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I doubt it would "harm them a lot", but I also agree that the supervisor has little reason (assuming basic sanity) to fail her student, and it's certainly not in her interest to do so. And I think "would even have to answer to a higher authority on that if they fail you" is unreasonably optimistic wrt how academia works. Insofar as there is a "higher authority" goes, they won't care.– Faheem MithaCommented May 24, 2017 at 10:12
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1@Faheem too optimistic is a good description to what I said. But a professor failing such a student will definitely get bad reputation for it, unless it's the only time he does it. The guy published nature papers! That's kind of a big deal!! What kind of professor fails a nature publishing PhD? That would be very peculiar and will not help the supervisor in any way.– The Quantum PhysicistCommented May 24, 2017 at 10:28
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The poster said "nature family journal". Is that the same as Nature?– Faheem MithaCommented May 24, 2017 at 21:06
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@Faheem That's close enough. The whole nature family is quite demanding and not easy to get into.– The Quantum PhysicistCommented May 24, 2017 at 21:13
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