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This page provides information about ASAP publication alerts— the best way to stay informed about scientific papers that may be pertinent to you research.
Proactive advancement of one's scientific literacy, in addition to being a requirement for the Clark Group, is a personal skill vital to any scientific field. Whether learning established theory from scientific text or exploring newly published results in journals, becoming knowledgeable in the field you are pursuing starts with an awareness of what to read. While paper recommendations from your advisor or co-workers are a great start, this curated view of the field is only as thorough as the lab it comes from. A good way to expand your view of the field further is to take advantage of the electronic updates many journals provide on current publications within the field. These convenient, periodic emails allow you to browse a list of recently published papers from a specific journal and save titles that may apply to your research.
A good starting point is to sign up for ASAP eAlerts from the American Chemical Society (ACS), which hosts publications in many relevant journals. ASAP stands for As Soon As Publishable, meaning these emails provide information about published papers that are as fresh as possible. To sign up for ASAP eAlerts, go to the ACS eAlerts webpage (shown scrollable below). Here, you will find a list of journals whose papers are hosted by ACS Publications and the type of chemistry they are relevant to (e.g., the Aurora Clark lab group is primarily a Physical and Theoretical Chemistry group, but this doesn't need to restrict your reading if you're curious). Clicking on a specific journal will allow you to sign up for eAlerts from that journal to your email. If it is your first time using the mailing list, ACS will ask you to add your name, country, and academic role to your email preferences profile, after which you will be taken back to the eAlerts page, where you can update your preferences and select journals to receive updates from.
Emails may be piped into individual folders so as not to bog down your inbox (Outlook Home --> Select eAlert email you want to redirect --> Move to --> Create new folder) but remember updates are only useful if you open them ;).
Additionally, you may change the frequency with which you receive updates to match your reading frequency and interest in each journal you subscribe to. Go to the ACS Email Preferences webpage, and log in to your ACS profile. To change journal subscription settings: click on the Journals tab --> click Show me everything I follow --> click edit on the journal you want to edit. From here, you can toggle your subscription on and off and change the frequency with which you receive news of new papers.
ACS is a good source for many useful journals but is by no means the only place to look. Alerts for other journals may be signed up for individually. Some common journals include:
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