我们所处的世界正进入一个全新的知识经济时代。在此环境下,知识交流变得尤为重要。文献是知识的主要载体,而文献又源自于作者。因此,作者成为了知识交流的实质承担者。作者之间的关系一般都可视为学术关系,其实质就是知识交流的关系。作者之间的学术关系一般可以归纳为3种:合作关系、引证关系、链接关系。我们认为引证关系又可细分为以下3种:传统意义的作者引用与被引、作者同被引、作者耦合。作者引 The world we live in is entering an entirely new era of knowledge economy. In this environment, knowledge exchange has become even more important. Literature is the main carrier of knowledge, and the literature comes from the author. Therefore, the author becomes the de facto bearer of knowledge exchange. The relationship between authors generally can be regarded as academic relations, the essence is the relationship between knowledge exchange. The academic relationships between authors can generally be summarized into three kinds: cooperation, citation, linkages. We think the citation relationship can be further subdivided into the following three types: the authors of the traditional sense are quoted and cited, the author is cited and the author is coupled. The author cited