Underwater acoustics

Underwater acoustics - study of the propagation of sound in water and the interaction of sound waves with the water and its boundaries. Article “Underwater acoustics” in English Wikipedia has 81 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 75 references and 33 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.

Since the creation of article “Underwater acoustics”, its content was written by 162 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 405 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2009 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2720 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #21972 in June 2007
• Global: #38523 in June 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #73578 in April 2014
• Global: #115609 in April 2014

There are 14 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Underwater acoustics		80.96
2	Estonian (et) Allveeakustika		75.6871
3	Hebrew (he) אקוסטיקה תת-מימית		71.9015
4	German (de) Wasserschall		54.4702
5	French (fr) Acoustique sous-marine		38.1638
6	Spanish (es) Acústica subacuática		37.0186
7	Serbian (sr) Звук у води		24.6208
8	Portuguese (pt) Hidroacústica		19.4915
9	Persian (fa) صوت‌شناسی زیرآبی		15.8207
10	Arabic (ar) صوتيات تحت مائية		13.8534

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Underwater acoustics" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Underwater acoustics		1 132 248
2	German (de) Wasserschall		267 053
3	French (fr) Acoustique sous-marine		43 875
4	Portuguese (pt) Hidroacústica		29 879
5	Hebrew (he) אקוסטיקה תת-מימית		27 001
6	Spanish (es) Acústica subacuática		26 589
7	Serbian (sr) Звук у води		17 158
8	Turkish (tr) Su altı akustiği		11 082
9	Greek (el) Υδροακουστική		7 003
10	Norwegian (no) Undervannsakustikk		3 565

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Underwater acoustics" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Underwater acoustics		4 391
2	German (de) Wasserschall		466
3	French (fr) Acoustique sous-marine		374
4	Spanish (es) Acústica subacuática		115
5	Hebrew (he) אקוסטיקה תת-מימית		86
6	Estonian (et) Allveeakustika		69
7	Portuguese (pt) Hidroacústica		44
8	Turkish (tr) Su altı akustiği		41
9	Greek (el) Υδροακουστική		35
10	Serbian (sr) Звук у води		27

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Underwater acoustics" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Underwater acoustics		162
2	German (de) Wasserschall		110
3	Hebrew (he) אקוסטיקה תת-מימית		35
4	French (fr) Acoustique sous-marine		26
5	Turkish (tr) Su altı akustiği		18
6	Spanish (es) Acústica subacuática		15
7	Norwegian (no) Undervannsakustikk		8
8	Portuguese (pt) Hidroacústica		8
9	Estonian (et) Allveeakustika		7
10	Serbian (sr) Звук у води		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Underwater acoustics" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) صوتيات تحت مائية		0
2	German (de) Wasserschall		0
3	Greek (el) Υδροακουστική		0
4	English (en) Underwater acoustics		0
5	Spanish (es) Acústica subacuática		0
6	Estonian (et) Allveeakustika		0
7	Persian (fa) صوت‌شناسی زیرآبی		0
8	French (fr) Acoustique sous-marine		0
9	Hebrew (he) אקוסטיקה תת-מימית		0
10	Indonesian (id) Akustik bawah air		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Underwater acoustics" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Underwater acoustics		2 009
2	French (fr) Acoustique sous-marine		293
3	Persian (fa) صوت‌شناسی زیرآبی		143
4	Portuguese (pt) Hidroacústica		108
5	German (de) Wasserschall		58
6	Indonesian (id) Akustik bawah air		43
7	Estonian (et) Allveeakustika		14
8	Hebrew (he) אקוסטיקה תת-מימית		12
9	Greek (el) Υδροακουστική		11
10	Turkish (tr) Su altı akustiği		11

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic صوتيات تحت مائية
de	German Wasserschall
el	Greek Υδροακουστική
en	English Underwater acoustics
es	Spanish Acústica subacuática
et	Estonian Allveeakustika
fa	Persian صوت‌شناسی زیرآبی
fr	French Acoustique sous-marine
he	Hebrew אקוסטיקה תת-מימית
id	Indonesian Akustik bawah air
no	Norwegian Undervannsakustikk
pt	Portuguese Hidroacústica
sr	Serbian Звук у води
tr	Turkish Su altı akustiği

Best Rank

English: #73578 04.2014

Global: #115609 04.2014

Best Rank

English: #21972 06.2007

Global: #38523 06.2014

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