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r/AskAcademia
2.0M members
r/AskAcademia is a subreddit with 2.0M 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
: "How to withdraw co-authorship... cleanly?"
40 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Student feels cheated as they have been doing tasks that do not generate research papers. Should I try to compensate them?"
15 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Is there a way to view journal articles that my university does not provide access to? "
4 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "How much less competition is there for TT jobs at geographically undesirable R1's?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Research
: "Completed a Research Paper all by myself, and now the Professor published it on her name"
54 posts
#2
Phd
: "My Research Mentor Told Me I’ll Never Be Good Enough for a Phd"
50 posts
#3
Academic
: "Is grant writing supposed to take so much time?"
22 posts
#4
Career
: "Planning to start family - move for TT job or leave academia? "
12 posts
#5
Postdoc
: "I sent an email to a Professor asking for a Postdoc and adressed him by a different name because it was a copy of another email"
12 posts
#6
Publication
: "Can I share my Publication on my website via an FTP?"
12 posts
#7
Academia
: "Has anyone left Academia due to a lack of structure/self discipline?"
12 posts
#8
Journal
: "Is there a way to view Journal articles that my university does not provide access to? "
11 posts
#9
Advice
: "Need Advice in switching my major from Engineering to Social science and the aging problem that might come with it"
10 posts
#10
Mistake
9 posts
Member Growth in r/AskAcademia
Daily
+932 members(0.0%)
Monthly
+35k members(1.8%)
Yearly
+464k members(30.2%)
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