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 55 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). 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.

In June 2025 the article “Wilson loop” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Wilson loop”, its content was written by 48 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 121 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 52 times in English Wikipedia and cited 128 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #17618 in May 2004
• Global: #21432 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #411883 in September 2009
• Global: #577533 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, 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) Wilson loop		55.0243
2	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		20.3443
3	Catalan (ca) Bucle de Wilson		18.0008
4	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		12.7927
5	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		9.7984
6	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		7.479
7	German (de) Wilson-Loop		6.191
8	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		6.0724
9	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		5.4018
10	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		0.4325

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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		284 695
2	German (de) Wilson-Loop		29 883
3	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		13 444
4	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		11 730
5	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		6 184
6	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		5 454
7	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		4 267
8	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		3 406
9	Swedish (sv) Wilsonslingor		2 694
10	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		835

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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 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wilson loop		1 779
2	German (de) Wilson-Loop		112
3	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		82
4	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		65
5	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		43
6	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		30
7	Portuguese (pt) Laço de Wilson		27
8	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		10
9	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		9
10	Catalan (ca) Bucle de Wilson		6

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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		48
2	German (de) Wilson-Loop		24
3	French (fr) Boucle de Wilson		13
4	Swedish (sv) Wilsonslingor		9
5	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		7
6	Japanese (ja) ウィルソンループ		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 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wilson loop		1
2	Arabic (ar) حلقة ويلسون		0
3	Catalan (ca) Bucle de Wilson		0
4	German (de) 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		52
2	Korean (ko) 윌슨 고리		19
3	German (de) Wilson-Loop		17
4	Spanish (es) Bucles de Wilson		11
5	Chinese (zh) 威爾森迴圈		11
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: #411883 09.2009

Global: #577533 09.2009

Best Rank

English: #17618 05.2004

Global: #21432 04.2004

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