Z-pinch

Z-pinch - type of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it. Article “Z-pinch” in French Wikipedia has 8.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.42 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Z-pinch”, its content was written by 40 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 153 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 66 times in French Wikipedia and cited 600 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #4521 in June 2005
• Global: #68472 in May 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #67921 in March 2011
• Global: #207732 in February 2009

There are 9 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) Z-pinch		40.3327
2	Catalan (ca) Pessic Z		18.1252
3	Persian (fa) زی-پینچ		18.085
4	Japanese (ja) Zピンチ		16.6202
5	French (fr) Z-pinch		8.0636
6	Polish (pl) Skurcz zeta		8.0497
7	Armenian (hy) Z-կճմթոց		3.8555
8	Portuguese (pt) Z-pinch		3.2105
9	Spanish (es) Z-pinch		2.0953

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Z-pinch" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Z-pinch		631 016
2	French (fr) Z-pinch		73 933
3	Japanese (ja) Zピンチ		20 190
4	Spanish (es) Z-pinch		18 462
5	Persian (fa) زی-پینچ		11 548
6	Portuguese (pt) Z-pinch		6 176
7	Polish (pl) Skurcz zeta		5 745
8	Armenian (hy) Z-կճմթոց		3 090
9	Catalan (ca) Pessic Z		74

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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 "Z-pinch" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Z-pinch		3 959
2	Spanish (es) Z-pinch		328
3	French (fr) Z-pinch		214
4	Japanese (ja) Zピンチ		203
5	Portuguese (pt) Z-pinch		33
6	Polish (pl) Skurcz zeta		24
7	Armenian (hy) Z-կճմթոց		12
8	Catalan (ca) Pessic Z		8
9	Persian (fa) زی-پینچ		5

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Z-pinch		84
2	French (fr) Z-pinch		40
3	Armenian (hy) Z-կճմթոց		7
4	Spanish (es) Z-pinch		6
5	Polish (pl) Skurcz zeta		6
6	Portuguese (pt) Z-pinch		5
7	Catalan (ca) Pessic Z		2
8	Persian (fa) زی-پینچ		2
9	Japanese (ja) Zピンチ		1

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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 "Z-pinch" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Pessic Z		0
2	English (en) Z-pinch		0
3	Spanish (es) Z-pinch		0
4	Persian (fa) زی-پینچ		0
5	French (fr) Z-pinch		0
6	Armenian (hy) Z-կճմթոց		0
7	Japanese (ja) Zピンチ		0
8	Polish (pl) Skurcz zeta		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Z-pinch		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 "Z-pinch" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Z-pinch		314
2	Persian (fa) زی-پینچ		171
3	French (fr) Z-pinch		66
4	Armenian (hy) Z-կճմթոց		21
5	Spanish (es) Z-pinch		7
6	Japanese (ja) Zピンチ		7
7	Portuguese (pt) Z-pinch		6
8	Polish (pl) Skurcz zeta		5
9	Catalan (ca) Pessic Z		3

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Pessic Z
en	English Z-pinch
es	Spanish Z-pinch
fa	Persian زی-پینچ
fr	French Z-pinch
hy	Armenian Z-կճմթոց
ja	Japanese Zピンチ
pl	Polish Skurcz zeta
pt	Portuguese Z-pinch

Best Rank

French: #67921 03.2011

Global: #207732 02.2009

Best Rank

French: #4521 06.2005

Global: #68472 05.2005

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