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Physics

Resources for library research on physics- and astronomy-related topics.

Upcoming Conferences

Conferences on Various Physics Topics 

Organized by the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOP CAS), the website serves as a portal for upcoming academic conferences on diverse areas about physics that will be held in mainland China, including both domestic and international conferences.

 

What's Up in Physics and Science Today?

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Physics Magazine is a free, online magazine from the American Physical Society. The publication primarily reports on papers from the Physical Review journals, focusing on results that will change the course of research, inspire a new way of thinking, or spark curiosity. The stories behind these findings are written by experts, journalists, and our staff writers for the benefit of the physics community and beyond.

The Physical Review provide no end of great stories. But physics is more than papers, and we want the magazine to reflect the people, debates, and events behind the reported research. Physics Magazine regularly includes interviews with physicists and news stories on a variety of topics, as well as articles about the influence of physics on the arts.

Here is an overview of what you'll find in Physics Magazine.

Highlights of papers from the Physical Review journals

  • Viewpoints — Commentaries by experts that explain why a paper is important to the field
  • Focus stories — Journalist-written news stories aimed at the broadest possible audience
  • Synopses — Short summaries of newsworthy results written by journalists and Physics Magazine staff
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Article Alerts

Search Alerts

Many bibliographic databases allow you to set search alerts which will automatically inform you of new publications issued on topics that are of interest to you.

To set up a search alert you will normally have to take 4 steps:

  1. Set up a personal account on the database you wish to use, this will allow you save searches and alerts.
  2. Create your search and run it to check the results.
  3. Save the search as an alert.
  4. Set up the details of the alert by indicating how you would like to receive the alert (via E-mail or RSS feed) and with what frequency.

Citation Alerts

Citation alerts can be set to automatically notify you when a particular research article or conference paper is cited by a new publication appearing in a bibliographic database.

Want to know who is citing you?

Some databases also allow you to set up citation alerts to an author rather than a single publication. You can use citation alerting to help you keep track of who is citing your own work. Citation alerts can be set up on scientific literature databases such as Scopus and Web of Science.