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Academia

Beta Q&A site for academics and those enrolled in higher education.

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Needs Work – 15 questions per day on average is a healthy beta, 5 questions or fewer per day needs some work. A healthy site generates lots of good content to make sure users keep coming back.
100%
answered
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323
avid users
4,208
total users
Excellent – Every site needs a solid group of core users to assist in moderating the site. We recommend:
  • 150 users with 200+ rep (currently 323 users with 200+ rep)
  • 10 users with 2,000+ rep (currently 43 users with 2,000+ rep)
  • 5 users with 3,000+ rep (currently 31 users with 3,000+ rep)
2.7
answer ratio
Excellent – 2.5 answers per question is good, only 1 answer per question needs some work. In a healthy site, questions receive multiple answers and the best answer is voted to the top.
2,008
visits/day
Excellent – 1,500 visits per day is good, 500 visits per day needs some work. A great site benefits people outside the community. Eventually, 90% of a site's traffic should come from search engines.
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Advantages of second marking

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How to explain a bad grade to a...

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profile for David Ketcheson at Academia

Negotiating with journal...

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How to phrase authors'...

What do you call research that...

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