Thoracotomy

Thoracotomy - surgical procedure to gain access into the pleural space of the chest. Article “Thoracotomy” in Simple English Wikipedia has 21.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 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.

Since the creation of article “Thoracotomy”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 289 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 607 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #13975 in September 2025
• Global: #44784 in December 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #61336 in September 2009
• Global: #19330 in April 2013

There are 18 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) Thoracotomy		30.5433
2	Serbian (sr) Торакотомија		29.9388
3	Russian (ru) Торакотомия		29.6895
4	German (de) Thorakotomie		24.1492
5	French (fr) Thoracotomie		23.0361
6	Kazakh (kk) Торакотомия		22.9396
7	Simple English (simple) Thoracotomy		21.8321
8	Arabic (ar) بضع الصدر		15.576
9	Polish (pl) Torakotomia		12.7232
10	Portuguese (pt) Toracotomia		4.8011

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Thoracotomy		3 333 702
2	Spanish (es) Toracotomía		399 995
3	Russian (ru) Торакотомия		316 012
4	German (de) Thorakotomie		308 770
5	French (fr) Thoracotomie		275 155
6	Portuguese (pt) Toracotomia		205 503
7	Polish (pl) Torakotomia		155 546
8	Italian (it) Toracotomia		79 728
9	Japanese (ja) 開胸術		74 417
10	Dutch (nl) Thoracotomie		38 824

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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 "Thoracotomy" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Thoracotomy		6 350
2	Russian (ru) Торакотомия		583
3	German (de) Thorakotomie		514
4	French (fr) Thoracotomie		260
5	Spanish (es) Toracotomía		250
6	Polish (pl) Torakotomia		164
7	Portuguese (pt) Toracotomia		131
8	Japanese (ja) 開胸術		95
9	Italian (it) Toracotomia		52
10	Serbian (sr) Торакотомија		35

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Thoracotomy		100
2	German (de) Thorakotomie		41
3	French (fr) Thoracotomie		27
4	Dutch (nl) Thoracotomie		17
5	Russian (ru) Торакотомия		13
6	Polish (pl) Torakotomia		12
7	Portuguese (pt) Toracotomia		12
8	Italian (it) Toracotomia		10
9	Japanese (ja) 開胸術		10
10	Turkish (tr) Torakotomi		9

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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 "Thoracotomy" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) بضع الصدر		1
2	Turkish (tr) Torakotomi		1
3	Azerbaijani (az) Torakotomiya		0
4	German (de) Thorakotomie		0
5	English (en) Thoracotomy		0
6	Spanish (es) Toracotomía		0
7	French (fr) Thoracotomie		0
8	Italian (it) Toracotomia		0
9	Japanese (ja) 開胸術		0
10	Kazakh (kk) Торакотомия		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 "Thoracotomy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Thoracotomy		185
2	Arabic (ar) بضع الصدر		83
3	Japanese (ja) 開胸術		69
4	French (fr) Thoracotomie		55
5	Russian (ru) Торакотомия		47
6	German (de) Thorakotomie		38
7	Spanish (es) Toracotomía		25
8	Portuguese (pt) Toracotomia		24
9	Italian (it) Toracotomia		20
10	Ukrainian (uk) Торакотомія		17

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic بضع الصدر
az	Azerbaijani Torakotomiya
de	German Thorakotomie
en	English Thoracotomy
es	Spanish Toracotomía
fr	French Thoracotomie
it	Italian Toracotomia
ja	Japanese 開胸術
kk	Kazakh Торакотомия
nl	Dutch Thoracotomie
no	Norwegian Thoracotomi
pl	Polish Torakotomia
pt	Portuguese Toracotomia
ru	Russian Торакотомия
simple	Simple English Thoracotomy
sr	Serbian Торакотомија
tr	Turkish Torakotomi
uk	Ukrainian Торакотомія

Best Rank

Simple English: #61336 09.2009

Global: #19330 04.2013

Best Rank

Simple English: #13975 09.2025

Global: #44784 12.2011

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