Hard and soft science

Hard and soft science - comparison of scientific fields based on perceived methodological rigor, exactitude, and objectivity. Article “Hard and soft science” in English Wikipedia has 44.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 53 references and 6 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Hard and soft science”, its content was written by 152 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 456 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 285 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1140 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4280 in November 2004
• Global: #16221 in November 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #100073 in January 2008
• Global: #74905 in October 2011

There are 8 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	Chinese (zh) 文理分科		45.3303
2	Turkish (tr) Sert ve yumuşak bilim		44.6508
3	English (en) Hard and soft science		44.56
4	Japanese (ja) 文系と理系		40.8419
5	French (fr) Sciences dures et sciences molles		32.683
6	Spanish (es) Ciencias duras y blandas		26.2174
7	Finnish (fi) Kova ja pehmeä tiede		25.3022
8	Arabic (ar) علم صعب وسهل		24.4445

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Hard and soft science" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Hard and soft science		1 473 401
2	Japanese (ja) 文系と理系		1 234 046
3	French (fr) Sciences dures et sciences molles		544 592
4	Spanish (es) Ciencias duras y blandas		402 314
5	Chinese (zh) 文理分科		347 210
6	Arabic (ar) علم صعب وسهل		1 147
7	Finnish (fi) Kova ja pehmeä tiede		186
8	Turkish (tr) Sert ve yumuşak bilim		28

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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 "Hard and soft science" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Hard and soft science		4 378
2	Japanese (ja) 文系と理系		1 803
3	Chinese (zh) 文理分科		1 635
4	French (fr) Sciences dures et sciences molles		1 248
5	Spanish (es) Ciencias duras y blandas		351
6	Arabic (ar) علم صعب وسهل		26
7	Finnish (fi) Kova ja pehmeä tiede		26
8	Turkish (tr) Sert ve yumuşak bilim		23

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Hard and soft science		152
2	French (fr) Sciences dures et sciences molles		108
3	Japanese (ja) 文系と理系		102
4	Chinese (zh) 文理分科		69
5	Spanish (es) Ciencias duras y blandas		20
6	Finnish (fi) Kova ja pehmeä tiede		3
7	Arabic (ar) علم صعب وسهل		1
8	Turkish (tr) Sert ve yumuşak bilim		1

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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 "Hard and soft science" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Turkish (tr) Sert ve yumuşak bilim		2
2	Arabic (ar) علم صعب وسهل		1
3	Japanese (ja) 文系と理系		1
4	English (en) Hard and soft science		0
5	Spanish (es) Ciencias duras y blandas		0
6	Finnish (fi) Kova ja pehmeä tiede		0
7	French (fr) Sciences dures et sciences molles		0
8	Chinese (zh) 文理分科		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 "Hard and soft science" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 文系と理系		333
2	English (en) Hard and soft science		285
3	French (fr) Sciences dures et sciences molles		193
4	Chinese (zh) 文理分科		127
5	Arabic (ar) علم صعب وسهل		113
6	Spanish (es) Ciencias duras y blandas		49
7	Turkish (tr) Sert ve yumuşak bilim		34
8	Finnish (fi) Kova ja pehmeä tiede		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic علم صعب وسهل
en	English Hard and soft science
es	Spanish Ciencias duras y blandas
fi	Finnish Kova ja pehmeä tiede
fr	French Sciences dures et sciences molles
ja	Japanese 文系と理系
tr	Turkish Sert ve yumuşak bilim
zh	Chinese 文理分科

Best Rank

English: #100073 01.2008

Global: #74905 10.2011

Best Rank

English: #4280 11.2004

Global: #16221 11.2004

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