Michael Smith (chemist)

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Michael Smith (chemist)

Quality:

Michael Smith - Canadian Nobel laureate in chemistry. Article “Michael Smith (chemist)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 25.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 6 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 “Michael Smith (chemist)”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 645 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 139 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 6421 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2486 in August 2021
  • Global: #5189 in September 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #28041 in January 2015
  • Global: #252820 in April 2008

There are 38 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Michael Smith (chemist)
52.8001
2Hebrew (he)
מייקל סמית'
36.606
3Malay (ms)
Michael Smith
35.8191
4Spanish (es)
Michael Smith (químico)
34.7797
5Hungarian (hu)
Michael Smith (kémikus)
29.8195
6Armenian (hy)
Մայքլ Սմիթ
29.4418
7Arabic (ar)
مايكل سميث
29.4233
8Latin (la)
Michael Smith (chemicus)
27.2982
9Azerbaijani (az)
Maykl Smit
27.2153
10Swedish (sv)
Michael Smith
26.3003
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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 "Michael Smith (chemist)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Michael Smith (chemist)
334 704
2Polish (pl)
Michael Smith (chemik)
60 201
3French (fr)
Michael Smith
45 996
4Spanish (es)
Michael Smith (químico)
37 319
5German (de)
Michael Smith (Chemiker)
29 115
6Portuguese (pt)
Michael Smith
24 321
7Italian (it)
Michael Smith (chimico)
18 473
8Arabic (ar)
مايكل سميث
17 811
9Russian (ru)
Смит, Майкл (биохимик)
15 446
10Japanese (ja)
マイケル・スミス (化学者)
14 466
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Michael Smith (chemist)" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Michael Smith (chemist)
718
2Chinese (zh)
迈克尔·史密斯 (化学家)
84
3Russian (ru)
Смит, Майкл (биохимик)
59
4Vietnamese (vi)
Michael Smith
54
5Simple English (simple)
Michael Smith (chemist)
48
6German (de)
Michael Smith (Chemiker)
44
7Spanish (es)
Michael Smith (químico)
37
8French (fr)
Michael Smith
37
9Persian (fa)
مایکل اسمیت
34
10Japanese (ja)
マイケル・スミス (化学者)
34
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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 "Michael Smith (chemist)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Michael Smith (chemist)
105
2French (fr)
Michael Smith
61
3German (de)
Michael Smith (Chemiker)
48
4Italian (it)
Michael Smith (chimico)
37
5Russian (ru)
Смит, Майкл (биохимик)
32
6Dutch (nl)
Michael Smith (scheikundige)
27
7Spanish (es)
Michael Smith (químico)
21
8Hebrew (he)
מייקל סמית'
21
9Galician (gl)
Michael Smith
20
10Finnish (fi)
Michael Smith
18
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Michael Smith (chemist)" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Michael Smith (chemist)
1
2Hungarian (hu)
Michael Smith (kémikus)
1
3Arabic (ar)
مايكل سميث
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Maykl Smit
0
5Belarusian (be)
Майкл Сміт
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Майкъл Смит (химик)
0
7Catalan (ca)
Michael Smith
0
8Czech (cs)
Michael Smith (chemik)
0
9Danish (da)
Michael Smith (kemiker)
0
10German (de)
Michael Smith (Chemiker)
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 "Michael Smith (chemist)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Michael Smith (chemist)
445
2Chinese (zh)
迈克尔·史密斯 (化学家)
406
3Arabic (ar)
مايكل سميث
318
4French (fr)
Michael Smith
266
5Persian (fa)
مایکل اسمیت
218
6German (de)
Michael Smith (Chemiker)
217
7Korean (ko)
마이클 스미스 (화학자)
212
8Ukrainian (uk)
Майкл Сміт
211
9Italian (it)
Michael Smith (chimico)
210
10Czech (cs)
Michael Smith (chemik)
209
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مايكل سميث
azAzerbaijani
Maykl Smit
beBelarusian
Майкл Сміт
bgBulgarian
Майкъл Смит (химик)
caCatalan
Michael Smith
csCzech
Michael Smith (chemik)
daDanish
Michael Smith (kemiker)
deGerman
Michael Smith (Chemiker)
enEnglish
Michael Smith (chemist)
esSpanish
Michael Smith (químico)
euBasque
Michael Smith (kimikaria)
faPersian
مایکل اسمیت
fiFinnish
Michael Smith
frFrench
Michael Smith
glGalician
Michael Smith
heHebrew
מייקל סמית'
huHungarian
Michael Smith (kémikus)
hyArmenian
Մայքլ Սմիթ
idIndonesian
Michael Smith (kimiawan)
itItalian
Michael Smith (chimico)
jaJapanese
マイケル・スミス (化学者)
koKorean
마이클 스미스 (화학자)
laLatin
Michael Smith (chemicus)
msMalay
Michael Smith
nlDutch
Michael Smith (scheikundige)
noNorwegian
Michael Smith (kjemiker)
plPolish
Michael Smith (chemik)
ptPortuguese
Michael Smith
roRomanian
Michael Smith
ruRussian
Смит, Майкл (биохимик)
simpleSimple English
Michael Smith (chemist)
skSlovak
Michael Smith (chemik)
svSwedish
Michael Smith
trTurkish
Michael Smith (kimyager)
ukUkrainian
Майкл Сміт
urUrdu
مائیکل سمتھ (کیمیا دان)
viVietnamese
Michael Smith
zhChinese
迈克尔·史密斯 (化学家)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#28041
01.2015
Global:
#252820
04.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2486
08.2021
Global:
#5189
09.2011

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Michael Smith from Wikipedia articles about Kary Mullis, Polymerase chain reaction, List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry, Blackpool and List of Nobel laureates by country. Whereas reading the article about Michael Smith people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Site-directed mutagenesis, Har Gobind Khorana, Kary Mullis, Mutagenesis and Blackpool.

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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