This article analyzes the structure of perceived academic success. We combine survey data from 10,848 Polish scientists with their Scopus bibliometric data at the individual level. We use polychoric correlations, exploratory factor analysis, network modeling (EBICglasso), and generalized linear mixed models in ordinal and binary forms. Our results show that academic success is multidimensional, with a clear core. This core is global publication prestige. Publishing in top international journals is the node with the highest centrality, and it is connected to other career dimensions, such as citations and international collaboration. Publications in top national journals, in contrast, are peripheral. The threshold structure of the scale indicates a selection effect. The definition of success is globally oriented and strongly tied to the hierarchy of international journals.

翻译：本文分析了学术成功的感知结构。我们结合10，848名波兰科学家的调查数据及其个人层面的Scopus文献计量数据，采用多分格相关性分析、探索性因子分析、网络建模（EBICglasso）以及序次与二元形式的广义线性混合模型。研究结果表明，学术成功具有多维度特征，且存在明确的核心维度——即全球出版声望。在顶级国际期刊发表论文是中心性最高的节点，并与引用量、国际合作等其他职业维度紧密关联。相比之下，在国家顶级期刊发表论文则处于边缘位置。该量表的阈值结构揭示了选择效应：学术成功的定义呈全球导向型，且与国际期刊的等级体系深度绑定。