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r/AskAcademia
2.1M members
r/AskAcademia is a subreddit with 2.1M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
This subreddit is for discussing academic life, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia, (both science and humanities).
Popular Themes in r/AskAcademia
#1
Advice Requests
: "I’m 90% sure my advisor saw my full, bare ass. How do I cope with this?"
23 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Fkkk me… mac stop working with all my dissertation data and manuscripts. How do i retrieve it for cheap?"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Paper rejected due to high similarity"
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Phd
: "Phd in China cannot be older than 35-40 years old. Why?"
37 posts
#2
Research
: "Independent Research"
25 posts
#3
Academic
: "Panicked and accused of "Serious Academic Misconduct" 2 weeks before graduation. How screwed am I?"
15 posts
#4
Publication
: "Humanities folks: how many Publications did you have by the time you defended?"
15 posts
#5
Career
: "Non-Teaching Career Routes"
12 posts
#6
Conference
: "Giving an invited talk at major Conference (I am PhD student) in place of my PI (who was originally invited)"
9 posts
#7
Review
: "Wow, I received 9 pages of Reviewers' comments."
7 posts
#8
Job
: "Job at predatory publisher: will it harm my career post-PhD?"
7 posts
#9
Manuscript
: "One reviewer rejected my paper after reviewing the wrong Manuscript. what’s next?"
6 posts
#10
Advice
: "I need Advice to prepare for my Masters"
5 posts
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Yearly
+312k members(17.7%)
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