The academic evaluation system is not only one of the major ways for acquisition of scientific research funds or assessment of achievement in scientific research, but also the important driving force for scholars and researchers to arouse their academic vitality. Here, the recent progress of academic evaluation system is summarized centering around its constitution and application, dwelling on indicators such as authority factor, cited half-life, H index and H-type indices, F1000 index, and further analysis were performed basing on the specific conditions of our university.