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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
: "Why is the academic job market such a nightmare to navigate"
25 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I got a really harsh email by one of the reviewers of my recent article after acceptance because I didn't acknowledge his hard work. Now I feel bad and cannot stop thinking about this situation."
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "What tooling do you use to write/"compile" large papers?"
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?"
29 posts
#2
Research
: "Dropping my last name while publishing. Would that negatively impact anything in the future?"
15 posts
#3
Academic
: "How can I develop a more Academic, articulate speaking style?"
12 posts
#4
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"
12 posts
#5
Publication
: "Professors who focus on projects vs Publications"
7 posts
#6
Writing
: "What you wish you knew before Writing your first paper that no one told you?"
6 posts
#7
Academic Job Market
: "Are we about to enter the worst Academic Job Market in recent US history?"
3 posts
#8
Funding
: "I've received barely any Funding from my PhD supervisor over the last 4 years - is this normal?"
3 posts
#9
Postdoc
: "How much cheaper is it for you to pay a PhD student as opposed to a Postdoc?"
3 posts
#10
Advice
: "baby lab rat needs experienced lab rat’s Advice: biochem vs pharmacology - which MSc to get?"
3 posts
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