[目的/意义] 对学术生命周期研究现状进行剖析，分析现有研究存在的不足及疏漏，进而提出可改进方向及下一步的研究重点。[方法/过程] 分析学术生命周期各阶段特点以及已有学术生命周期影响因素分类，分析现有研究的特点并提出不足。[结果/结论] 目前研究存在的问题：偏定性研究，定量研究甚少；仅考虑长期的、单一的影响因素；忽略了学科间的差异性；样本选择方面存在偏差和局限性。未来研究展望：通过定性、定量方法相融合和具体的数据分析得到科研工作者成长规律，同时考虑学科及科研群体本身的差异性，为科研工作者学术生涯规划提供参考，为国家和机构制定人才政策提供辅助。

[Purpose/significance] By analyzing the research status of the academic life cycle, this paper analyzes problems and omissions in the current research, and puts forward the improvement direction and research points. [Method/process] After analyzing the feature and influence factors of the academic life cycle, this paper referred to the characteristics of the current research. [Result/conclusion] There are existing problems. First, the current research takes the qualitative analysis, lacking enough quantitative analysis. Second, it only takes the long term and single factor into consideration. Third, the current research ignores the difference among subjects. Last, there are bias and limitations during the sample selecting. This paper offers advice for the country, institutes and researchers by getting the law of researchers’ career, which comes from the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods with data analyses with the consideration of the difference of disciplines and the scientific research group.