian
Cazul Pelican
ruRussian
Дело о пеликанах (роман)
svSwedish
Pelikanfallet (roman)
trTurkish
Pelikan Dosyası

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#57248
03.2010
Global:
#65809
05.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#39666
03.2004
Global:
#62411
05.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Pelican Brief from Wikipedia articles about John Grisham, The Pelican Brief, The Client, Pelikan (organization) and LAffaire Pélican. Whereas reading the article about The Pelican Brief people most often go to Wikipedia articles on The Pelican Brief, John Grisham, A Time to Kill, The Firm and Julia Roberts.

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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