Wave function

Wave function - mathematical description of the quantum state of a system; complex-valued probability amplitude, and the probabilities for the possible results of measurements made on the system can be derived from it. Article “Wave function” in English Wikipedia has 71.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 79 references and 32 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 7.9 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Wave function” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 13 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Wave function”, its content was written by 367 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1416 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 819 times in English Wikipedia and cited 6428 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6498 in December 2011
• Global: #1588 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #18015 in January 2015
• Global: #14538 in October 2016

There are 49 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Wave function		71.099
2	Portuguese (pt) Função de onda		68.1261
3	Chinese (zh) 波函数		63.1668
4	Catalan (ca) Funció d'ona		50.8444
5	Turkish (tr) Dalga fonksiyonu		43.9088
6	Russian (ru) Волновая функция		41.9622
7	Basque (eu) Uhin-funtzio		40.8149
8	Croatian (hr) Valna funkcija		40.5765
9	Indonesian (id) Fungsi gelombang		40.3513
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Valna funkcija		34.2214

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Wave function" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wave function		5 744 649
2	Russian (ru) Волновая функция		1 158 240
3	Spanish (es) Función de onda		985 511
4	German (de) Wellenfunktion		855 909
5	Japanese (ja) 波動関数		791 147
6	French (fr) Fonction d'onde		583 141
7	Chinese (zh) 波函数		509 147
8	Italian (it) Funzione d'onda		505 442
9	Polish (pl) Funkcja falowa		330 790
10	Portuguese (pt) Função de onda		261 755

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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 "Wave function" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wave function		12 484
2	Russian (ru) Волновая функция		2 000
3	Japanese (ja) 波動関数		1 592
4	German (de) Wellenfunktion		1 459
5	French (fr) Fonction d'onde		1 435
6	Chinese (zh) 波函数		1 171
7	Spanish (es) Función de onda		842
8	Polish (pl) Funkcja falowa		772
9	Italian (it) Funzione d'onda		767
10	Portuguese (pt) Função de onda		543

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wave function		367
2	German (de) Wellenfunktion		146
3	Italian (it) Funzione d'onda		84
4	French (fr) Fonction d'onde		73
5	Russian (ru) Волновая функция		73
6	Dutch (nl) Golffunctie		51
7	Hebrew (he) פונקציית גל		50
8	Japanese (ja) 波動関数		43
9	Chinese (zh) 波函数		42
10	Polish (pl) Funkcja falowa		39

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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 "Wave function" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wave function		4
2	Catalan (ca) Funció d'ona		1
3	Esperanto (eo) Ondfunkcio		1
4	Spanish (es) Función de onda		1
5	Indonesian (id) Fungsi gelombang		1
6	Korean (ko) 파동 함수		1
7	Polish (pl) Funkcja falowa		1
8	Serbian (sr) Talasna funkcija		1
9	Uzbek (uz) Toʻlqin funksiyasi		1
10	Chinese (zh) 波函数		1

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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 "Wave function" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Wave function		819
2	French (fr) Fonction d'onde		343
3	Chinese (zh) 波函数		342
4	Japanese (ja) 波動関数		315
5	Russian (ru) Волновая функция		294
6	Spanish (es) Función de onda		273
7	Korean (ko) 파동 함수		270
8	German (de) Wellenfunktion		258
9	Portuguese (pt) Função de onda		258
10	Italian (it) Funzione d'onda		252

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic دالة موجية
be	Belarusian Хвалевая функцыя
bg	Bulgarian Вълнова функция
ca	Catalan Funció d'ona
cs	Czech Vlnová funkce
da	Danish Bølgefunktion
de	German Wellenfunktion
el	Greek Κυματοσυνάρτηση
en	English Wave function
eo	Esperanto Ondfunkcio
es	Spanish Función de onda
et	Estonian Lainefunktsioon
eu	Basque Uhin-funtzio
fa	Persian تابع موج
fi	Finnish Aaltofunktio
fr	French Fonction d'onde
gl	Galician Función de onda
he	Hebrew פונקציית גל
hi	Hindi तरंग फलन
hr	Croatian Valna funkcija
hu	Hungarian Hullámfüggvény
hy	Armenian Ալիքային ֆունկցիա
id	Indonesian Fungsi gelombang
it	Italian Funzione d'onda
ja	Japanese 波動関数
ka	Georgian ტალღური ფუნქცია
kk	Kazakh Толқындық функция
ko	Korean 파동 함수
lt	Lithuanian Banginė funkcija
nl	Dutch Golffunctie
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Bølgjefunksjon
no	Norwegian Bølgefunksjon
pl	Polish Funkcja falowa
pt	Portuguese Função de onda
ro	Romanian Funcție de undă
ru	Russian Волновая функция
sh	Serbo-Croatian Valna funkcija
simple	Simple English Wave function
sk	Slovak Vlnová funkcia
sl	Slovenian Valovna funkcija
sr	Serbian Talasna funkcija
sv	Swedish Vågfunktion
ta	Tamil அலை இயக்கம்
th	Thai ฟังก์ชันคลื่น
tr	Turkish Dalga fonksiyonu
uk	Ukrainian Хвильова функція
uz	Uzbek Toʻlqin funksiyasi
vi	Vietnamese Hàm sóng
zh	Chinese 波函数

Best Rank

English: #18015 01.2015

Global: #14538 10.2016

Best Rank

English: #6498 12.2011

Global: #1588 02.2003

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