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What does the ranking of soft subjects mean?
GRAS (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects) is an annual ranking of world universities published by Shanghai Soft Science Education Information Consulting Co., Ltd. (Soft Science), which was first published on 20 16. The ranking covers 54 disciplines, covering five fields: science, engineering, life science, medicine and social science.

The ranking of world-class disciplines in soft science actually ranks more than 4,000 universities around the world every year. In 2020, 1800 universities from 90 countries and regions finally appeared on the list of various disciplines. The ranking targets are universities with a certain scale of scientific research output in the corresponding disciplines around the world, and the literature data come from the Web of Science and incite the database.

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There are many influential and recognized rankings of soft science at home and abroad: academic rankings of world universities, world-class disciplines of soft science, China University of soft science, best disciplines of soft science in China, China University of soft science, academic rankings of global sports department of soft science and so on.

Academic ranking of world universities is the first comprehensive global university ranking in the world, and it is also one of the most influential and authoritative university rankings in the world. ARWU has been officially reported by the world's top universities such as Cambridge University and Stanford University. World-renowned universities such as the University of Manchester and the University of Western Australia also take upgrading the ARWU ranking as a clear goal of the school's strategic planning.

China University Ranking, China Best Discipline Ranking and Soft Science World-class Discipline Ranking, which are published regularly every year, are concerned and reported by authoritative domestic media such as People's Daily, Guangming Daily and China Education News. The objectivity and persuasiveness of ranking indicators and methods have been publicly recognized by famous domestic higher education experts.