I'm on first year of Japanese study. I've found on my notes the word
"kenkyuusha" (研究者) which means researcher, but while reviewing for vocabulary
on the internet I found "kenkyuuin" (研究員) instead.

I don't know much about how to form new vocabulary using suffixes yet, but I'm
guessing both ("sha" and "in") mean person in some way (used in other words I
also have, like kaishain, isha, ginkouin, etc). That means that these suffixes
are kind of interchangeable, or did I just take a bad translation and
"kenkyuuin" is the correct one?
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Difference between "sha" and "in" (i.e. 研究員 vs 研究者)
研究員 would usually imply a researcher who is a member of some specific
organisation whereas 研究者 is just a general term for "researcher". 員 means
"member" 委員 = committee member etc.
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