MELAS

MELAS syndrome - one of the family of mitochondrial cytopathies, which also include MERRF, and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Article “MELAS” in Japanese Wikipedia has 12.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 6 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “MELAS”, its content was written by 15 registered users of Japanese Wikipedia and edited by 184 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 14 times in Japanese Wikipedia and cited 350 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Japanese): #7887 in March 2006
• Global: #63565 in December 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Japanese): #97447 in August 2015
• Global: #70327 in November 2013

There are 14 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) MELAS syndrome		50.8673
2	Chinese (zh) MELAS症候群		47.8201
3	Russian (ru) Синдром MELAS		33.2486
4	Swedish (sv) Melas		31.6529
5	French (fr) Syndrome MELAS		28.3401
6	Latin (la) Syndroma MELAS		27.149
7	Lithuanian (lt) MELAS sindromas		26.312
8	Persian (fa) نشانگان ملاس		23.0553
9	Arabic (ar) متلازمة ميلاس		21.3187
10	Turkish (tr) MELAS sendromu		19.7893

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) MELAS syndrome		1 246 459
2	Spanish (es) Síndrome MELAS		305 877
3	Russian (ru) Синдром MELAS		145 499
4	Japanese (ja) MELAS		125 457
5	Polish (pl) Zespół MELAS		110 225
6	French (fr) Syndrome MELAS		109 022
7	Italian (it) Encefalomiopatia mitocondriale con acidosi lattica ed episodi tipo ictus		43 721
8	Arabic (ar) متلازمة ميلاس		30 455
9	Chinese (zh) MELAS症候群		20 653
10	Persian (fa) نشانگان ملاس		11 333

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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 "MELAS" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) MELAS syndrome		3 736
2	Spanish (es) Síndrome MELAS		767
3	Russian (ru) Синдром MELAS		664
4	French (fr) Syndrome MELAS		593
5	Polish (pl) Zespół MELAS		480
6	Chinese (zh) MELAS症候群		322
7	Japanese (ja) MELAS		170
8	Turkish (tr) MELAS sendromu		131
9	Arabic (ar) متلازمة ميلاس		128
10	Italian (it) Encefalomiopatia mitocondriale con acidosi lattica ed episodi tipo ictus		93

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) MELAS syndrome		64
2	French (fr) Syndrome MELAS		24
3	Italian (it) Encefalomiopatia mitocondriale con acidosi lattica ed episodi tipo ictus		20
4	Japanese (ja) MELAS		15
5	Arabic (ar) متلازمة ميلاس		14
6	Spanish (es) Síndrome MELAS		12
7	Russian (ru) Синдром MELAS		8
8	Swedish (sv) Melas		7
9	Turkish (tr) MELAS sendromu		6
10	Polish (pl) Zespół MELAS		5

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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 "MELAS" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) MELAS syndrome		1
2	Italian (it) Encefalomiopatia mitocondriale con acidosi lattica ed episodi tipo ictus		1
3	Arabic (ar) متلازمة ميلاس		0
4	Spanish (es) Síndrome MELAS		0
5	Persian (fa) نشانگان ملاس		0
6	French (fr) Syndrome MELAS		0
7	Japanese (ja) MELAS		0
8	Latin (la) Syndroma MELAS		0
9	Lithuanian (lt) MELAS sindromas		0
10	Polish (pl) Zespół MELAS		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 "MELAS" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Russian (ru) Синдром MELAS		135
2	English (en) MELAS syndrome		119
3	French (fr) Syndrome MELAS		14
4	Japanese (ja) MELAS		14
5	Arabic (ar) متلازمة ميلاس		13
6	Persian (fa) نشانگان ملاس		12
7	Italian (it) Encefalomiopatia mitocondriale con acidosi lattica ed episodi tipo ictus		11
8	Polish (pl) Zespół MELAS		9
9	Latin (la) Syndroma MELAS		7
10	Spanish (es) Síndrome MELAS		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic متلازمة ميلاس
en	English MELAS syndrome
es	Spanish Síndrome MELAS
fa	Persian نشانگان ملاس
fr	French Syndrome MELAS
it	Italian Encefalomiopatia mitocondriale con acidosi lattica ed episodi tipo ictus
ja	Japanese MELAS
la	Latin Syndroma MELAS
lt	Lithuanian MELAS sindromas
pl	Polish Zespół MELAS
ru	Russian Синдром MELAS
sv	Swedish Melas
tr	Turkish MELAS sendromu
zh	Chinese MELAS症候群

Best Rank

Japanese: #97447 08.2015

Global: #70327 11.2013

Best Rank

Japanese: #7887 03.2006

Global: #63565 12.2016

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