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r/academia is a subreddit with 91k 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
Advice Requests
: "External examiner did not recommend my PhD dissertation for oral defense...What do I do?"
14 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "R1 Assistant Professor offer has been pulled... feeling demoralized"
9 posts
#3
News
: "GOP’s proposed cap on grad student loans sparks fears of pricing out fields of study"
4 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Cliff of STEM graduates entering industry? (US)"
3 posts
#5
Solution Requests
: "Alternatives to Slack for academic/research group communication?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/academia
#1
Phd
: "External examiner did not recommend my Phd dissertation for oral defense...What do I do?"
26 posts
#2
Academic
: "The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request—large Academic cuts"
22 posts
#3
Research
: "Mothers publish 25% fewer papers per year than fathers in the 7 years after childbirth, and participation in Research publishing is 16% lower among mothers relative to fathers. Biggests penalties among early-career Researchers and those in lab/clinical fields where remote work isn’t an option."
22 posts
#4
Academia
: "Anyone has resigned from Academia? How are you?"
9 posts
#5
Conference
: "How often do you ditch part of a Conference to go do touristy things?"
8 posts
#6
Publication
: "First Publication - unclear how to understand review"
7 posts
#7
Writing
: "I submitted my professor's work to turnitin, it came back as a match to mine. Getting the same grants or other things using my own Writing now in jeopardy? I did place a copyright notice on my work, and they used it verbatim without attribution."
6 posts
#8
Ai
: "A word to Professors: We, the students, are just as fed up with Artificial Intelligence (Ai) as you are."
6 posts
#9
Career
: "Harvard Strips Tenure From HBS Superstar Prof Francesca Gino"
5 posts
#10
Peer Review
: "Peer Review request with fake citations?"
4 posts
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