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Thalidomide scandal

Quality:

Phocomelia due to thalidomide - medical condition. Article “Thalidomide scandal” in Simple English Wikipedia has 56.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 25 references and 8 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Thalidomide scandal”, its content was written by 11 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 481 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 251 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #544 in April 2026
  • Global: #20893 in November 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1928 in September 2021
  • Global: #2931 in December 2020

There are 12 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
1German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
83.0199
2English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
80.7231
3Greek (el)
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
79.5087
4Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
56.4456
5Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
37.8067
6Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
28.6302
7Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
28.0622
8Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
20.7156
9Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
20.3737
10Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
16.7741
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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 "Thalidomide scandal" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
4 952 761
2English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
2 725 973
3Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
421 832
4Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
104 238
5Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
42 579
6Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
30 795
7Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
26 606
8Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
12 863
9Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
11 727
10Finnish (fi)
Contergan-skandaali
6 999
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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 "Thalidomide scandal" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
27 260
2German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
15 559
3Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
1 027
4Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
745
5Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
576
6Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
282
7Greek (el)
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
172
8Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
151
9Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
73
10Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
55
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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 "Thalidomide scandal" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
300
2English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
76
3Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
33
4Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
18
5Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
11
6Finnish (fi)
Contergan-skandaali
9
7Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
9
8Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
9
9Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
7
10Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
4
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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 "Thalidomide scandal" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
3
2Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
2
3Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
0
4German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
0
5Greek (el)
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
0
6Finnish (fi)
Contergan-skandaali
0
7Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
0
8Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
0
9Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
0
10Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
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 "Thalidomide scandal" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Contergan-Skandal
143
2English (en)
Thalidomide scandal
51
3Swedish (sv)
Neurosedynskandalen
18
4Chinese (zh)
反应停事件
12
5Polish (pl)
Embriopatia talidomidowa
8
6Spanish (es)
Escándalo de la Talidomida
7
7Arabic (ar)
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
6
8Portuguese (pt)
Escândalo da talidomida
2
9Simple English (simple)
Thalidomide scandal
2
10Slovak (sk)
Conterganová aféra
2
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
فضيحة الثاليدومايد
deGerman
Contergan-Skandal
elGreek
Σκάνδαλο της θαλιδομίδης
enEnglish
Thalidomide scandal
esSpanish
Escándalo de la Talidomida
fiFinnish
Contergan-skandaali
plPolish
Embriopatia talidomidowa
ptPortuguese
Escândalo da talidomida
simpleSimple English
Thalidomide scandal
skSlovak
Conterganová aféra
svSwedish
Neurosedynskandalen
zhChinese
反应停事件

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1928
09.2021
Global:
#2931
12.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#544
04.2026
Global:
#20893
11.2007

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Phocomelia due to thalidomide from Wikipedia articles about Thalidomide, Phocomelia, Grünenthal GmbH, Contergan and The Passenger. Whereas reading the article about Phocomelia due to thalidomide people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Thalidomide, Phocomelia, Grünenthal GmbH, Frances Oldham Kelsey and Mat Fraser.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

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In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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