Key derivation function

Key derivation function - function that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value. Article “Key derivation function” in Simple English Wikipedia has 29.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Key derivation function”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 198 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1117 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #5232 in October 2019
• Global: #43831 in June 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #21878 in October 2019
• Global: #85400 in October 2015

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, 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) Key derivation function		29.9651
2	Simple English (simple) Key derivation function		29.7243
3	Turkish (tr) Anahtar türetme fonksiyonu		28.3874
4	Thai (th) ฟังก์ชันแปลงให้เป็นกุญแจ		23.083
5	Ukrainian (uk) Функція формування ключа		22.6538
6	Korean (ko) 키 유도 함수		22.3233
7	Spanish (es) Función de derivación de clave		18.81
8	Russian (ru) Функция формирования ключа		15.5326
9	German (de) Schlüsselableitung		11.94
10	Japanese (ja) 鍵導出関数		11.9295

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Key derivation function" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Key derivation function		1 220 925
2	Russian (ru) Функция формирования ключа		41 943
3	Japanese (ja) 鍵導出関数		29 722
4	French (fr) Fonction de dérivation de clé		23 704
5	Italian (it) Derivazione di una chiave crittografica		23 432
6	Chinese (zh) 密钥派生函数		22 030
7	German (de) Schlüsselableitung		17 950
8	Spanish (es) Función de derivación de clave		12 046
9	Czech (cs) Funkce pro odvození klíče		8 947
10	Turkish (tr) Anahtar türetme fonksiyonu		2 027

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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 "Key derivation function" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Key derivation function		3 908
2	Japanese (ja) 鍵導出関数		231
3	French (fr) Fonction de dérivation de clé		168
4	Russian (ru) Функция формирования ключа		148
5	Chinese (zh) 密钥派生函数		147
6	German (de) Schlüsselableitung		67
7	Spanish (es) Función de derivación de clave		49
8	Italian (it) Derivazione di una chiave crittografica		48
9	Korean (ko) 키 유도 함수		32
10	Czech (cs) Funkce pro odvození klíče		20

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Key derivation function		100
2	Italian (it) Derivazione di una chiave crittografica		25
3	German (de) Schlüsselableitung		14
4	Japanese (ja) 鍵導出関数		10
5	Russian (ru) Функция формирования ключа		8
6	Turkish (tr) Anahtar türetme fonksiyonu		8
7	Czech (cs) Funkce pro odvození klíče		7
8	French (fr) Fonction de dérivation de clé		6
9	Ukrainian (uk) Функція формування ключа		6
10	Spanish (es) Función de derivación de clave		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 "Key derivation function" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Czech (cs) Funkce pro odvození klíče		0
2	German (de) Schlüsselableitung		0
3	English (en) Key derivation function		0
4	Spanish (es) Función de derivación de clave		0
5	French (fr) Fonction de dérivation de clé		0
6	Italian (it) Derivazione di una chiave crittografica		0
7	Japanese (ja) 鍵導出関数		0
8	Korean (ko) 키 유도 함수		0
9	Russian (ru) Функция формирования ключа		0
10	Simple English (simple) Key derivation function		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 "Key derivation function" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Key derivation function		670
2	Korean (ko) 키 유도 함수		95
3	Russian (ru) Функция формирования ключа		94
4	Ukrainian (uk) Функція формування ключа		54
5	Chinese (zh) 密钥派生函数		49
6	Japanese (ja) 鍵導出関数		48
7	Turkish (tr) Anahtar türetme fonksiyonu		27
8	French (fr) Fonction de dérivation de clé		21
9	Czech (cs) Funkce pro odvození klíče		17
10	German (de) Schlüsselableitung		11

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech Funkce pro odvození klíče
de	German Schlüsselableitung
en	English Key derivation function
es	Spanish Función de derivación de clave
fr	French Fonction de dérivation de clé
it	Italian Derivazione di una chiave crittografica
ja	Japanese 鍵導出関数
ko	Korean 키 유도 함수
ru	Russian Функция формирования ключа
simple	Simple English Key derivation function
th	Thai ฟังก์ชันแปลงให้เป็นกุญแจ
tr	Turkish Anahtar türetme fonksiyonu
uk	Ukrainian Функція формування ключа
zh	Chinese 密钥派生函数

Best Rank

Simple English: #21878 10.2019

Global: #85400 10.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #5232 10.2019

Global: #43831 06.2004

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