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Bow shock

Quality:

Bow shock - boundary between a magnetosphere and an ambient magnetized medium, for example when the solar wind encounters the magnetic field of Earth. Article “Bow shock” in Italian Wikipedia has 24.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Bow shock”, its content was written by 28 registered users of Italian Wikipedia and edited by 292 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 102 times in Italian Wikipedia and cited 1118 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Italian): #6248 in July 2006
  • Global: #28559 in July 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Italian): #36145 in July 2015
  • Global: #124242 in June 2012

There are 23 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Bow shock
57.2287
2Simple English (simple)
Bow shock
52.679
3Ukrainian (uk)
Дугоподібна ударна хвиля
47.1791
4Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
45.2936
5Persian (fa)
شوک تعظیم
33.5202
6Latin (la)
Unda prorae (astronomia)
29.825
7Arabic (ar)
انحناء صدمي
29.7078
8German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
28.489
9Italian (it)
Bow shock
24.7534
10Belarusian (be)
Галоўная ўдарная хваля
22.1294
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Bow shock" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Bow shock
728 835
2Japanese (ja)
バウショック
170 454
3Italian (it)
Bow shock
95 279
4Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
58 947
5Chinese (zh)
弓形震波
44 291
6German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
27 360
7Spanish (es)
Arco de choque
27 114
8Korean (ko)
활모양충격파
24 236
9Dutch (nl)
Boegschok
15 914
10Portuguese (pt)
Choque em arco
13 478
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Bow shock" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Bow shock
3 439
2Japanese (ja)
バウショック
769
3Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
262
4Simple English (simple)
Bow shock
237
5Italian (it)
Bow shock
199
6Spanish (es)
Arco de choque
141
7Chinese (zh)
弓形震波
140
8German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
121
9Korean (ko)
활모양충격파
76
10French (fr)
Arc de choc
45
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Bow shock" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Bow shock
92
2Italian (it)
Bow shock
28
3Norwegian (no)
Baugsjokket
17
4Korean (ko)
활모양충격파
16
5Japanese (ja)
バウショック
15
6Dutch (nl)
Boegschok
15
7French (fr)
Arc de choc
14
8German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
12
9Chinese (zh)
弓形震波
12
10Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
11
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Bow shock" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
انحناء صدمي
0
2Belarusian (be)
Галоўная ўдарная хваля
0
3Catalan (ca)
Xoc en arc
0
4German (de)
Bugstoßwelle
0
5English (en)
Bow shock
0
6Spanish (es)
Arco de choque
0
7Basque (eu)
Talka arku
0
8Persian (fa)
شوک تعظیم
0
9French (fr)
Arc de choc
0
10Croatian (hr)
Udarni front (astrofizika)
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Bow shock" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Bow shock
221
2Chinese (zh)
弓形震波
137
3Italian (it)
Bow shock
102
4Japanese (ja)
バウショック
80
5Korean (ko)
활모양충격파
76
6Russian (ru)
Головная ударная волна
70
7Catalan (ca)
Xoc en arc
67
8Arabic (ar)
انحناء صدمي
65
9Portuguese (pt)
Choque em arco
51
10Norwegian (no)
Baugsjokket
46
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
انحناء صدمي
beBelarusian
Галоўная ўдарная хваля
caCatalan
Xoc en arc
deGerman
Bugstoßwelle
enEnglish
Bow shock
esSpanish
Arco de choque
euBasque
Talka arku
faPersian
شوک تعظیم
frFrench
Arc de choc
hrCroatian
Udarni front (astrofizika)
itItalian
Bow shock
jaJapanese
バウショック
koKorean
활모양충격파
laLatin
Unda prorae (astronomia)
ltLithuanian
Kilio banga (astronomija)
nlDutch
Boegschok
noNorwegian
Baugsjokket
ptPortuguese
Choque em arco
ruRussian
Головная ударная волна
simpleSimple English
Bow shock
trTurkish
Yay şoku
ukUkrainian
Дугоподібна ударна хвиля
zhChinese
弓形震波

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Italian:
#36145
07.2015
Global:
#124242
06.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank Italian:
#6248
07.2006
Global:
#28559
07.2011

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Bow shock from Wikipedia articles about Betelgeuse, Heliosphere, Heliopause, Voyager 1 and Outer space. Whereas reading the article about Bow shock people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Heliosphere, Stellar wind, Magnetopause, Bow shock and Zeta Ophiuchi.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Bow shock

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