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hhgmpm | askacademia_train | 0.98 | My prediction for the Fall semester 2020. Might play out like this: https://imgur.com/IVt9EiJ | fwa2sdi | fwb0f58 | 1,593,362,911 | 1,593,380,539 | 7 | 13 | My uni is gonna be all remote at least | "You will still have to pay full tuition for online access." - Vice Chancellor, lounging on a bed of money | 0 | 17,628 | 1.857143 |
hhgmpm | askacademia_train | 0.98 | My prediction for the Fall semester 2020. Might play out like this: https://imgur.com/IVt9EiJ | fwb0f58 | fwafch4 | 1,593,380,539 | 1,593,369,434 | 13 | 8 | "You will still have to pay full tuition for online access." - Vice Chancellor, lounging on a bed of money | This is the correct take. | 1 | 11,105 | 1.625 |
hhgmpm | askacademia_train | 0.98 | My prediction for the Fall semester 2020. Might play out like this: https://imgur.com/IVt9EiJ | fwa2sdi | fwafch4 | 1,593,362,911 | 1,593,369,434 | 7 | 8 | My uni is gonna be all remote at least | This is the correct take. | 0 | 6,523 | 1.142857 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfaed99 | hfagx52 | 1,633,303,949 | 1,633,305,220 | 247 | 587 | I expect a lot of people to disagree with this but: really give her a piece of your mind. That is an unbelievably shitty thing to do to someone, and especially lie through your teeth about it. If she thought those things, she should have told you to your face or at the very least declined to write the letter. What sh... | I serve on an admissions committee. I can tell you that whenever we see a negative letter in an application, the first judgement is on the advisor. As others have said, any competent letter writer in the US academic system understands that a letter should be positive, or not written at all. That's why it's called a let... | 0 | 1,271 | 2.376518 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfagx52 | hfaetny | 1,633,305,220 | 1,633,304,174 | 587 | 243 | I serve on an admissions committee. I can tell you that whenever we see a negative letter in an application, the first judgement is on the advisor. As others have said, any competent letter writer in the US academic system understands that a letter should be positive, or not written at all. That's why it's called a let... | Don't use that letter. But honestly I'd burn all sorts of bridges out of spite over something like that. I'd go to her school and tell them this, ideally with a copy of the letter, and ask them why their professor is doing this to students who ask her for recommendations in good faith. It's universally accepted that i... | 1 | 1,046 | 2.415638 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfa6xut | hfagx52 | 1,633,300,532 | 1,633,305,220 | 47 | 587 | You can try to talk to her to see what the problem was. And stop putting her name for recommendations. | I serve on an admissions committee. I can tell you that whenever we see a negative letter in an application, the first judgement is on the advisor. As others have said, any competent letter writer in the US academic system understands that a letter should be positive, or not written at all. That's why it's called a let... | 0 | 4,688 | 12.489362 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfagx52 | hfadt1l | 1,633,305,220 | 1,633,303,683 | 587 | 16 | I serve on an admissions committee. I can tell you that whenever we see a negative letter in an application, the first judgement is on the advisor. As others have said, any competent letter writer in the US academic system understands that a letter should be positive, or not written at all. That's why it's called a let... | What others say and warn future students about her. Also, I don't know if it was a "send directly from the advisor" thing, but I always make sure to check their rec letters before submission. | 1 | 1,537 | 36.6875 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfaed99 | hfa6xut | 1,633,303,949 | 1,633,300,532 | 247 | 47 | I expect a lot of people to disagree with this but: really give her a piece of your mind. That is an unbelievably shitty thing to do to someone, and especially lie through your teeth about it. If she thought those things, she should have told you to your face or at the very least declined to write the letter. What sh... | You can try to talk to her to see what the problem was. And stop putting her name for recommendations. | 1 | 3,417 | 5.255319 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfadt1l | hfaed99 | 1,633,303,683 | 1,633,303,949 | 16 | 247 | What others say and warn future students about her. Also, I don't know if it was a "send directly from the advisor" thing, but I always make sure to check their rec letters before submission. | I expect a lot of people to disagree with this but: really give her a piece of your mind. That is an unbelievably shitty thing to do to someone, and especially lie through your teeth about it. If she thought those things, she should have told you to your face or at the very least declined to write the letter. What sh... | 0 | 266 | 15.4375 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfaetny | hfa6xut | 1,633,304,174 | 1,633,300,532 | 243 | 47 | Don't use that letter. But honestly I'd burn all sorts of bridges out of spite over something like that. I'd go to her school and tell them this, ideally with a copy of the letter, and ask them why their professor is doing this to students who ask her for recommendations in good faith. It's universally accepted that i... | You can try to talk to her to see what the problem was. And stop putting her name for recommendations. | 1 | 3,642 | 5.170213 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfaetny | hfadt1l | 1,633,304,174 | 1,633,303,683 | 243 | 16 | Don't use that letter. But honestly I'd burn all sorts of bridges out of spite over something like that. I'd go to her school and tell them this, ideally with a copy of the letter, and ask them why their professor is doing this to students who ask her for recommendations in good faith. It's universally accepted that i... | What others say and warn future students about her. Also, I don't know if it was a "send directly from the advisor" thing, but I always make sure to check their rec letters before submission. | 1 | 491 | 15.1875 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfa6xut | hfaiuz3 | 1,633,300,532 | 1,633,306,195 | 47 | 89 | You can try to talk to her to see what the problem was. And stop putting her name for recommendations. | That is all sorts of craps. It’s not the way the system works. If I am put into a position where I have to write a letter for a poor student, I tell the student that all I will write is factual experiences the student had (i.e., took X class, completed X practicum, etc.) It’s not negative, but it clearly indicates to t... | 0 | 5,663 | 1.893617 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfaiuz3 | hfadt1l | 1,633,306,195 | 1,633,303,683 | 89 | 16 | That is all sorts of craps. It’s not the way the system works. If I am put into a position where I have to write a letter for a poor student, I tell the student that all I will write is factual experiences the student had (i.e., took X class, completed X practicum, etc.) It’s not negative, but it clearly indicates to t... | What others say and warn future students about her. Also, I don't know if it was a "send directly from the advisor" thing, but I always make sure to check their rec letters before submission. | 1 | 2,512 | 5.5625 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfa6xut | hfak108 | 1,633,300,532 | 1,633,306,777 | 47 | 50 | You can try to talk to her to see what the problem was. And stop putting her name for recommendations. | I can’t imagine how it must feel to be a professor and be that spiteful and malicious towards a student. She could have said no and shared her thoughts with you then, or written a letter to you explaining why she didn’t think you would be a good fit, some considerations, or you know maybe mentioned something WHILE yo... | 0 | 6,245 | 1.06383 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfadt1l | hfak108 | 1,633,303,683 | 1,633,306,777 | 16 | 50 | What others say and warn future students about her. Also, I don't know if it was a "send directly from the advisor" thing, but I always make sure to check their rec letters before submission. | I can’t imagine how it must feel to be a professor and be that spiteful and malicious towards a student. She could have said no and shared her thoughts with you then, or written a letter to you explaining why she didn’t think you would be a good fit, some considerations, or you know maybe mentioned something WHILE yo... | 0 | 3,094 | 3.125 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfadt1l | hfapxlk | 1,633,303,683 | 1,633,309,668 | 16 | 39 | What others say and warn future students about her. Also, I don't know if it was a "send directly from the advisor" thing, but I always make sure to check their rec letters before submission. | This is extremely unfortunate and uncommon. For the most part professors will decline to write a letter if they can’t write a positive one. It’s a “letter of recommendation”, not “letter of review”. This person is out to get you and I would avoid interacting with them further. | 0 | 5,985 | 2.4375 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfaoqlu | hfapxlk | 1,633,309,092 | 1,633,309,668 | 8 | 39 | Considering that professors (in the US) are specifically told to decline to write a letter if you don’t think the student is deserving due to slander lawsuits shows that this professor is an idiot | This is extremely unfortunate and uncommon. For the most part professors will decline to write a letter if they can’t write a positive one. It’s a “letter of recommendation”, not “letter of review”. This person is out to get you and I would avoid interacting with them further. | 0 | 576 | 4.875 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfap2q6 | hfapxlk | 1,633,309,253 | 1,633,309,668 | 9 | 39 | Faculty shouldn't agree to write letters unless it's going to support the student. I'm a professor. I actually just posted a video on YT about requesting a letter from a prof. (link here, in case it'll help anyone). With regards to this specific case, I'd immediately find a new source for letters of recommendation... | This is extremely unfortunate and uncommon. For the most part professors will decline to write a letter if they can’t write a positive one. It’s a “letter of recommendation”, not “letter of review”. This person is out to get you and I would avoid interacting with them further. | 0 | 415 | 4.333333 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfak286 | hfapxlk | 1,633,306,794 | 1,633,309,668 | 9 | 39 | That’s really quite terrible. Sorry you are in that kind of position. The worst letter I wrote never said anything negative about a candidate. The worst letter just didn’t say anything super positive. Basically a neutral letter is as bad as it ever gets. | This is extremely unfortunate and uncommon. For the most part professors will decline to write a letter if they can’t write a positive one. It’s a “letter of recommendation”, not “letter of review”. This person is out to get you and I would avoid interacting with them further. | 0 | 2,874 | 4.333333 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfadt1l | hfavtys | 1,633,303,683 | 1,633,312,543 | 16 | 25 | What others say and warn future students about her. Also, I don't know if it was a "send directly from the advisor" thing, but I always make sure to check their rec letters before submission. | Sounds like a case of sour grapes. Either because she didn’t want to lose you as a research assistant or because you weren’t planning to do your grad program with her. It’s not the first time I’ve heard of an academic being spiteful AF. | 0 | 8,860 | 1.5625 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfaoqlu | hfavtys | 1,633,309,092 | 1,633,312,543 | 8 | 25 | Considering that professors (in the US) are specifically told to decline to write a letter if you don’t think the student is deserving due to slander lawsuits shows that this professor is an idiot | Sounds like a case of sour grapes. Either because she didn’t want to lose you as a research assistant or because you weren’t planning to do your grad program with her. It’s not the first time I’ve heard of an academic being spiteful AF. | 0 | 3,451 | 3.125 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfavtys | hfap2q6 | 1,633,312,543 | 1,633,309,253 | 25 | 9 | Sounds like a case of sour grapes. Either because she didn’t want to lose you as a research assistant or because you weren’t planning to do your grad program with her. It’s not the first time I’ve heard of an academic being spiteful AF. | Faculty shouldn't agree to write letters unless it's going to support the student. I'm a professor. I actually just posted a video on YT about requesting a letter from a prof. (link here, in case it'll help anyone). With regards to this specific case, I'd immediately find a new source for letters of recommendation... | 1 | 3,290 | 2.777778 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfavtys | hfak286 | 1,633,312,543 | 1,633,306,794 | 25 | 9 | Sounds like a case of sour grapes. Either because she didn’t want to lose you as a research assistant or because you weren’t planning to do your grad program with her. It’s not the first time I’ve heard of an academic being spiteful AF. | That’s really quite terrible. Sorry you are in that kind of position. The worst letter I wrote never said anything negative about a candidate. The worst letter just didn’t say anything super positive. Basically a neutral letter is as bad as it ever gets. | 1 | 5,749 | 2.777778 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfavjyv | hfavtys | 1,633,312,404 | 1,633,312,543 | 7 | 25 | You can “exclude” a LOR in most application systems these days. Do that. ASAP | Sounds like a case of sour grapes. Either because she didn’t want to lose you as a research assistant or because you weren’t planning to do your grad program with her. It’s not the first time I’ve heard of an academic being spiteful AF. | 0 | 139 | 3.571429 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfavjyv | hfb6vkl | 1,633,312,404 | 1,633,318,148 | 7 | 8 | You can “exclude” a LOR in most application systems these days. Do that. ASAP | Had you heard any feedback along these lines from this professor before? Was what the interviewer told you specific enough that it would have had to come from this professor? Does it sound like something she would have done, or had you previously had a good working relationship with her? You could potentially ask her ... | 0 | 5,744 | 1.142857 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfap2q6 | hfaoqlu | 1,633,309,253 | 1,633,309,092 | 9 | 8 | Faculty shouldn't agree to write letters unless it's going to support the student. I'm a professor. I actually just posted a video on YT about requesting a letter from a prof. (link here, in case it'll help anyone). With regards to this specific case, I'd immediately find a new source for letters of recommendation... | Considering that professors (in the US) are specifically told to decline to write a letter if you don’t think the student is deserving due to slander lawsuits shows that this professor is an idiot | 1 | 161 | 1.125 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the program I am ... | hfbbyoh | hfavjyv | 1,633,321,026 | 1,633,312,404 | 8 | 7 | Must have been the herpetology club, cuz that woman’s a snake | You can “exclude” a LOR in most application systems these days. Do that. ASAP | 1 | 8,622 | 1.142857 |
ris5lq | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Your name was mentioned in a paper recently found by Academia! Dear Academia.edu, no one is mentioning my name in any papers. Please stop. | hoz8fpz | hoz6j99 | 1,639,780,701 | 1,639,779,905 | 130 | 111 | I get frequent notices for some paleontologist with whom I share a name, despite my being a humanist and two decades older. Finally turned it all off last summer, as I've found academia.edu to be mostly worthless anyway. | Dear Academia, That is the last name of my father and the first name of his co-author. The paper was published a quarter century ago. I am in the humanities; that paper is in a niche scientific field. Please revise and resubmit. Best wishes! A. | 1 | 796 | 1.171171 |
ris5lq | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Your name was mentioned in a paper recently found by Academia! Dear Academia.edu, no one is mentioning my name in any papers. Please stop. | hp0p3vf | hp17so2 | 1,639,807,058 | 1,639,822,090 | 3 | 7 | Supposedly there are over 3,000 mentions of my name in papers. My name is quite uncommon. | In contrast, when Research Gate says you have a citation, it's true. It's even better than Google Scholar. Citations for my unpublished PhD dissertation appear on Research Gate but not on Google Scholar. | 0 | 15,032 | 2.333333 |
ris5lq | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Your name was mentioned in a paper recently found by Academia! Dear Academia.edu, no one is mentioning my name in any papers. Please stop. | hp0p3vf | hp1q7fy | 1,639,807,058 | 1,639,835,722 | 3 | 5 | Supposedly there are over 3,000 mentions of my name in papers. My name is quite uncommon. | I get weekly emails from them with wilder and wilder paper publications. I'm a paleontologist. I highly doubt I would be doing something regarding "the increased complexities of the herpes virus". Honestly I haven't put them in the spam folder yet because their suggestions of papers that I have possibly written are j... | 0 | 28,664 | 1.666667 |
ris5lq | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Your name was mentioned in a paper recently found by Academia! Dear Academia.edu, no one is mentioning my name in any papers. Please stop. | hp1eiwm | hp1q7fy | 1,639,827,779 | 1,639,835,722 | 3 | 5 | Shit, I thought I was famous. | I get weekly emails from them with wilder and wilder paper publications. I'm a paleontologist. I highly doubt I would be doing something regarding "the increased complexities of the herpes virus". Honestly I haven't put them in the spam folder yet because their suggestions of papers that I have possibly written are j... | 0 | 7,943 | 1.666667 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7x50kr | f7wxra9 | 1,574,046,436 | 1,574,040,921 | 69 | 25 | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | Congratulations! This will be a huge help for you moving forward in your life no matter what path you choose to take. | 1 | 5,515 | 2.76 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7wmc4v | f7x50kr | 1,574,034,891 | 1,574,046,436 | 16 | 69 | Congratulations! That's wonderful! | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | 0 | 11,545 | 4.3125 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7wo43k | f7x50kr | 1,574,035,514 | 1,574,046,436 | 7 | 69 | Gratz!!! | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | 0 | 10,922 | 9.857143 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7x50kr | f7wu2xm | 1,574,046,436 | 1,574,038,088 | 69 | 3 | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | Congratulations! | 1 | 8,348 | 23 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7wynby | f7x50kr | 1,574,041,596 | 1,574,046,436 | 3 | 69 | That's huge! Especially as an undergrad! gg, my friend | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | 0 | 4,840 | 23 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7x0ezh | f7x50kr | 1,574,042,944 | 1,574,046,436 | 3 | 69 | This is such a great feeling! Congratulations to you. | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | 0 | 3,492 | 23 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7wxra9 | f7wmc4v | 1,574,040,921 | 1,574,034,891 | 25 | 16 | Congratulations! This will be a huge help for you moving forward in your life no matter what path you choose to take. | Congratulations! That's wonderful! | 1 | 6,030 | 1.5625 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7wxra9 | f7wo43k | 1,574,040,921 | 1,574,035,514 | 25 | 7 | Congratulations! This will be a huge help for you moving forward in your life no matter what path you choose to take. | Gratz!!! | 1 | 5,407 | 3.571429 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7wu2xm | f7wxra9 | 1,574,038,088 | 1,574,040,921 | 3 | 25 | Congratulations! | Congratulations! This will be a huge help for you moving forward in your life no matter what path you choose to take. | 0 | 2,833 | 8.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7yo5gp | f7xly5g | 1,574,098,187 | 1,574,063,324 | 7 | 4 | Now everyone cite it! | Congrats. Which field? do share the paper link with us when published | 1 | 34,863 | 1.75 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7yo5gp | f7wu2xm | 1,574,098,187 | 1,574,038,088 | 7 | 3 | Now everyone cite it! | Congratulations! | 1 | 60,099 | 2.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7yo5gp | f7wynby | 1,574,098,187 | 1,574,041,596 | 7 | 3 | Now everyone cite it! | That's huge! Especially as an undergrad! gg, my friend | 1 | 56,591 | 2.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7x0ezh | f7yo5gp | 1,574,042,944 | 1,574,098,187 | 3 | 7 | This is such a great feeling! Congratulations to you. | Now everyone cite it! | 0 | 55,243 | 2.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7xhr31 | f7yo5gp | 1,574,058,072 | 1,574,098,187 | 3 | 7 | Congratulations!!! I’m also an undergrad student and I’ve been trying to get something published too... this is hard work, keep going! | Now everyone cite it! | 0 | 40,115 | 2.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7yo5gp | f7x54pn | 1,574,098,187 | 1,574,046,526 | 7 | 2 | Now everyone cite it! | Congrats! | 1 | 51,661 | 3.5 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7x55re | f7yo5gp | 1,574,046,548 | 1,574,098,187 | 2 | 7 | Congratulations | Now everyone cite it! | 0 | 51,639 | 3.5 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7yo5gp | f7x64q5 | 1,574,098,187 | 1,574,047,321 | 7 | 2 | Now everyone cite it! | Congrats!! | 1 | 50,866 | 3.5 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7xly5g | f7wu2xm | 1,574,063,324 | 1,574,038,088 | 4 | 3 | Congrats. Which field? do share the paper link with us when published | Congratulations! | 1 | 25,236 | 1.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7wynby | f7xly5g | 1,574,041,596 | 1,574,063,324 | 3 | 4 | That's huge! Especially as an undergrad! gg, my friend | Congrats. Which field? do share the paper link with us when published | 0 | 21,728 | 1.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7xly5g | f7x0ezh | 1,574,063,324 | 1,574,042,944 | 4 | 3 | Congrats. Which field? do share the paper link with us when published | This is such a great feeling! Congratulations to you. | 1 | 20,380 | 1.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7xhr31 | f7xly5g | 1,574,058,072 | 1,574,063,324 | 3 | 4 | Congratulations!!! I’m also an undergrad student and I’ve been trying to get something published too... this is hard work, keep going! | Congrats. Which field? do share the paper link with us when published | 0 | 5,252 | 1.333333 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7xly5g | f7x54pn | 1,574,063,324 | 1,574,046,526 | 4 | 2 | Congrats. Which field? do share the paper link with us when published | Congrats! | 1 | 16,798 | 2 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7xly5g | f7x55re | 1,574,063,324 | 1,574,046,548 | 4 | 2 | Congrats. Which field? do share the paper link with us when published | Congratulations | 1 | 16,776 | 2 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7xly5g | f7x64q5 | 1,574,063,324 | 1,574,047,321 | 4 | 2 | Congrats. Which field? do share the paper link with us when published | Congrats!! | 1 | 16,003 | 2 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7x54pn | f7xhr31 | 1,574,046,526 | 1,574,058,072 | 2 | 3 | Congrats! | Congratulations!!! I’m also an undergrad student and I’ve been trying to get something published too... this is hard work, keep going! | 0 | 11,546 | 1.5 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7x55re | f7xhr31 | 1,574,046,548 | 1,574,058,072 | 2 | 3 | Congratulations | Congratulations!!! I’m also an undergrad student and I’ve been trying to get something published too... this is hard work, keep going! | 0 | 11,524 | 1.5 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad! | f7x64q5 | f7xhr31 | 1,574,047,321 | 1,574,058,072 | 2 | 3 | Congrats!! | Congratulations!!! I’m also an undergrad student and I’ve been trying to get something published too... this is hard work, keep going! | 0 | 10,751 | 1.5 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gais3tp | gais9mr | 1,603,997,971 | 1,603,998,033 | 110 | 233 | Ewwwww you kiss your spouse? | My spouse and I are both academics teaching fully online. What does "come home" even mean? | 0 | 62 | 2.118182 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gair9cx | gais9mr | 1,603,997,642 | 1,603,998,033 | 14 | 233 | The struggle is real. | My spouse and I are both academics teaching fully online. What does "come home" even mean? | 0 | 391 | 16.642857 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gair9cx | gais3tp | 1,603,997,642 | 1,603,997,971 | 14 | 110 | The struggle is real. | Ewwwww you kiss your spouse? | 0 | 329 | 7.857143 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaiudch | gaj0b4b | 1,603,998,872 | 1,604,001,607 | 32 | 41 | Kissing your SO is always a good thing. Also, the lifestyle that you are implying is not universal and it doesn't have to be like that. Maybe some fields, maybe USA, maybe some PIs. But there are plenty of places where academia is associated with good pay and work-life balance. | I do not understand how the hell I put up with it. You wanna hire a hard working nanotechnologist? I would like to see my family a little, and afford a better house than this tiny apartment... \*sigh\* | 0 | 2,735 | 1.28125 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaj0b4b | gaiwdsy | 1,604,001,607 | 1,603,999,758 | 41 | 29 | I do not understand how the hell I put up with it. You wanna hire a hard working nanotechnologist? I would like to see my family a little, and afford a better house than this tiny apartment... \*sigh\* | Instructions unclear, do I kiss myself? I come home to myself (or never leave home nowadays), and cook, clean and pay the rent on my own. I know I should be dating but covid killed that option for now🙃 | 1 | 1,849 | 1.413793 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gair9cx | gaj0b4b | 1,603,997,642 | 1,604,001,607 | 14 | 41 | The struggle is real. | I do not understand how the hell I put up with it. You wanna hire a hard working nanotechnologist? I would like to see my family a little, and afford a better house than this tiny apartment... \*sigh\* | 0 | 3,965 | 2.928571 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaisb6b | gaj0b4b | 1,603,998,050 | 1,604,001,607 | 5 | 41 | Architecture school too! Once the architecture school term starts, I’m like a widow :/ | I do not understand how the hell I put up with it. You wanna hire a hard working nanotechnologist? I would like to see my family a little, and afford a better house than this tiny apartment... \*sigh\* | 0 | 3,557 | 8.2 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaj0b4b | gaiyvsu | 1,604,001,607 | 1,604,000,940 | 41 | 3 | I do not understand how the hell I put up with it. You wanna hire a hard working nanotechnologist? I would like to see my family a little, and afford a better house than this tiny apartment... \*sigh\* | When I *get* home? | 1 | 667 | 13.666667 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaiudch | gair9cx | 1,603,998,872 | 1,603,997,642 | 32 | 14 | Kissing your SO is always a good thing. Also, the lifestyle that you are implying is not universal and it doesn't have to be like that. Maybe some fields, maybe USA, maybe some PIs. But there are plenty of places where academia is associated with good pay and work-life balance. | The struggle is real. | 1 | 1,230 | 2.285714 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaiudch | gaisb6b | 1,603,998,872 | 1,603,998,050 | 32 | 5 | Kissing your SO is always a good thing. Also, the lifestyle that you are implying is not universal and it doesn't have to be like that. Maybe some fields, maybe USA, maybe some PIs. But there are plenty of places where academia is associated with good pay and work-life balance. | Architecture school too! Once the architecture school term starts, I’m like a widow :/ | 1 | 822 | 6.4 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaiwdsy | gair9cx | 1,603,999,758 | 1,603,997,642 | 29 | 14 | Instructions unclear, do I kiss myself? I come home to myself (or never leave home nowadays), and cook, clean and pay the rent on my own. I know I should be dating but covid killed that option for now🙃 | The struggle is real. | 1 | 2,116 | 2.071429 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaisb6b | gaiwdsy | 1,603,998,050 | 1,603,999,758 | 5 | 29 | Architecture school too! Once the architecture school term starts, I’m like a widow :/ | Instructions unclear, do I kiss myself? I come home to myself (or never leave home nowadays), and cook, clean and pay the rent on my own. I know I should be dating but covid killed that option for now🙃 | 0 | 1,708 | 5.8 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaisb6b | gaj0ram | 1,603,998,050 | 1,604,001,823 | 5 | 10 | Architecture school too! Once the architecture school term starts, I’m like a widow :/ | I don’t understand. This is great advice, but it’s not different for professors than anyone else. Why propagate the notion that this is anything other than a normal job. | 0 | 3,773 | 2 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaj0ram | gaiyvsu | 1,604,001,823 | 1,604,000,940 | 10 | 3 | I don’t understand. This is great advice, but it’s not different for professors than anyone else. Why propagate the notion that this is anything other than a normal job. | When I *get* home? | 1 | 883 | 3.333333 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaisb6b | gak2ujw | 1,603,998,050 | 1,604,021,690 | 5 | 7 | Architecture school too! Once the architecture school term starts, I’m like a widow :/ | My wife just tells me everything I did wrong when I come home. Kinda just makes me want to stay at work with my cells. At least they don't yell at me. | 0 | 23,640 | 1.4 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gak2ujw | gajhl2c | 1,604,021,690 | 1,604,010,150 | 7 | 5 | My wife just tells me everything I did wrong when I come home. Kinda just makes me want to stay at work with my cells. At least they don't yell at me. | > And I cannot understand how the hell you put up with the very long hours, horrible pay, medieval managers which you call PIs, incredible amount of stress every few years looking for funding, and one of the most ferocious competitive contexts that exist. We also don't understand so please don't look for answers. Neit... | 1 | 11,540 | 1.4 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaiyvsu | gak2ujw | 1,604,000,940 | 1,604,021,690 | 3 | 7 | When I *get* home? | My wife just tells me everything I did wrong when I come home. Kinda just makes me want to stay at work with my cells. At least they don't yell at me. | 0 | 20,750 | 2.333333 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gajower | gaisb6b | 1,604,014,038 | 1,603,998,050 | 8 | 5 | How do I get a spouse? Kids can come later, I guess. | Architecture school too! Once the architecture school term starts, I’m like a widow :/ | 1 | 15,988 | 1.6 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gajhl2c | gajower | 1,604,010,150 | 1,604,014,038 | 5 | 8 | > And I cannot understand how the hell you put up with the very long hours, horrible pay, medieval managers which you call PIs, incredible amount of stress every few years looking for funding, and one of the most ferocious competitive contexts that exist. We also don't understand so please don't look for answers. Neit... | How do I get a spouse? Kids can come later, I guess. | 0 | 3,888 | 1.6 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gaiyvsu | gajower | 1,604,000,940 | 1,604,014,038 | 3 | 8 | When I *get* home? | How do I get a spouse? Kids can come later, I guess. | 0 | 13,098 | 2.666667 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put up wit... | gajhl2c | gaiyvsu | 1,604,010,150 | 1,604,000,940 | 5 | 3 | > And I cannot understand how the hell you put up with the very long hours, horrible pay, medieval managers which you call PIs, incredible amount of stress every few years looking for funding, and one of the most ferocious competitive contexts that exist. We also don't understand so please don't look for answers. Neit... | When I *get* home? | 1 | 9,210 | 1.666667 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8djvb | gr8dadm | 1,615,986,030 | 1,615,985,875 | 267 | 89 | YES!! It’s now at the point in my field that if you don’t have a science or nature paper AND a prestigious post doc, you’re basically SOL for any faculty positions. I have worked on meta analyses and publication bias favouring positive outcomes is completely skewing our ability to synthesis and understand actual pat... | I've added failed experiments/negative data into papers. You unfortunately generally need some positive/interesting result as the basis for the paper, but if things failed along the way and are relevant to the main topic of the paper, you can briefly mention the negative results and add it as a supplemental figure. I ... | 1 | 155 | 3 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8c2rf | gr8djvb | 1,615,985,134 | 1,615,986,030 | 21 | 267 | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | YES!! It’s now at the point in my field that if you don’t have a science or nature paper AND a prestigious post doc, you’re basically SOL for any faculty positions. I have worked on meta analyses and publication bias favouring positive outcomes is completely skewing our ability to synthesis and understand actual pat... | 0 | 896 | 12.714286 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8gbq0 | gr8dadm | 1,615,987,604 | 1,615,985,875 | 96 | 89 | It’s one of the things ruining academia. It stems from administrators wanting a way to quantify and rank researchers’ productivity. This may not even be possible, but assuming it is “number of papers” is a terrible metric. It doesn’t measure what administrators think it does and it creates perverse incentives that actu... | I've added failed experiments/negative data into papers. You unfortunately generally need some positive/interesting result as the basis for the paper, but if things failed along the way and are relevant to the main topic of the paper, you can briefly mention the negative results and add it as a supplemental figure. I ... | 1 | 1,729 | 1.078652 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8fzpv | gr8gbq0 | 1,615,987,422 | 1,615,987,604 | 28 | 96 | Agreed! It’s partly why I left academia: the “game” of publishing/grants. And I was good at the game! So many papers add epsilon to delta...very little meat. And the redundancy is ridiculous. Soooo many papers that don’t properly cite & document what has come before, despite it being easier than ever to check (Goo... | It’s one of the things ruining academia. It stems from administrators wanting a way to quantify and rank researchers’ productivity. This may not even be possible, but assuming it is “number of papers” is a terrible metric. It doesn’t measure what administrators think it does and it creates perverse incentives that actu... | 0 | 182 | 3.428571 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8gbq0 | gr8c2rf | 1,615,987,604 | 1,615,985,134 | 96 | 21 | It’s one of the things ruining academia. It stems from administrators wanting a way to quantify and rank researchers’ productivity. This may not even be possible, but assuming it is “number of papers” is a terrible metric. It doesn’t measure what administrators think it does and it creates perverse incentives that actu... | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | 1 | 2,470 | 4.571429 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8c2rf | gr8dadm | 1,615,985,134 | 1,615,985,875 | 21 | 89 | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | I've added failed experiments/negative data into papers. You unfortunately generally need some positive/interesting result as the basis for the paper, but if things failed along the way and are relevant to the main topic of the paper, you can briefly mention the negative results and add it as a supplemental figure. I ... | 0 | 741 | 4.238095 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8iviq | gr8kagv | 1,615,988,964 | 1,615,989,691 | 29 | 85 | I'd honestly love it if there was an "International Journal of Zany Shit we tried that didn't work but oh well here's some data." But that of course means there has to be some degree of standards for what constitutes a good failed experiment. | There's this guy in my field who published like 8 papers based on his PhD project alone by slicing and dicing the project into small portions then blowing each of them up into full papers. The intros of some of these papers read almost the same with some modifications to make them just different enough. Till this day I... | 0 | 727 | 2.931034 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8fzpv | gr8kagv | 1,615,987,422 | 1,615,989,691 | 28 | 85 | Agreed! It’s partly why I left academia: the “game” of publishing/grants. And I was good at the game! So many papers add epsilon to delta...very little meat. And the redundancy is ridiculous. Soooo many papers that don’t properly cite & document what has come before, despite it being easier than ever to check (Goo... | There's this guy in my field who published like 8 papers based on his PhD project alone by slicing and dicing the project into small portions then blowing each of them up into full papers. The intros of some of these papers read almost the same with some modifications to make them just different enough. Till this day I... | 0 | 2,269 | 3.035714 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8c2rf | gr8kagv | 1,615,985,134 | 1,615,989,691 | 21 | 85 | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | There's this guy in my field who published like 8 papers based on his PhD project alone by slicing and dicing the project into small portions then blowing each of them up into full papers. The intros of some of these papers read almost the same with some modifications to make them just different enough. Till this day I... | 0 | 4,557 | 4.047619 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8iw46 | gr8kagv | 1,615,988,972 | 1,615,989,691 | 6 | 85 | There are very few TT positions, and many of these have research as a moderate to major component of their appointment. Why *wouldn’t* you expect those pressures to drive up output? What would selection for a TT job look like research productivity was removed? Impact? Novelty of research program? That is very much lik... | There's this guy in my field who published like 8 papers based on his PhD project alone by slicing and dicing the project into small portions then blowing each of them up into full papers. The intros of some of these papers read almost the same with some modifications to make them just different enough. Till this day I... | 0 | 719 | 14.166667 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8fzpv | gr8iviq | 1,615,987,422 | 1,615,988,964 | 28 | 29 | Agreed! It’s partly why I left academia: the “game” of publishing/grants. And I was good at the game! So many papers add epsilon to delta...very little meat. And the redundancy is ridiculous. Soooo many papers that don’t properly cite & document what has come before, despite it being easier than ever to check (Goo... | I'd honestly love it if there was an "International Journal of Zany Shit we tried that didn't work but oh well here's some data." But that of course means there has to be some degree of standards for what constitutes a good failed experiment. | 0 | 1,542 | 1.035714 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8c2rf | gr8iviq | 1,615,985,134 | 1,615,988,964 | 21 | 29 | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | I'd honestly love it if there was an "International Journal of Zany Shit we tried that didn't work but oh well here's some data." But that of course means there has to be some degree of standards for what constitutes a good failed experiment. | 0 | 3,830 | 1.380952 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8fzpv | gr8c2rf | 1,615,987,422 | 1,615,985,134 | 28 | 21 | Agreed! It’s partly why I left academia: the “game” of publishing/grants. And I was good at the game! So many papers add epsilon to delta...very little meat. And the redundancy is ridiculous. Soooo many papers that don’t properly cite & document what has come before, despite it being easier than ever to check (Goo... | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | 1 | 2,288 | 1.333333 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8nn8w | gr8wm5s | 1,615,991,367 | 1,615,995,583 | 12 | 14 | Publishing a negative result requires some work, but it's definitely doable and I recommend it. Towards the beginning of my career I published two papers that are mostly "*if you think this is a good idea, don't; here's why*" and "*why XYZ looks like it should work, but doesn't*". Neither exceeded a dozen citations or ... | A perspective from the humanities: I'm in what's called a "book field," rather than an "article field." Tenure expectation is, basically, one single-authored book. These take years to research and write, so it's pretty much a one-shot deal. Thing is, only a handful of publishers publish scholarship in a given field. T... | 0 | 4,216 | 1.166667 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8wm5s | gr8o0jf | 1,615,995,583 | 1,615,991,550 | 14 | 8 | A perspective from the humanities: I'm in what's called a "book field," rather than an "article field." Tenure expectation is, basically, one single-authored book. These take years to research and write, so it's pretty much a one-shot deal. Thing is, only a handful of publishers publish scholarship in a given field. T... | h-index is by no means perfect but it's far more relevant than paper count, i.e. how many times has your work contributed to the literature. | 1 | 4,033 | 1.75 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8varw | gr8wm5s | 1,615,994,995 | 1,615,995,583 | 9 | 14 | Let me give a slightly different take on this. I completely agree with the notion that there are too many papers and definitely way too many “incremental” papers. But it is worth thinking g about the causes of this. In my mind the main driver of all of this is that the job market is ultra-competitive. Most fields p... | A perspective from the humanities: I'm in what's called a "book field," rather than an "article field." Tenure expectation is, basically, one single-authored book. These take years to research and write, so it's pretty much a one-shot deal. Thing is, only a handful of publishers publish scholarship in a given field. T... | 0 | 588 | 1.555556 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8wm5s | gr8iw46 | 1,615,995,583 | 1,615,988,972 | 14 | 6 | A perspective from the humanities: I'm in what's called a "book field," rather than an "article field." Tenure expectation is, basically, one single-authored book. These take years to research and write, so it's pretty much a one-shot deal. Thing is, only a handful of publishers publish scholarship in a given field. T... | There are very few TT positions, and many of these have research as a moderate to major component of their appointment. Why *wouldn’t* you expect those pressures to drive up output? What would selection for a TT job look like research productivity was removed? Impact? Novelty of research program? That is very much lik... | 1 | 6,611 | 2.333333 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr8p0ne | gr8wm5s | 1,615,992,043 | 1,615,995,583 | 6 | 14 | I'm a physisist, and I feel all of this as a scam... Academia became into a legal piramidal bussines: you need a degre in order to be able to teach to those who pretend to get a degree so they can teach others who pretend... All of us are guilty for accepting this unsenseless academia rules. | A perspective from the humanities: I'm in what's called a "book field," rather than an "article field." Tenure expectation is, basically, one single-authored book. These take years to research and write, so it's pretty much a one-shot deal. Thing is, only a handful of publishers publish scholarship in a given field. T... | 0 | 3,540 | 2.333333 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr99jha | gr8nn8w | 1,616,001,312 | 1,615,991,367 | 14 | 12 | I know some PhD students more experienced than any other postdoc since they still do a PhD in their 8th or 9th years at the same lab and this is in Europe, where you don't have classes, exams, seminars etc. It's full time research. They aim to publish every chapter of their dissertation in famous and high impact journa... | Publishing a negative result requires some work, but it's definitely doable and I recommend it. Towards the beginning of my career I published two papers that are mostly "*if you think this is a good idea, don't; here's why*" and "*why XYZ looks like it should work, but doesn't*". Neither exceeded a dozen citations or ... | 1 | 9,945 | 1.166667 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr99jha | gr8o0jf | 1,616,001,312 | 1,615,991,550 | 14 | 8 | I know some PhD students more experienced than any other postdoc since they still do a PhD in their 8th or 9th years at the same lab and this is in Europe, where you don't have classes, exams, seminars etc. It's full time research. They aim to publish every chapter of their dissertation in famous and high impact journa... | h-index is by no means perfect but it's far more relevant than paper count, i.e. how many times has your work contributed to the literature. | 1 | 9,762 | 1.75 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions into spin-... | gr99jha | gr8varw | 1,616,001,312 | 1,615,994,995 | 14 | 9 | I know some PhD students more experienced than any other postdoc since they still do a PhD in their 8th or 9th years at the same lab and this is in Europe, where you don't have classes, exams, seminars etc. It's full time research. They aim to publish every chapter of their dissertation in famous and high impact journa... | Let me give a slightly different take on this. I completely agree with the notion that there are too many papers and definitely way too many “incremental” papers. But it is worth thinking g about the causes of this. In my mind the main driver of all of this is that the job market is ultra-competitive. Most fields p... | 1 | 6,317 | 1.555556 |
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