[en] The defining principle and examples of β_eff measurement method: the substitutional method, Cf neutron source method, Bennett method, the coupling coefficient method and Nelson method were introduced and surveyed. Measurement errors and C/E value of the substitutional, Cf ray source and Bennett method were of the order of 3%, 5% and 3 - 6% and 0.903 - 0.965, 1.85 and 1.019 - 1.165, respectably. Evaluation of the absolute value is so hard that β_eff measurement belongs to the difficult experiment. The dependence on nuclear calculation in decreasing order is the substitutional, Cf ray source, Bennett, the coupling coefficient and Nelson number method. If good substitute materials were selected, the substitutional method has possibility to determine β_eff by small correction value or independent on calculation. (S.Y.)