Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:
academic [ækəˈdɛmɪk] adj (system, standards) академи́ческий#; (qualifications) учёный; (work, books) нау́чный#; (person, child) интеллектуа́льный#; (pej)(issue) академи́чный/академи́чен
n учёный[-ая] m(f) adj
* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.