X-ray astronomy

X-ray astronomy - branch of astronomy that uses X-ray observation. Article “X-ray astronomy” in Simple English Wikipedia has 1.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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 “X-ray astronomy”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 695 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 13 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3462 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #914 in July 2021
• Global: #302 in October 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #24286 in August 2023
• Global: #132636 in November 2009

There are 36 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, 2025 (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) X-ray astronomy		87.6181
2	Dutch (nl) Röntgenastronomie		52.7967
3	Turkish (tr) X ışını astronomisi		50.6328
4	Chinese (zh) X射线天文学		43.2775
5	Portuguese (pt) Astronomia de raios-X		39.5096
6	Croatian (hr) Rendgenska astronomija		37.2793
7	Ukrainian (uk) Рентгенівська астрономія		30.5174
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Rendgenska astronomija		29.1867
9	Greek (el) Αστρονομία ακτίνων Χ		27.9457
10	Russian (ru) Рентгеновская астрономия		27.794

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

The most popular language versions of the article "X-ray astronomy" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) X-ray astronomy		652 973
2	Japanese (ja) X線天文学		82 987
3	Polish (pl) Astronomia rentgenowska		63 220
4	Spanish (es) Astronomía de rayos-X		54 883
5	Chinese (zh) X射线天文学		53 583
6	French (fr) Astronomie en rayons X		48 134
7	Italian (it) Astronomia a raggi X		47 215
8	Russian (ru) Рентгеновская астрономия		44 340
9	German (de) Röntgenastronomie		43 942
10	Dutch (nl) Röntgenastronomie		36 556

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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 "X-ray astronomy" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) X-ray astronomy		2 490
2	Chinese (zh) X射线天文学		222
3	Japanese (ja) X線天文学		172
4	Russian (ru) Рентгеновская астрономия		95
5	Italian (it) Astronomia a raggi X		73
6	Spanish (es) Astronomía de rayos-X		67
7	Dutch (nl) Röntgenastronomie		66
8	French (fr) Astronomie en rayons X		65
9	Arabic (ar) علم فلك الأشعة السينية		62
10	German (de) Röntgenastronomie		52

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) X-ray astronomy		179
2	German (de) Röntgenastronomie		60
3	French (fr) Astronomie en rayons X		55
4	Italian (it) Astronomia a raggi X		53
5	Dutch (nl) Röntgenastronomie		50
6	Japanese (ja) X線天文学		30
7	Hungarian (hu) Röntgencsillagászat		29
8	Polish (pl) Astronomia rentgenowska		23
9	Spanish (es) Astronomía de rayos-X		22
10	Finnish (fi) Röntgentähtitiede		19

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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 "X-ray astronomy" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) علم فلك الأشعة السينية		2
2	Italian (it) Astronomia a raggi X		2
3	English (en) X-ray astronomy		1
4	French (fr) Astronomie en rayons X		1
5	Azerbaijani (az) Rentgen astronomiya		0
6	Catalan (ca) Astronomia de raigs X		0
7	Czech (cs) Rentgenová astronomie		0
8	German (de) Röntgenastronomie		0
9	Greek (el) Αστρονομία ακτίνων Χ		0
10	Spanish (es) Astronomía de rayos-X		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 "X-ray astronomy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) X-ray astronomy		898
2	French (fr) Astronomie en rayons X		413
3	Arabic (ar) علم فلك الأشعة السينية		352
4	Chinese (zh) X射线天文学		185
5	Persian (fa) اخترشناسی پرتو ایکس		163
6	Japanese (ja) X線天文学		159
7	Dutch (nl) Röntgenastronomie		131
8	Ukrainian (uk) Рентгенівська астрономія		127
9	Polish (pl) Astronomia rentgenowska		106
10	German (de) Röntgenastronomie		105

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic علم فلك الأشعة السينية
az	Azerbaijani Rentgen astronomiya
ca	Catalan Astronomia de raigs X
cs	Czech Rentgenová astronomie
de	German Röntgenastronomie
el	Greek Αστρονομία ακτίνων Χ
en	English X-ray astronomy
es	Spanish Astronomía de rayos-X
et	Estonian Röntgenastronoomia
fa	Persian اخترشناسی پرتو ایکس
fi	Finnish Röntgentähtitiede
fr	French Astronomie en rayons X
hr	Croatian Rendgenska astronomija
hu	Hungarian Röntgencsillagászat
id	Indonesian Astronomi sinar-X
it	Italian Astronomia a raggi X
ja	Japanese X線天文学
kk	Kazakh Рентгендік астрономия
ko	Korean 엑스선천문학
ms	Malay Astronomi sinar-X
nl	Dutch Röntgenastronomie
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Røntgenastronomi
no	Norwegian Røntgenastronomi
pl	Polish Astronomia rentgenowska
pt	Portuguese Astronomia de raios-X
ru	Russian Рентгеновская астрономия
sh	Serbo-Croatian Rendgenska astronomija
simple	Simple English X-ray astronomy
sk	Slovak Röntgenová astronómia
sr	Serbian Рендгенска астрономија
sv	Swedish Röntgenastronomi
th	Thai ดาราศาสตร์รังสีเอ็กซ์
tr	Turkish X ışını astronomisi
uk	Ukrainian Рентгенівська астрономія
vi	Vietnamese Thiên văn học tia X
zh	Chinese X射线天文学

Best Rank

Simple English: #24286 08.2023

Global: #132636 11.2009

Best Rank

Simple English: #914 07.2021

Global: #302 10.2001

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