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Kin selection

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Kin selection - the evolutionary strategy that favours the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction. Article “Kin selection” in Simple English Wikipedia has 27.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 2 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 “Kin selection”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 711 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 18 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2440 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2789 in January 2021
  • Global: #4489 in August 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #10907 in April 2012
  • Global: #61384 in May 2014

There are 30 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)
Kin selection
97.2679
2Finnish (fi)
Sukulaisvalinta
53.6329
3Galician (gl)
Selección de parentesco
50.9708
4Portuguese (pt)
Seleção de parentesco
45.2022
5Japanese (ja)
血縁選択説
43.1376
6French (fr)
Sélection de parentèle
35.9028
7Arabic (ar)
اصطفاء القرابة
31.8586
8German (de)
Verwandtenselektion
29.4035
9Simple English (simple)
Kin selection
27.758
10Swedish (sv)
Släktskapsselektion
25.7846
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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 "Kin selection" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Kin selection
1 868 222
2Japanese (ja)
血縁選択説
278 938
3German (de)
Verwandtenselektion
247 517
4Spanish (es)
Selección de parentesco
138 524
5Polish (pl)
Dobór krewniaczy
118 874
6Russian (ru)
Родственный отбор
116 121
7French (fr)
Sélection de parentèle
113 766
8Chinese (zh)
親屬選擇
94 234
9Portuguese (pt)
Seleção de parentesco
86 784
10Italian (it)
Selezione parentale
73 001
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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 "Kin selection" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Kin selection
5 346
2Japanese (ja)
血縁選択説
771
3German (de)
Verwandtenselektion
424
4Simple English (simple)
Kin selection
309
5Chinese (zh)
親屬選擇
301
6French (fr)
Sélection de parentèle
271
7Russian (ru)
Родственный отбор
258
8Italian (it)
Selezione parentale
227
9Spanish (es)
Selección de parentesco
152
10Polish (pl)
Dobór krewniaczy
151
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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 "Kin selection" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Kin selection
232
2French (fr)
Sélection de parentèle
63
3German (de)
Verwandtenselektion
62
4Hebrew (he)
ברירת שארים
38
5Polish (pl)
Dobór krewniaczy
32
6Italian (it)
Selezione parentale
30
7Japanese (ja)
血縁選択説
27
8Portuguese (pt)
Seleção de parentesco
25
9Hungarian (hu)
Rokonszelekció
24
10Russian (ru)
Родственный отбор
23
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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 "Kin selection" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Kin selection
1
2Arabic (ar)
اصطفاء القرابة
0
3Bulgarian (bg)
Роднински отбор
0
4Catalan (ca)
Selecció de parentiu
0
5Czech (cs)
Příbuzenský výběr
0
6Danish (da)
Kinselektion
0
7German (de)
Verwandtenselektion
0
8Spanish (es)
Selección de parentesco
0
9Persian (fa)
انتخاب خویشاوندی
0
10Finnish (fi)
Sukulaisvalinta
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 "Kin selection" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Kin selection
731
2Turkish (tr)
Akraba seçilimi
189
3Arabic (ar)
اصطفاء القرابة
186
4Portuguese (pt)
Seleção de parentesco
149
5Japanese (ja)
血縁選択説
144
6Chinese (zh)
親屬選擇
131
7Persian (fa)
انتخاب خویشاوندی
109
8Ukrainian (uk)
Родинний добір
103
9French (fr)
Sélection de parentèle
102
10Polish (pl)
Dobór krewniaczy
98
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
اصطفاء القرابة
bgBulgarian
Роднински отбор
caCatalan
Selecció de parentiu
csCzech
Příbuzenský výběr
daDanish
Kinselektion
deGerman
Verwandtenselektion
enEnglish
Kin selection
esSpanish
Selección de parentesco
faPersian
انتخاب خویشاوندی
fiFinnish
Sukulaisvalinta
frFrench
Sélection de parentèle
glGalician
Selección de parentesco
heHebrew
ברירת שארים
huHungarian
Rokonszelekció
idIndonesian
Seleksi kerabat
itItalian
Selezione parentale
jaJapanese
血縁選択説
koKorean
친족 선택
nlDutch
Verwantenselectie
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Slektskapsseleksjon
noNorwegian
Slektskapsseleksjon
plPolish
Dobór krewniaczy
ptPortuguese
Seleção de parentesco
ruRussian
Родственный отбор
simpleSimple English
Kin selection
svSwedish
Släktskapsselektion
trTurkish
Akraba seçilimi
ukUkrainian
Родинний добір
viVietnamese
Chọn lọc theo dòng dõi
zhChinese
親屬選擇

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#10907
04.2012
Global:
#61384
05.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2789
01.2021
Global:
#4489
08.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Kin selection from Wikipedia articles about Eusociality, Biology and sexual orientation, Homosexuality, J.B.S. Haldane and Confused flour beetle. Whereas reading the article about Kin selection people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Biological altruism, Inclusive fitness, W. D. Hamilton, Group selection and The Selfish Gene.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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