"prior scholars" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a common phrase used to refer to researchers, academics, scientists, or other authorities that came before the speaker or writer in terms of their knowledge or point of view on a particular topic. For example, "Prior scholars have suggested that this type of electrical interference could cause serious damage to electrical systems."
Then there are others in what Prior scholars call his "middling" style, in which he finessed the difference between naïveté and sophistication.
An infrared photograph may have captured a preliminary sketch or underdrawing, and examination of the painting in UV light could have led prior scholars to identify surface coatings and materials.
Prior scholars asserted that supervisory styles have significant implications for trainee doctors' talent development [ 6].
In prior research, scholars have used state ownership reflecting one ownership type (Jefferson et al. 2003; Li and Xia 2008), suggesting that such ownership is negatively related to R&D intensity.
Hamblin's stylistic affinities with Prior have led scholars to call them the Prior-Hamblin School.
497, related to eligibility of scholars, prior to the general amendment of this division by Pub.
1508, related to the selection of Congressional teacher scholars, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub.
Upon entering class, students should respond to the following prompt (written on the board prior to class): "Some scholars have called the past century the 'age of American hegemony' or 'Pax Americana.' Take a moment to discuss the meaning of these titles with the person next to you.
Just as legal scholars in prior decades struggled to incorporate the Freudian view of human nature into law,3 in the coming decades we will struggle to incorporate a genetic and evolutionary conception of human nature into law.
Prior to the Enlightenment, scholars imagined that words and languages had been created as they were, via divine agency (van Wyhe 2005: 94).
Prior research by many scholars like Dr. Roger Pielke, Sr., Dr. Kerry Emanuel, and Deke Arndt have shown that wet soil or wetlands can interact with a tropical cyclone's environment.
