Wake (physics)

Wake - region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary solid body. Article "Wake (physics)" in English Wikipedia has 38.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 8 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Wake (physics)", its content was written by 127 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 393 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 197 times in English Wikipedia and cited 561 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #20896 in February 2004
• Global: #5485 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #148242 in June 2022
• Global: #180745 in April 2008

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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 开尔文船波		45.8214
2	English (en) Wake (physics)		38.4166
3	Swedish (sv) Svallvåg		37.3676
4	Japanese (ja) 航跡波		36.4475
5	Thai (th) เวค (ฟลิกส์)		27.4626
6	Indonesian (id) Keracak		23.5652
7	French (fr) Sillage (phénomène physique)		22.6597
8	Polish (pl) Ślad torowy		19.9438
9	Spanish (es) Estela (rastro)		18.2424
10	Italian (it) Scia		10.8341

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Wake (physics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wake (physics)		172 609
2	Polish (pl) Ślad torowy		155 298
3	Spanish (es) Estela (rastro)		127 305
4	German (de) Kielwasser		114 850
5	Japanese (ja) 航跡波		75 421
6	Italian (it) Scia		72 139
7	French (fr) Sillage (phénomène physique)		49 313
8	Russian (ru) Корабельные волны		47 254
9	Dutch (nl) Kielzog		37 482
10	Swedish (sv) Svallvåg		22 164

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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 "Wake (physics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wake (physics)		2 692
2	Japanese (ja) 航跡波		549
3	Polish (pl) Ślad torowy		324
4	German (de) Kielwasser		302
5	French (fr) Sillage (phénomène physique)		162
6	Chinese (zh) 开尔文船波		152
7	Russian (ru) Корабельные волны		124
8	Italian (it) Scia		116
9	Dutch (nl) Kielzog		114
10	Spanish (es) Estela (rastro)		92

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wake (physics)		127
2	German (de) Kielwasser		48
3	Polish (pl) Ślad torowy		36
4	French (fr) Sillage (phénomène physique)		35
5	Russian (ru) Корабельные волны		32
6	Italian (it) Scia		28
7	Dutch (nl) Kielzog		22
8	Swedish (sv) Svallvåg		16
9	Czech (cs) Úplav		14
10	Bulgarian (bg) Килватерна следа		9

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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 "Wake (physics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Estela (rastro)		3
2	Bulgarian (bg) Килватерна следа		0
3	Czech (cs) Úplav		0
4	German (de) Kielwasser		0
5	English (en) Wake (physics)		0
6	French (fr) Sillage (phénomène physique)		0
7	Indonesian (id) Keracak		0
8	Italian (it) Scia		0
9	Japanese (ja) 航跡波		0
10	Dutch (nl) Kielzog		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 "Wake (physics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Wake (physics)		197
2	French (fr) Sillage (phénomène physique)		66
3	German (de) Kielwasser		57
4	Italian (it) Scia		43
5	Polish (pl) Ślad torowy		37
6	Dutch (nl) Kielzog		28
7	Japanese (ja) 航跡波		27
8	Spanish (es) Estela (rastro)		26
9	Chinese (zh) 开尔文船波		22
10	Swedish (sv) Svallvåg		17

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Килватерна следа
cs	Czech Úplav
de	German Kielwasser
en	English Wake (physics)
es	Spanish Estela (rastro)
fr	French Sillage (phénomène physique)
id	Indonesian Keracak
it	Italian Scia
ja	Japanese 航跡波
nl	Dutch Kielzog
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Kjølvatn
pl	Polish Ślad torowy
ru	Russian Корабельные волны
sv	Swedish Svallvåg
th	Thai เวค (ฟลิกส์)
zh	Chinese 开尔文船波

Best Rank

English: #148242 06.2022

Global: #180745 04.2008

Best Rank

English: #20896 02.2004

Global: #5485 11.2001

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