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r/academia is a subreddit with 92k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size, and has high activity.
An online community for discussing issues related to academia, faculty life, research, and institutional structures. This is NOT the place to ask questions about your homework, your particular school or professors, or to get admission advice!
Survey posts must be approved by mods in advance, must include contact/IRB info, and must be specific to academia.
Popular Themes in r/academia
#1
Pain & Anger
: "I Was Ghosted by a UK Professor so Now I Want to Report Her"
14 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Need Advice: Student Has Gone AWOL and Refuses to Return Equipment"
12 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "What software do you/your lab actually use, and why?"
3 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Cliff of STEM graduates entering industry? (US)"
1 post
#5
News
: "GOP’s proposed cap on grad student loans sparks fears of pricing out fields of study"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/academia
#1
Academic
: "A warning to those seeking Academic positions in Oklahoma."
41 posts
#2
Phd
: "I’ve just had my first article rejection post-Phd"
24 posts
#3
Research
: "Reviewing papers from suscpicious Research groups"
21 posts
#4
Academia
: "Academia to Corporate…….."
15 posts
#5
Ai
: ""Additionally, GPT-4o was used for screening and data charting of retrieved papers. Although the full text of many articles was reviewed and cross-checked agAinst GPT-generated results, there is still a risk of potential errors due to Ai hallucination.""
10 posts
#6
Career
: "Navigating visas + dual academic Careers (me: social science PhD, him: postdoc in natural sciences)"
10 posts
#7
Publication
: "How getting tenure changes researchers’ Publication habits — and citations"
8 posts
#8
Academic Publishing
: "Plagiarized in a University of Stockholm Undergraduate Thesis"
7 posts
#9
Conference
: "I supposed to present at remote Conference today and I never got my zoom invite link"
6 posts
#10
Thesis
: "My undergrad Thesis got rejected. Feel like a failure."
6 posts
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+12k members(15.4%)
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