Rock cycle

Rock cycle - time-consuming transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. Article “Rock cycle” in Simple English Wikipedia has 28.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 7 references and 1 sections.

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

In June 2026 the article “Rock cycle” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (4529^th place) and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Rock cycle”, its content was written by 39 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (4420^th place) and edited by 998 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 401 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #69 in August 2015
• Global: #12536 in November 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #239 in July 2019
• Global: #31267 in January 2020

There are 27 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) Rock cycle		51.3473
2	Basque (eu) Litogenesi		32.743
3	Tamil (ta) பாறை வட்டம்		30.7913
4	Turkish (tr) Kayaç döngüsü		30.065
5	Simple English (simple) Rock cycle		28.5121
6	Spanish (es) Ciclo litológico		24.1687
7	Arabic (ar) دورة صخرية		23.7713
8	Hebrew (he) מחזור הסלעים		19.8243
9	Indonesian (id) Siklus batuan		18.7698
10	Czech (cs) Horninotvorný cyklus		18.6008

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Rock cycle" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rock cycle		3 007 750
2	Spanish (es) Ciclo litológico		998 948
3	Indonesian (id) Siklus batuan		422 608
4	Thai (th) วัฏจักรของหิน		407 360
5	German (de) Kreislauf der Gesteine		393 180
6	Italian (it) Ciclo litogenetico		274 587
7	Simple English (simple) Rock cycle		231 450
8	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo das rochas		228 536
9	French (fr) Cycle géologique		165 724
10	Turkish (tr) Kayaç döngüsü		112 077

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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 "Rock cycle" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rock cycle		2 647
2	German (de) Kreislauf der Gesteine		468
3	Persian (fa) چرخه سنگ		459
4	Spanish (es) Ciclo litológico		339
5	Indonesian (id) Siklus batuan		221
6	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo das rochas		216
7	Italian (it) Ciclo litogenetico		162
8	French (fr) Cycle géologique		120
9	Chinese (zh) 岩石循環		94
10	Simple English (simple) Rock cycle		91

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rock cycle		450
2	German (de) Kreislauf der Gesteine		96
3	Italian (it) Ciclo litogenetico		59
4	Spanish (es) Ciclo litológico		51
5	Simple English (simple) Rock cycle		39
6	Turkish (tr) Kayaç döngüsü		36
7	French (fr) Cycle géologique		27
8	Dutch (nl) Gesteentecyclus		26
9	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo das rochas		25
10	Hebrew (he) מחזור הסלעים		22

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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 "Rock cycle" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rock cycle		3
2	Indonesian (id) Siklus batuan		2
3	Simple English (simple) Rock cycle		1
4	Arabic (ar) دورة صخرية		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Скален цикъл		0
6	Czech (cs) Horninotvorný cyklus		0
7	German (de) Kreislauf der Gesteine		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Cirkulado de la rokaĵoj		0
9	Spanish (es) Ciclo litológico		0
10	Estonian (et) Kivimite ringe		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 "Rock cycle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Rock cycle		86
2	French (fr) Cycle géologique		74
3	German (de) Kreislauf der Gesteine		44
4	Portuguese (pt) Ciclo das rochas		34
5	Chinese (zh) 岩石循環		21
6	Arabic (ar) دورة صخرية		19
7	Vietnamese (vi) Chu trình thạch học		14
8	Hebrew (he) מחזור הסלעים		12
9	Estonian (et) Kivimite ringe		11
10	Dutch (nl) Gesteentecyclus		10

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic دورة صخرية
bg	Bulgarian Скален цикъл
cs	Czech Horninotvorný cyklus
de	German Kreislauf der Gesteine
en	English Rock cycle
eo	Esperanto Cirkulado de la rokaĵoj
es	Spanish Ciclo litológico
et	Estonian Kivimite ringe
eu	Basque Litogenesi
fa	Persian چرخه سنگ
fi	Finnish Kivien kiertokulku
fr	French Cycle géologique
he	Hebrew מחזור הסלעים
id	Indonesian Siklus batuan
it	Italian Ciclo litogenetico
ko	Korean 암석의 순환
nl	Dutch Gesteentecyclus
no	Norwegian Geologisk kretsløp
pl	Polish Cykl skalny
pt	Portuguese Ciclo das rochas
simple	Simple English Rock cycle
sv	Swedish Geologiska kretsloppet
ta	Tamil பாறை வட்டம்
th	Thai วัฏจักรของหิน
tr	Turkish Kayaç döngüsü
vi	Vietnamese Chu trình thạch học
zh	Chinese 岩石循環

Best Rank

Simple English: #239 07.2019

Global: #31267 01.2020

Best Rank

Simple English: #69 08.2015

Global: #12536 11.2014

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