The phrase "academic account" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a formal or scholarly description or explanation of a subject, often in an educational or research context.
Example: "The professor provided an academic account of the historical events that shaped the region."
Alternatives: "scholarly account" or "educational narrative".
A History of Iraq by Charles Tripp (Cambridge University Press £12.50, pp324) is an authoritative academic account by the leading British scholar on the subject.
In a review for The Independent on Sunday of Philip Cowley and Dennis Kavanagh's The British General Election of 2015 – the definitive academic account of the contest – Lord Mandelson writes that "Labour could have replaced the Tories in 2015".
"Armed with shovels and pickaxes and protecting themselves against heat with wet sheep-skins", according to one academic account, the Catanians opened an artificial breach, cutting off the lava's path.
Just compare the Spielberg / Kushner interpretation to the best academic account of the subject ("Final Freedom" (2001) by Michael Vorenberg) and you realize how many corners the movie has to cut and nuances it has to ignore.
For example, academic accounting research "can improve the understanding of how stakeholders actually use the information accountants provide", and prior academic studies have contributed to fraud risk assessment, the future direction of the profession, and the impact of changing accounting standards.
Paine emerges in most academic accounts as a kind of idiot savant; savvy about adjectives but idiotic about politics.
Under the proposal, the FASB would have to include one member from each of four backgrounds: investing, auditing, preparing financial statements for a company and academic accounting.
So here's a trick: A first step toward understanding Russia would be to read the press and academic accounts on China — and then substitute the word "Russia" for "China".
Most Israelis, too, have come to accept the Palestinians' own right to self-determination, and Israeli "revisionist historians" have rewritten the academic accounts of the country's birth to reflect its mistreatment of the native population.
Under Biggs, customer service for academic accounts was lacking.
Locke and Lowe (2008) show that academic accounting journals differ with respect to their paradigmatic position.
