Optic tectum

Superior colliculus - structure in the mammalian midbrain. Article “Optic tectum” in Simple English Wikipedia has 19.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 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 “Optic tectum”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 248 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 12 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 661 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1580 in December 2015
• Global: #25266 in June 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #4634 in April 2017
• Global: #81683 in February 2010

There are 15 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) Superior colliculus		85.2185
2	Thai (th) Superior colliculus		60.1421
3	Russian (ru) Верхнее двухолмие		49.4543
4	Catalan (ca) Col·licle superior		29.3808
5	Japanese (ja) 上丘		26.1513
6	French (fr) Colliculus supérieur		25.7193
7	German (de) Colliculi superiores		24.5349
8	Arabic (ar) أكيمة علوية		23.1088
9	Korean (ko) 위둔덕		20.6795
10	Greek (el) Άνω διδύμιο		19.9482

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Superior colliculus		2 066 441
2	Spanish (es) Colículo superior		229 843
3	German (de) Colliculi superiores		139 070
4	Japanese (ja) 上丘		127 838
5	Portuguese (pt) Colículo superior		86 798
6	French (fr) Colliculus supérieur		77 005
7	Russian (ru) Верхнее двухолмие		65 334
8	Simple English (simple) Optic tectum		23 293
9	Greek (el) Άνω διδύμιο		16 370
10	Thai (th) Superior colliculus		12 943

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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 "Optic tectum" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Superior colliculus		2 605
2	Spanish (es) Colículo superior		397
3	Simple English (simple) Optic tectum		234
4	French (fr) Colliculus supérieur		164
5	Japanese (ja) 上丘		156
6	German (de) Colliculi superiores		150
7	Russian (ru) Верхнее двухолмие		145
8	Portuguese (pt) Colículo superior		104
9	Korean (ko) 위둔덕		78
10	Persian (fa) کولیکولوس فوقانی		57

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Superior colliculus		118
2	German (de) Colliculi superiores		27
3	Russian (ru) Верхнее двухолмие		21
4	French (fr) Colliculus supérieur		18
5	Spanish (es) Colículo superior		16
6	Portuguese (pt) Colículo superior		10
7	Greek (el) Άνω διδύμιο		8
8	Thai (th) Superior colliculus		7
9	Japanese (ja) 上丘		6
10	Turkish (tr) Üst tepe		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 "Optic tectum" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Superior colliculus		1
2	Arabic (ar) أكيمة علوية		0
3	Catalan (ca) Col·licle superior		0
4	German (de) Colliculi superiores		0
5	Greek (el) Άνω διδύμιο		0
6	Spanish (es) Colículo superior		0
7	Persian (fa) کولیکولوس فوقانی		0
8	French (fr) Colliculus supérieur		0
9	Japanese (ja) 上丘		0
10	Korean (ko) 위둔덕		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 "Optic tectum" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Superior colliculus		304
2	Thai (th) Superior colliculus		71
3	Arabic (ar) أكيمة علوية		47
4	Spanish (es) Colículo superior		36
5	Russian (ru) Верхнее двухолмие		33
6	Japanese (ja) 上丘		30
7	German (de) Colliculi superiores		29
8	French (fr) Colliculus supérieur		28
9	Korean (ko) 위둔덕		22
10	Catalan (ca) Col·licle superior		19

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أكيمة علوية
ca	Catalan Col·licle superior
de	German Colliculi superiores
el	Greek Άνω διδύμιο
en	English Superior colliculus
es	Spanish Colículo superior
fa	Persian کولیکولوس فوقانی
fr	French Colliculus supérieur
ja	Japanese 上丘
ko	Korean 위둔덕
pt	Portuguese Colículo superior
ru	Russian Верхнее двухолмие
simple	Simple English Optic tectum
th	Thai Superior colliculus
tr	Turkish Üst tepe

Best Rank

Simple English: #4634 04.2017

Global: #81683 02.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #1580 12.2015

Global: #25266 06.2023

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