Golden Rice

Golden rice - genetically engineered variety of rice (Oryza sativa) with the addition of 3 beta-carotene biosynthesis genes, intended to produce fortified food to be grown in areas with vitamin A shortage; its health and environmental effects are uncertain. Article “Golden Rice” in Italian Wikipedia has 26.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 17 references and 8 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Golden Rice” was edited by 1 authors in Italian Wikipedia and written by 8 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Golden Rice”, its content was written by 43 registered users of Italian Wikipedia and edited by 1023 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 36 times in Italian Wikipedia and cited 1302 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Italian): #5891 in March 2025
• Global: #6836 in August 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Italian): #40632 in June 2024
• Global: #44144 in May 2013

There are 26 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) Golden rice		76.7983
2	German (de) Goldener Reis		72.401
3	Malay (ms) Padi emas		50.3389
4	Hindi (hi) सुनहला चावल		48.7959
5	Russian (ru) Золотой рис		41.1164
6	Japanese (ja) ゴールデンライス		41.0738
7	Finnish (fi) Kultainen riisi		40.7573
8	Indonesian (id) Padi emas		36.1375
9	Catalan (ca) Arròs d'or		35.372
10	French (fr) Riz doré		32.9693

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Golden Rice" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Golden rice		3 577 239
2	German (de) Goldener Reis		436 417
3	Spanish (es) Arroz dorado		246 456
4	Russian (ru) Золотой рис		180 607
5	French (fr) Riz doré		174 014
6	Chinese (zh) 黄金大米		169 480
7	Indonesian (id) Padi emas		117 358
8	Italian (it) Golden Rice		106 784
9	Hindi (hi) सुनहला चावल		91 736
10	Polish (pl) Ryż złoty		86 813

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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 "Golden Rice" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Golden rice		5 565
2	German (de) Goldener Reis		799
3	Chinese (zh) 黄金大米		421
4	Italian (it) Golden Rice		341
5	Russian (ru) Золотой рис		324
6	French (fr) Riz doré		323
7	Spanish (es) Arroz dorado		293
8	Japanese (ja) ゴールデンライス		261
9	Polish (pl) Ryż złoty		191
10	Portuguese (pt) Arroz-dourado		136

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Golden rice		334
2	German (de) Goldener Reis		192
3	French (fr) Riz doré		100
4	Dutch (nl) Gouden rijst		49
5	Italian (it) Golden Rice		43
6	Russian (ru) Золотой рис		34
7	Chinese (zh) 黄金大米		30
8	Spanish (es) Arroz dorado		27
9	Catalan (ca) Arròs d'or		23
10	Finnish (fi) Kultainen riisi		23

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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 "Golden Rice" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Riz doré		3
2	Arabic (ar) أرز ذهبي		1
3	Catalan (ca) Arròs d'or		1
4	German (de) Goldener Reis		1
5	Indonesian (id) Padi emas		1
6	Italian (it) Golden Rice		1
7	Danish (da) Golden rice		0
8	English (en) Golden rice		0
9	Spanish (es) Arroz dorado		0
10	Persian (fa) برنج طلایی		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 "Golden Rice" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Tamil (ta) தங்க அரிசி		483
2	English (en) Golden rice		227
3	French (fr) Riz doré		129
4	Chinese (zh) 黄金大米		84
5	Portuguese (pt) Arroz-dourado		62
6	Arabic (ar) أرز ذهبي		57
7	Swedish (sv) Gyllene ris		44
8	Korean (ko) 황금쌀		38
9	Italian (it) Golden Rice		36
10	Persian (fa) برنج طلایی		34

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أرز ذهبي
ca	Catalan Arròs d'or
da	Danish Golden rice
de	German Goldener Reis
en	English Golden rice
es	Spanish Arroz dorado
fa	Persian برنج طلایی
fi	Finnish Kultainen riisi
fr	French Riz doré
hi	Hindi सुनहला चावल
id	Indonesian Padi emas
it	Italian Golden Rice
ja	Japanese ゴールデンライス
ko	Korean 황금쌀
ms	Malay Padi emas
nl	Dutch Gouden rijst
pl	Polish Ryż złoty
pt	Portuguese Arroz-dourado
ru	Russian Золотой рис
sv	Swedish Gyllene ris
ta	Tamil தங்க அரிசி
th	Thai ข้าวทอง
uk	Ukrainian Золотий рис
ur	Urdu سنہرا چاول
vi	Vietnamese Gạo vàng
zh	Chinese 黄金大米

Best Rank

Italian: #40632 06.2024

Global: #44144 05.2013

Best Rank

Italian: #5891 03.2025

Global: #6836 08.2015

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