The phrase "academic claimed" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a claim made by an academic, but it lacks proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The academic claimed that the research findings were significant."
Alternatives: "scholar asserted" or "researcher stated".
A recent book by an obscure Finnish academic, claiming that Estonia will shortly be reincorporated into the Russian Federation, made front-page news.
Richard Florida, an influential American academic, claims that their mere presence lures investors and jobs, particularly of the high-technology kind.
The whip has been a hot topic in Australia this week, with one academic claiming horses are more likely to feel pain than has been realised, while an increasing number of British politicians are showing interest in the subject.
Private schools are continuing to "reproduce inequalities" in British society, academics claimed today.
Foreign leftist academics claimed that all this added up to an empowering "direct democracy", superior to the incipient welfare state set up by Latin America's social democratic governments.
A scholarly colloquium initiated by the N.C.A.A. three years ago got off to a rocky start when some academics claimed that the association was not open to accepting research that might place it in a negative light.
A recent letter to the Observer, signed by other arts luminaries and leading academics, claimed that funding cuts and a decision to focus on the sciences have left subjects such as philosophy, literature, history, languages and art facing "worrying times".
Academics claimed that Facebook had already dramatically restricted their access to people's data after it was criticised for having policies — since changed — that gave developers unfettered access to material.
The academics claim that their study, What Predicts a Successful Life?
