The phrase academic chicken refers to academic work of poor quality in which you are essentially1 daring your professor or teacher to give you a bad grade.
学术鸡指的是水平非常差的学术论文,假如交上去你的教授非常可能给你个差评。
Example:
I just submitted the worst paper I have ever written. It is nothing short of academic chicken.
我刚把自己写过的最差的论文交上去了。那篇论文是个不折不扣的学术鸡。