The planning of special columnsin academic journals, together with the construction of a scientific column editing classifying theory system play a vital role in the promotion of the advantages of academic journals. The present column format planning and classifying theory shows a new characteristic of developing from comprehensive column to characteristic column to specil column, changing from general and dispersing to speicfic and elaborate format.The generating mechanism of academic journal columns consists of the original format, the depending format and the contending format. The evaluating criterion of the column includes: the unique and irreplaceable characteristics of the journal, the conscious optimization of the journal brought by the breaking through of the column and the contribution made to the development of the society due to the column's academic influence.