The phrase "authoritative scholars" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to scholars who are recognized as having expertise and credibility in a particular field of study.
Example: "The findings presented in this paper are supported by authoritative scholars in the field of environmental science."
Alternatives: "respected experts" or "leading academics".
The participation was very great and brought together a great part of the world's most authoritative scholars in the field.
The temptation was to spend a lot of words proving that I knew my stuff, that I could rehearse the arguments of those authoritative scholars.
On the other, you have to show you have read all the literature in your field, and can cite the most authoritative scholars.
Still occasionally stereotyped for their onetime association with the Nation of Islam, the community's leaders say they are sometimes dismissed by other Muslims as less authentic or less authoritative scholars of the religion.
At Edinburgh University's Law School he studied under Archie Campbell, the great Professor of Jurisprudence, and Professor John Mitchell, Britain's most authoritative scholar of European law.
Containing over six thousand entries ranging from long articles to brief definitions, the OCD provides authoritative, signed articles with bibliographies and incorporates the insights and interests of a new generation of classical scholars.
Then one day in February 1997, Jean Hollander looked over her husband's shoulder as he worked with the comparatively unwieldy text of a 1939 translation by John Sinclair, one of the most authoritative Dante scholars.
Livingstone described al-Qaradawi as "one of the most authoritative Muslim scholars in the world today" and argued that his influence could help stop the radicalisation of young British Muslims.
In a message sent on Friday to the current archbishop of Milan, Angelo Scola, Pope Benedict praised Cardinal Martini as an "authoritative biblical scholar" and "a zealous prelate".
This affair nearly caused a schism in the Syrian community, which officially regards Rabbi Yosef as the world's most authoritative Talmudic scholar.
Dr. Evans's magnum opus was "The Riverside Shakespeare," a complete rendition of Shakespeare's writings, which remains an authoritative source for scholars and general readers alike.
