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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
: "Issues with Being Transgender and Updating my Academic CV"
25 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I found all my data is wrong- 5 months before PhD thesis"
9 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "How do academics create beautiful presentation slides? What tools do you use?"
1 post
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I finally submitted papers to a conference"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Phd
: "I want to get a cake that says "This Barbie has a Phd in mechanical engineering" on it for my graduation party and post a photo of it to linkedin to announce my graduation. If you were on a faculty hiring committee and saw that on my social media, what would you think?"
38 posts
#2
Research
: "How many of you are completely digital in terms of your reading, Research, etc.?"
27 posts
#3
Academic
: "How can I develop a more Academic, articulate speaking style?"
24 posts
#4
Publication
: "Professors who focus on projects vs Publications"
11 posts
#5
Conference
: "I emailed an author a few weeks ago and they replied, I find out they’re coming to a Conference I will be going to in the next month"
10 posts
#6
Postdoc
: "How much cheaper is it for you to pay a PhD student as opposed to a Postdoc?"
10 posts
#7
Writing
: "What you wish you knew before Writing your first paper that no one told you?"
9 posts
#8
Advice
: "baby lab rat needs experienced lab rat’s Advice: biochem vs pharmacology - which MSc to get?"
8 posts
#9
Career
: "Is it bad for my Career if I want to change my author name for future publications?"
7 posts
#10
Funding
: "I've received barely any Funding from my PhD supervisor over the last 4 years - is this normal?"
7 posts
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+348k members(20.2%)
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