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r/academia is a subreddit with 83k 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
: "How to kindly turn down prospective grad students?"
48 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Female academics being undermined by students?"
30 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I often use LaTex to write lab reports etc. What software would be equivalent to LaTex but for scientific posters/factsheets?"
11 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Budget for guest speakers? How frugal is your department?"
7 posts
#5
News
: "More academics flee X after election"
6 posts
Popular Topics in r/academia
#1
Academia
: "What are some dirty secrets you've learned about Academia, teaching or research?"
20 posts
#2
Phd
: "Phd student not including me as a coauthor for a class paper submission "
19 posts
#3
Research
: "What are some dirty secrets you've learned about academia, teaching or Research?"
18 posts
#4
Conference
: "How to approach people at Conferences?"
9 posts
#5
Publishing
: "Publishing system. Why aren't we more outraged ?"
7 posts
#6
Plagiarism
: "is my prof committing Plagiarism?"
6 posts
#7
Review
: "Do Reviews turn you off a journal?"
6 posts
#8
Career
: "Ruined my own PhD Career "
5 posts
#9
Advice
: "Seeking Advice: failed Candidacy, lack of guidance"
5 posts
#10
Job
: "Reneging on faculty Job offer."
5 posts
Popular Posts in r/academia
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Member Growth in r/academia
Daily
+36 members(0.0%)
Monthly
+971 members(1.2%)
Yearly
+13k members(19.5%)
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