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AstrophysicsLiterature
Introduction
SolidWork• Needareputationasagoodresearcher• Workandresultsmustbetrusted• Reputationwithpeersisveryimportant
InnovativeThinking• Needtocontributesomethingnew• Needtounderstandthefieldtoknowwhatnewis.
WriteProposals• Proposeforobservations• Newdataleadstonewresults• Proposeoften• Recycleproposals• Do not get discouraged
WriteGrantApplications• Astronomersneedfunding• Fundinggivesyousomeindependence• Writemanyapplications• Recycleapplications• Do not get discouraged
BeaReviewer• Refereeforpublications• Reviewerforproposals• Timeconsuming• Establishyourselfas“the”expert• Insightintocuttingedgeofresearch
ShareYourKnowledge• Publishyourresults• Attendmeetingsandpresentresults• Giveseminarsandtalks• Talktoreporters• Givepublictalks
WorkFastandWorkHard• Astronomyiscompetitive• Beefficient• Youarejudgedonyourpublicationrecord• Publishorperish
StayAheadoftheCurve• Stayinformedinyourfield• Readtheliterature• Attendmeetings• Keepaneyeonthebigpicture
Publications
UnrefereedPublications• Conferenceproceedings• Astronomicaltelegrams• IAUCirculars• ResearchNotes
Goodforannouncingresultsandestablishingpriority.Not a substitute for refereed publications.
RefereedPublicationsPeerreviewed.Primaryformofpublication.Process:• Writeapaper• Submitthepaper• Getareferee’sreport• Respondtothereport• Repeatasneeded
o Paperisaccepted,oro Paperisrejected.
• WriteanotherpaperMostpaperstakeatleastoneiteration.
MajorAstrophysicsJournalsTherearemanyjournals.Majorones:• ApJ—observationandtheory• AJ—mostlyobservation• A&A—allastronomy,Europeanjournal• MNRAS —allastronomy,Britishjournal• PASP —goodforinstrumentation&methods
• Science—breakingnews• Nature—breakingnews
o ARAA—Reviewarticles
TypesofArticlesArticleso Primarywaytopresentresults.o Trytopublishatleastonefirst‐authorpaperayear.
SupplementaryArticleso Primarilyforpublishinglargedatasets.
ReviewArticleso Invitedarticles.o Lotofwork.o Highprestige
Letterso Forresultsthatneedtobepublishedfasto Shorto Oftenabused
ResearchNoteso Workthatdoesnotmeritpeer‐reviewedpublication.
OnLineLiterature
Preprints• Articlesthathavebeensubmitted,butnotpublished.
• Mayormaynothavebeenreviewed.• arXiv
o http://arxiv.org/o Updateddailyo Spend10–15minuteseachdayscanningthetitlesandabstracts
• Contentsmaychange!PublishedArticles• JournalWebsites• AstrophysicsDataSystem(ADS)
o http://adsabs.harvard.edu/o Nearlycompletecollectiono Somearticlesrequireasubscriptiono Powerful,butnottoointuitiveinterface
• NEDo Goodwaytofindarticlesonaparticularsource
LaTeX
Typesettingsystem,notaworkprocessor.SomesimilaritiestoHTML.Powerful.Steeplearningcurve.Youmustlearnit.LaTeXAdvantageso Outputlooksprofessionalo Verypowerful,particularlyformathso Freeanduniversallyavailableo EasytoconvertLaTeXtootherformatso InputisASCIIo Mostjournalsrequireit
LaTeXDisadvantageso Steeplearningcurveo Obscuremark‐upnameso NotWYSIWYG,needtocompileLaTeXfiles
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