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.
Another definition regards the academic age as the time since their doctoral degree.
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.
The academic age may be used as one of the components in
scientometrics
Scientometrics is the field of study which concerns itself with measuring and analysing scholarly literature. Scientometrics is a sub-field of informetrics. Major research issues include the measurement of the impact of research papers and academi ...
studies, particularly
author-level metrics
Author-level metrics are citation metrics that measure the bibliometrics, bibliometric impact of individual authors, researchers, academics, and scholars. Many metrics have been developed that take into account varying numbers of factors (from only ...
.
The academic age may be a strict criterion for certain grant applications.
For instance, the
European Research Council
The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...
has several
funding scheme
Funding is the act of providing resources to finance a need, program, or project. While this is usually in the form of money, it can also take the form of effort or time from an organization or company. Generally, this word is used when a firm uses ...
s restricted to specific academic ages:
So-called
Starting Grants require an academic age of 2 to 7 years,
Consolidator grants require an academic age of 7 to 12 years
and
Advanced Grants require "a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years".
See also
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Author-level metrics
Author-level metrics are citation metrics that measure the bibliometrics, bibliometric impact of individual authors, researchers, academics, and scholars. Many metrics have been developed that take into account varying numbers of factors (from only ...
*
Scientometrics
Scientometrics is the field of study which concerns itself with measuring and analysing scholarly literature. Scientometrics is a sub-field of informetrics. Major research issues include the measurement of the impact of research papers and academi ...
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Bibliometrics
Academic terminology
Ageing