WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITY RANKING:GLOBAL VIEW OF CHINESE SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION

On the basis of research evaluation of Chinese universities,Golden Apple Ranking(GAR)was initiated by Research Center of Chinese Science Evaluation(RCCSE)at Wuhan University in 2003.The GAR consists of four major rankings:Chinese University Ranking,Chinese Graduate School Ranking,World University Ranking and Scholarly Journal Ranking.The annual reports of all these four rankings are published bythe Science Press,which have been recognized by the academia and China's government.