Please note the resources tab has some sub-categories for cool stuff such as meep PC installation and whatnot.
The resources tab contains specific subpages on several topics.
In addition, I found the following links to be very useful for a junior scientist :
Writing and publishing
IOP writing guide, a good place to get started for new writers.
Useful services
Incredible material database, a database focused on the properties extraordinary materials. Always wanted to know what material has the largest Kerr coefficient in the IR? This can shorten up your search.
Refractive index database, a surprisingly good resource for (more standard) optical materials.
Follow that page, a cool tool for checking up on the status of your prl\prx paper automatically. As good as checking the website yourself 24 times a days, but much less obsessive.
Google scholar metrics, journals usually take pride in their impact factors, the avearge number of citations, but google scholar provides the h5 listings of different journals, which is an indication of how very highly cited papers were published on the course of 5 years. The results are surprising - while nature physics several times the impact factor of PRL, it has a much lower h5 rating. Closer to applied physics letters, than to PRL.
Useful lists
A list of free EM simulation, highly useful if you're trying to decide what code to use, but don't want to pay for the frills.
List of Length limits in leading journals. Remarkably useful.
Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving, tabulated\searchable information on whether you can post the published version of your paper on your website\social networks or whether copyrights issues only let you a post the link.
Useful software\services
Mendeley, my choice for references' management.
Notepad ++, an improved notepad, extremely well suited for coding in scheme\guile\MEEP.
Paint.net, an improved paint. Mostly for making small alterations to figures and the like.
Windirstat, a very useful tool for finding out where all your free disk space went to. Too many simulations tend to do that.
Audacity, an excellent sound editing program
Caffeine, is a code that joggs your mouse\keyboard every so often to make sure your computer does not lock automatically. Useful for circumventing security-obsessed sysadmins.
Other stuff
Israeli library search (old version)
Coffee stains
The resources tab contains specific subpages on several topics.
In addition, I found the following links to be very useful for a junior scientist :
Writing and publishing
IOP writing guide, a good place to get started for new writers.
Useful services
Incredible material database, a database focused on the properties extraordinary materials. Always wanted to know what material has the largest Kerr coefficient in the IR? This can shorten up your search.
Refractive index database, a surprisingly good resource for (more standard) optical materials.
Follow that page, a cool tool for checking up on the status of your prl\prx paper automatically. As good as checking the website yourself 24 times a days, but much less obsessive.
Google scholar metrics, journals usually take pride in their impact factors, the avearge number of citations, but google scholar provides the h5 listings of different journals, which is an indication of how very highly cited papers were published on the course of 5 years. The results are surprising - while nature physics several times the impact factor of PRL, it has a much lower h5 rating. Closer to applied physics letters, than to PRL.
Useful lists
A list of free EM simulation, highly useful if you're trying to decide what code to use, but don't want to pay for the frills.
List of Length limits in leading journals. Remarkably useful.
Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving, tabulated\searchable information on whether you can post the published version of your paper on your website\social networks or whether copyrights issues only let you a post the link.
Useful software\services
Mendeley, my choice for references' management.
Notepad ++, an improved notepad, extremely well suited for coding in scheme\guile\MEEP.
Paint.net, an improved paint. Mostly for making small alterations to figures and the like.
Windirstat, a very useful tool for finding out where all your free disk space went to. Too many simulations tend to do that.
Audacity, an excellent sound editing program
Caffeine, is a code that joggs your mouse\keyboard every so often to make sure your computer does not lock automatically. Useful for circumventing security-obsessed sysadmins.
Other stuff
Israeli library search (old version)
Coffee stains
