Surface wave

Surface wave - mechanical wave that propagates along the interface between differing media. Article “Surface wave” in Simple English Wikipedia has 18.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 9 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 “Surface wave”, its content was written by 15 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 407 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 855 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1315 in January 2015
• Global: #6809 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #13337 in June 2013
• Global: #117547 in February 2012

There are 22 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) Surface wave		45.6576
2	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Overflatebølgje		32.9535
3	Catalan (ca) Ona superficial		29.1307
4	Spanish (es) Onda superficial		27.0538
5	Ukrainian (uk) Поверхневі хвилі		26.5407
6	Indonesian (id) Gelombang permukaan		18.6032
7	Korean (ko) 표면파		18.4305
8	Simple English (simple) Surface wave		18.3045
9	Italian (it) Onda superficiale		18.2686
10	Turkish (tr) Yüzey dalgası		15.5443

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Surface wave		1 363 546
2	Japanese (ja) 表面波		99 682
3	German (de) Oberflächenwelle		64 343
4	Chinese (zh) 面波		62 551
5	Ukrainian (uk) Поверхневі хвилі		57 295
6	Italian (it) Onda superficiale		40 820
7	Indonesian (id) Gelombang permukaan		39 658
8	Arabic (ar) موجة سطحية		34 767
9	Spanish (es) Onda superficial		16 103
10	Turkish (tr) Yüzey dalgası		13 283

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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 "Surface wave" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Surface wave		1 433
2	Japanese (ja) 表面波		172
3	Chinese (zh) 面波		149
4	Spanish (es) Onda superficial		76
5	Ukrainian (uk) Поверхневі хвилі		63
6	German (de) Oberflächenwelle		62
7	Italian (it) Onda superficiale		47
8	Persian (fa) موج سطحی		33
9	Korean (ko) 표면파		28
10	Simple English (simple) Surface wave		25

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

Language versions of the article "Surface 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) Surface wave		200
2	Italian (it) Onda superficiale		29
3	Ukrainian (uk) Поверхневі хвилі		23
4	German (de) Oberflächenwelle		18
5	Finnish (fi) Pinta-aalto		15
6	Hebrew (he) גלי קרקע		15
7	Dutch (nl) Oppervlaktegolf		15
8	Simple English (simple) Surface wave		15
9	Japanese (ja) 表面波		13
10	Chinese (zh) 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 "Surface wave" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Surface wave		1
2	Arabic (ar) موجة سطحية		0
3	Catalan (ca) Ona superficial		0
4	German (de) Oberflächenwelle		0
5	Spanish (es) Onda superficial		0
6	Estonian (et) Pinnalained		0
7	Persian (fa) موج سطحی		0
8	Finnish (fi) Pinta-aalto		0
9	Hebrew (he) גלי קרקע		0
10	Hindi (hi) पृष्ठीय तरंग		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 "Surface wave" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Surface wave		240
2	Ukrainian (uk) Поверхневі хвилі		226
3	Chinese (zh) 面波		148
4	Korean (ko) 표면파		37
5	Japanese (ja) 表面波		26
6	Italian (it) Onda superficiale		25
7	German (de) Oberflächenwelle		24
8	Arabic (ar) موجة سطحية		18
9	Estonian (et) Pinnalained		16
10	Persian (fa) موج سطحی		16

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic موجة سطحية
ca	Catalan Ona superficial
de	German Oberflächenwelle
en	English Surface wave
es	Spanish Onda superficial
et	Estonian Pinnalained
fa	Persian موج سطحی
fi	Finnish Pinta-aalto
he	Hebrew גלי קרקע
hi	Hindi पृष्ठीय तरंग
id	Indonesian Gelombang permukaan
it	Italian Onda superficiale
ja	Japanese 表面波
ko	Korean 표면파
nl	Dutch Oppervlaktegolf
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Overflatebølgje
no	Norwegian Overflatebølge
simple	Simple English Surface wave
sv	Swedish Ytvåg
tr	Turkish Yüzey dalgası
uk	Ukrainian Поверхневі хвилі
zh	Chinese 面波

Best Rank

Simple English: #13337 06.2013

Global: #117547 02.2012

Best Rank

Simple English: #1315 01.2015

Global: #6809 05.2002

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