Lectures

Lecture 1: Physics & Astronomy journals

News & Views

• Physics Today
• Physics - Spotlighting Exceptional Research

General Science

• Nature
• Science

General Physics

• Physical Review
• IOP journals
• Nature Physics

Reviews

• Reviews of Modern Physics
• Physics Reports
• Reports on Progress in Physics

Applied Physics

• Nature Materials
• Applied Physics Letters
• Journal of Applied Physics
• Applied Physics Review
• Physical Review Applied
• Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• Optics Express
• Journal of Chemical Physics
• Biophysics Journal

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

• Nature Nanotechnology
• Nano Letters
• ACS Nano

Astronomy and Astrophysics

• Astronomical Journal
• Astrophysical Journal
• Astrophysical Journal Letters
• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Space and Plasma Physics

• Journal of Plasma Physics
• Physics of Plasmas
• Journal of Geophysical Research

Mathematical and Computational Physics

• Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
• Journal of Mathematical Physics
• Computer Physics Communications
• Computing in Science and Engineering
• Journal of Computational Physics

Lecture 2: Searching the scientific literature

• arXiv
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Impact factors

Lecture 3: Physics and Astronomy conferences and workshops

Major conferences repeated every year

• APS March meeting for condensed matter physics students
• APS April meeting for astrophysics and high energy physics students
• APS DAMOP meeting for AMO students
• American Astronomical Society meeting for astronomy students
• Gordon Research Conferences

Examples of workshops

• CECAM workshops
• Psi-K workshops and hands-on courses

Lecture 4: Scientific writing

• Structure of Physics and Astronomy journal articles

N. D. Mermin

• Writing physics
• What's wrong with these equations
• What's wrong with this prose
• Why Quark Rhymes with Pork and Other Scientific Diversions

LaTeX templates

• PHYS660 template and embedded PDF figure.
• Math into LaTeX: How to Beautify Equations and embedded PDF figure.
• How to submit abstract for APS meetings
• RevTeX

Free LaTeX packages

• MikTeX (LaTeX implementation for Windows)
• TexStudio (TeX Editor for Windows, Linux, or Mac OS)
• JabRef (organizer for BibTeX references)

Lecture 5: Scientific presentations: Talks and Posters

Talks

• Preparing and giving a good talk requires a lot of discipline, particularly with regard to cutting out material.
• How to design and deliver an effective research talk
• Advice to beginning physics speakers
• What's wrong with those talks?
• Who is listening? What do they hear?
• Transforming physics education

Posters

• How to create an attractive poster