Lectures

Lecture 1: Physics & Astronomy journals

News & Views

• Physics Today
• Physics

General Science

• Nature
• Science

General Physics

• Physical Review
• IOP journals
• Nature Physics
• Journal of Computational 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

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 Computational Physics

Lecture 2: Searching the scientific literature

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

Lecture 4: Scientific conferences and workshops

• APS student membership
• APS March meeting for condensed matter physics students
• APS April meeting for astrophysics and high energy physics students
• APS DAMOP meeting for AMO students
• CECAM workshops
• Psi-K workshops and hands-on courses

Lecture 4: Scientific presentations

Talks

• Preparing and giving a good talk requires a lot of discipline, particularly with regard to cutting out material.