Academic age

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The academic age is the time that a scientist has been in the research field and performed active research. The academic age of a scientist may be computed as the span of years from their first published work up until the present. [1] Another definition regards the academic age as the time since their doctoral degree. [2]

When the academic age is computed in formal settings, the academic age may be adjusted taking into account maternity and paternity leave, long-term illness, clinical training and/or national service. [3]

The academic age may be used as one of the components in scientometrics studies, particularly author-level metrics. [4] [1]

The academic age may be a strict criterion for certain grant applications. For instance, the European Research Council has several funding schemes restricted to specific academic ages: So-called Starting Grants require an academic age of 2 to 7 years, [5] Consolidator grants require an academic age of 7 to 12 years [6] and Advanced Grants require "a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years". [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Richard B. Primack; Elizabeth Ellwood; Abraham J. Miller-Rushing; Rob Marrs; Adrian Mulligan (November 2009). "Do gender, nationality, or academic age affect review decisions? An analysis of submissions to the journal Biological Conservation". Biological Conservation . 142 (11): 2415–2418. doi:10.1016/J.BIOCON.2009.06.021. ISSN   0006-3207.
  2. ↑ Cassidy R. Sugimoto; Thomas J. Sugimoto; Andrew Tsou; Staša Milojević; Vincent Larivière (29 July 2016). "Age stratification and cohort effects in scholarly communication: a study of social sciences". Scientometrics . 109 (2): 997–1016. doi:10.1007/S11192-016-2087-Y. ISSN   0138-9130.
  3. ↑ ERC Work Programme 2018
  4. ↑ Staša Milojević (7 November 2012). "How are academic age, productivity and collaboration related to citing behavior of researchers?". PLOS One . 7 (11) e49176. arXiv: 1210.3727 . Bibcode:2012PLoSO...749176M. doi: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0049176 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3492318 . PMID   23145111.
  5. ↑ "Starting Grants". European Research Council. 5 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Consolidator Grants". European Research Council. 23 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Advanced Grants". European Research Council. 17 June 2025.
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