Timeline of chemical element discoveries

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Timeline of chemical element discoveries

Quality:

Timeline of chemical elements discoveries - timeline detailing the discovery of each of the chemical elements. Article “Timeline of chemical element discoveries” in English Wikipedia has 74.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 290 references and 8 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Timeline of chemical element discoveries” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 8 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Timeline of chemical element discoveries”, its content was written by 436 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 988 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 507 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3104 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #60 in April 2002
  • Global: #90 in April 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #12105 in March 2024
  • Global: #24467 in March 2024

There are 23 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, 2026 (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
1Chinese (zh)
化學元素發現年表
94.9408
2Romanian (ro)
Istoria descoperirii elementelor chimice
79.0043
3Indonesian (id)
Penemuan unsur kimia
76.0498
4English (en)
Timeline of chemical element discoveries
74.2979
5Malay (ms)
Penemuan unsur kimia
72.5641
6Korean (ko)
화학 원소의 발견
68.4365
7Ukrainian (uk)
Хронологія відкриття хімічних елементів
66.3285
8Tamil (ta)
காலவரிசையில் வேதித்தனிமங்கள் கண்டுபிடிப்பு
64.4444
9Serbian (sr)
Хронологија открића хемијских елемената
58.8845
10French (fr)
Histoire de la découverte des éléments chimiques
51.8126
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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 "Timeline of chemical element discoveries" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Timeline of chemical element discoveries
3 000 994
2Russian (ru)
Хронология открытия химических элементов
431 945
3Portuguese (pt)
Descoberta dos elementos químicos
372 044
4French (fr)
Histoire de la découverte des éléments chimiques
255 905
5Japanese (ja)
化学元素発見の年表
183 122
6Polish (pl)
Kalendarium odkryć pierwiastków chemicznych
141 830
7Indonesian (id)
Penemuan unsur kimia
139 814
8Chinese (zh)
化學元素發現年表
133 909
9Romanian (ro)
Istoria descoperirii elementelor chimice
107 228
10Italian (it)
Scoperta degli elementi chimici
105 745
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Timeline of chemical element discoveries" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Timeline of chemical element discoveries
8 529
2Russian (ru)
Хронология открытия химических элементов
782
3Chinese (zh)
化學元素發現年表
739
4Japanese (ja)
化学元素発見の年表
663
5Korean (ko)
화학 원소의 발견
246
6Polish (pl)
Kalendarium odkryć pierwiastków chemicznych
239
7French (fr)
Histoire de la découverte des éléments chimiques
208
8Portuguese (pt)
Descoberta dos elementos químicos
145
9Italian (it)
Scoperta degli elementi chimici
100
10Persian (fa)
کشف عناصر شیمیایی
75
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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 "Timeline of chemical element discoveries" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Timeline of chemical element discoveries
436
2French (fr)
Histoire de la découverte des éléments chimiques
113
3Italian (it)
Scoperta degli elementi chimici
61
4Japanese (ja)
化学元素発見の年表
48
5Polish (pl)
Kalendarium odkryć pierwiastków chemicznych
47
6Chinese (zh)
化學元素發現年表
46
7Portuguese (pt)
Descoberta dos elementos químicos
44
8Russian (ru)
Хронология открытия химических элементов
44
9Hungarian (hu)
Kémiai elemek felfedezési dátum szerinti listája
20
10Norwegian (no)
Oppdagelser av grunnstoff
20
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Timeline of chemical element discoveries" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Timeline of chemical element discoveries
2
2Arabic (ar)
ترتيب زمني لاكتشاف العناصر الكيميائية
1
3Indonesian (id)
Penemuan unsur kimia
1
4Korean (ko)
화학 원소의 발견
1
5Serbian (sr)
Хронологија открића хемијских елемената
1
6Tamil (ta)
காலவரிசையில் வேதித்தனிமங்கள் கண்டுபிடிப்பு
1
7Ukrainian (uk)
Хронологія відкриття хімічних елементів
1
8Catalan (ca)
Història dels elements químics
0
9Persian (fa)
کشف عناصر شیمیایی
0
10French (fr)
Histoire de la découverte des éléments chimiques
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 "Timeline of chemical element discoveries" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Russian (ru)
Хронология открытия химических элементов
633
2English (en)
Timeline of chemical element discoveries
507
3French (fr)
Histoire de la découverte des éléments chimiques
301
4Arabic (ar)
ترتيب زمني لاكتشاف العناصر الكيميائية
263
5Persian (fa)
کشف عناصر شیمیایی
235
6Chinese (zh)
化學元素發現年表
208
7Indonesian (id)
Penemuan unsur kimia
192
8Serbian (sr)
Хронологија открића хемијских елемената
169
9Slovenian (sl)
Časovnica odkritij kemičnih elementov
155
10Korean (ko)
화학 원소의 발견
108
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ترتيب زمني لاكتشاف العناصر الكيميائية
caCatalan
Història dels elements químics
enEnglish
Timeline of chemical element discoveries
faPersian
کشف عناصر شیمیایی
frFrench
Histoire de la découverte des éléments chimiques
hrCroatian
Otkriće kemijskih elemenata
huHungarian
Kémiai elemek felfedezési dátum szerinti listája
idIndonesian
Penemuan unsur kimia
itItalian
Scoperta degli elementi chimici
jaJapanese
化学元素発見の年表
koKorean
화학 원소의 발견
msMalay
Penemuan unsur kimia
noNorwegian
Oppdagelser av grunnstoff
plPolish
Kalendarium odkryć pierwiastków chemicznych
ptPortuguese
Descoberta dos elementos químicos
roRomanian
Istoria descoperirii elementelor chimice
ruRussian
Хронология открытия химических элементов
simpleSimple English
Discovery of chemical elements
slSlovenian
Časovnica odkritij kemičnih elementov
srSerbian
Хронологија открића хемијских елемената
taTamil
காலவரிசையில் வேதித்தனிமங்கள் கண்டுபிடிப்பு
ukUkrainian
Хронологія відкриття хімічних елементів
zhChinese
化學元素發現年表

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12105
03.2024
Global:
#24467
03.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#60
04.2002
Global:
#90
04.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

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