[目的/意义] 对近15年来国内外发表的有关产业集群论文的规模、期刊、主题和主要研究内容等进行比较研究。[方法/过程] 对中国知网（CNKI）和Web of Science（WOS）数据库中1998-2014年间公开发表的有关产业集群论文进行词频分析、共词分析和社会网络分析。[结果/结论] 研究结果显示：①国内外此领域研究进程可分为起步期、发展期、稳定期和转型期4个阶段；②国内研究主题和方法存在跟随国外研究的倾向，其时差由最初的5年左右缩短到后来的2-3年；③国内研究整体集聚度较强，而国外研究向外拓展特征较强；④国内该领域未来研究主题将是借助“社会网络”理论以“知识”和“创新”为中心，以“集群政策”（转型升级）、“产业生态与循环经济”“企业异质性”“集群供应链”等为次中心。

[Purpose/significance] The paper compares industrial cluster researches from home and abroad in terms of the number of papers published, journal titles, keywords, themes, and dynamic trends [Method/process] This paper is based on the word frequency analysis, the co-word analysis and the social network analysis of papers sourced from CNKI and Web of Science (WOS) database from the time span between 1998 and 2014. [Result/conclusion] Four findings have been concluded: first, the research cycle over the past 16 years can be divided into four phases, that is, the initiation stage, the rapid growth stage, the stabilization stage and the extension and upgrading stage; second, domestic research tends to catch up with the research from abroad, and the time lag decreased from 5 years to 2 or 3 years; third, studies from overseas tend to extend while the domestic research is more likely to agglomerate; fourth, the future agenda of industrial cluster research will center on “knowledge” and “innovation” based on social network theories, while the secondary centre of research will be “industrial cluster policy (or upgrading)”, “industrial ecology and circular economy”, “firm heterogeneity”, and “cluster supply chain”.