The Cold Equations

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The Cold Equations

Quality:

The Cold Equations - 1954 short story by Tom Godwin. This book is the 5381st most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “The Cold Equations” in English Wikipedia has 42.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 28 references and 12 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.

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 5381st most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “The Cold Equations”, its content was written by 146 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 181 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The Cold Equations is on the 5381st place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 33 times in English Wikipedia and cited 50 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #21126 in September 2022
  • Global: #73173 in September 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #47592 in April 2021
  • Global: #85383 in November 2008

There are 3 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 Cold Equations
42.3112
2Hungarian (hu)
Rideg egyenletek
29.6443
3Japanese (ja)
冷たい方程式
10.0404
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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 Cold Equations" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Cold Equations
625 742
2Japanese (ja)
冷たい方程式
371 580
3Hungarian (hu)
Rideg egyenletek
3 987
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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 Cold Equations" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Cold Equations
1 796
2Japanese (ja)
冷たい方程式
1 113
3Hungarian (hu)
Rideg egyenletek
20
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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 Cold Equations" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Cold Equations
146
2Japanese (ja)
冷たい方程式
25
3Hungarian (hu)
Rideg egyenletek
10
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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 Cold Equations" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Cold Equations
0
2Hungarian (hu)
Rideg egyenletek
0
3Japanese (ja)
冷たい方程式
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 Cold Equations" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
The Cold Equations
33
2Japanese (ja)
冷たい方程式
14
3Hungarian (hu)
Rideg egyenletek
3
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
The Cold Equations
huHungarian
Rideg egyenletek
jaJapanese
冷たい方程式

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#47592
04.2021
Global:
#85383
11.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#21126
09.2022
Global:
#73173
09.2022

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Cold Equations from Wikipedia articles about Plank of Carneades, The survival lottery, John W. Campbell, Tom Godwin and Stowaway. Whereas reading the article about The Cold Equations people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Wikipedia article, Tom Godwin, Stowaway, List of The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series) episodes and Plank of Carneades.

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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