Wilson loop

Wilson loop - gauge-invariant observable obtained from the holonomy of the gauge connection around a given loop. Article “Wilson loop” in English Wikipedia has 54.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 45 references and 14 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 “Wilson loop”, its content was written by 50 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 124 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 47 times in English Wikipedia and cited 120 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #17604 in May 2004
• Global: #21440 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #392666 in October 2025
• Global: #579381 in September 2009

There are 11 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) Wilson loop		54.707
2	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		20.33
3	Catalan (ca) Bucle de Wilson		18.0887
4	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		12.7494
5	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		9.3528
6	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		7.432
7	German (de) Wilson-Loop		6.1811
8	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		6.0571
9	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		5.3276
10	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		0.4169

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Wilson loop" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wilson loop		306 421
2	German (de) Wilson-Loop		31 014
3	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		13 917
4	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		12 914
5	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		6 511
6	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		5 828
7	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		5 252
8	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		3 554
9	Swedish (sv) Wilsonslingor		2 732
10	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		879

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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 "Wilson loop" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wilson loop		1 509
2	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		103
3	German (de) Wilson-Loop		78
4	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		70
5	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		67
6	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		28
7	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		14
8	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		14
9	Catalan (ca) Bucle de Wilson		6
10	Swedish (sv) Wilsonslingor		1

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wilson loop		50
2	German (de) Wilson-Loop		24
3	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		13
4	Swedish (sv) Wilsonslingor		9
5	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		8
6	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		7
7	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		4
8	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		3
9	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		2
10	Catalan (ca) Bucle de Wilson		2

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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 "Wilson loop" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		0
2	Catalan (ca) Bucle de Wilson		0
3	German (de) Wilson-Loop		0
4	English (en) Wilson loop		0
5	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		0
6	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		0
7	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		0
8	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		0
10	Swedish (sv) Wilsonslingor		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 "Wilson loop" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Wilson loop		47
2	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		21
3	German (de) Wilson-Loop		17
4	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		9
5	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		8
6	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		7
7	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		5
8	Catalan (ca) Bucle de Wilson		2
9	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		2
10	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حلقة ويلسون
ca	Catalan Bucle de Wilson
de	German Wilson-Loop
en	English Wilson loop
es	Spanish Bucles de Wilson
fr	French Boucle de Wilson
ja	Japanese ウィルソンループ
ko	Korean 윌슨 고리
pt	Portuguese Laço de Wilson
sv	Swedish Wilsonslingor
zh	Chinese 威爾森迴圈

Best Rank

English: #392666 10.2025

Global: #579381 09.2009

Best Rank

English: #17604 05.2004

Global: #21440 04.2004

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