Plane wave

Plane wave - type of wave propagating in 3 dimensions. Article “Plane wave” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

This article has the best quality in Polish Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Plane wave”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 435 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1174 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #7904 in July 2018
• Global: #1265 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #46774 in July 2018
• Global: #60063 in January 2015

There are 24 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	Polish (pl) Fala płaska		34.2594
2	Turkish (tr) Düzlem dalga		32.203
3	German (de) Ebene Welle		26.8748
4	Catalan (ca) Ona plana		25.0501
5	Japanese (ja) 平面波		23.5146
6	Chinese (zh) 平面波		22.5454
7	Italian (it) Onda piana		22.341
8	Arabic (ar) الموجة المستوية		21.5932
9	Finnish (fi) Tasoaalto		18.7477
10	English (en) Plane wave		18.3338

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Plane wave		1 655 420
2	Spanish (es) Onda plana		495 327
3	German (de) Ebene Welle		423 508
4	French (fr) Onde plane		332 085
5	Italian (it) Onda piana		324 397
6	Russian (ru) Плоская волна		280 796
7	Japanese (ja) 平面波		182 802
8	Polish (pl) Fala płaska		175 525
9	Chinese (zh) 平面波		147 412
10	Ukrainian (uk) Плоска хвиля		44 321

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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 "Plane wave" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Plane wave		2 080
2	German (de) Ebene Welle		655
3	French (fr) Onde plane		507
4	Russian (ru) Плоская волна		460
5	Italian (it) Onda piana		353
6	Chinese (zh) 平面波		264
7	Japanese (ja) 平面波		236
8	Spanish (es) Onda plana		200
9	Polish (pl) Fala płaska		157
10	Hebrew (he) גל מישורי		74

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Plane wave		79
2	German (de) Ebene Welle		69
3	Italian (it) Onda piana		56
4	French (fr) Onde plane		43
5	Japanese (ja) 平面波		30
6	Spanish (es) Onda plana		26
7	Hebrew (he) גל מישורי		19
8	Portuguese (pt) Onda plana		19
9	Polish (pl) Fala płaska		16
10	Chinese (zh) 平面波		13

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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 "Plane wave" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Korean (ko) 평면파		1
2	Arabic (ar) الموجة المستوية		0
3	Catalan (ca) Ona plana		0
4	German (de) Ebene Welle		0
5	English (en) Plane wave		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Ebena ondo		0
7	Spanish (es) Onda plana		0
8	Estonian (et) Tasalaine		0
9	Persian (fa) موج تخت		0
10	Finnish (fi) Tasoaalto		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 "Plane wave" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Plane wave		255
2	German (de) Ebene Welle		98
3	French (fr) Onde plane		98
4	Hebrew (he) גל מישורי		87
5	Italian (it) Onda piana		72
6	Polish (pl) Fala płaska		70
7	Japanese (ja) 平面波		60
8	Russian (ru) Плоская волна		56
9	Spanish (es) Onda plana		55
10	Chinese (zh) 平面波		49

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الموجة المستوية
ca	Catalan Ona plana
de	German Ebene Welle
en	English Plane wave
eo	Esperanto Ebena ondo
es	Spanish Onda plana
et	Estonian Tasalaine
fa	Persian موج تخت
fi	Finnish Tasoaalto
fr	French Onde plane
he	Hebrew גל מישורי
it	Italian Onda piana
ja	Japanese 平面波
ka	Georgian ბრტყელი ტალღა
ko	Korean 평면파
lt	Lithuanian Plokščia banga
pl	Polish Fala płaska
pt	Portuguese Onda plana
ru	Russian Плоская волна
simple	Simple English Plane wave
tr	Turkish Düzlem dalga
uk	Ukrainian Плоска хвиля
uz	Uzbek Yassi toʻlqin
zh	Chinese 平面波

Best Rank

Simple English: #46774 07.2018

Global: #60063 01.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #7904 07.2018

Global: #1265 02.2003

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