"academic edition" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It typically refers to a specific version or edition of a book, textbook, or other academic material that is intended for use in an educational setting. Example: The new academic edition of the textbook includes updated information and additional study aids for students.
An "academic" edition, including all existing letters, variants and other writings, would fill about 12 volumes, he added.
Previously available only in an academic edition, it now re-emerges, described by Penguin as "the companion novel" to Day of the Triffids.
Most legal experts suggested that the publication of the academic edition would go ahead as planned, just with a bit less money.
Now, after investing €500,000 in the project, the CSU seems to have had second thoughts about the Bavarian crest appearing in the academic edition, reportedly after complaints from Holocaust survivors.
Christian Hartmann, one of the team of five historians from the IfZ who spent several years working on the academic edition, described his relief at being able to analyse the text, even if he felt in need of regularly airing his tiny Munich office in order to cope with the task.
Nowadays it is a common practice to offer a system in many variants such as community, professional, or academic editions.
And whether or not they do, any non-academic edition will likely face further scrutiny, if not a new, non-copyright-contingent ban.
Most Jewish leaders in Germany have reluctantly accepted the scholarly edition, but have admitted their nervousness that the copyright has expired, saying that they too will be closely monitoring what happens, and will intervene to stop plain, non-academic editions.
Combustion, 3rd Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1996.
However, the copyright protection expires at the end of the year and on 8 January a new academic, or "critical", edition will be launched by the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich, complete with comprehensive annotations.
