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Writing a great research paper is an obvious way to make an impact but here are some other ways…

1. Write a book on a topic

2. Write a review paper in a journal

3. Write a piece of software (to teach, simulate or calculate something). If the software is useful, a community will fast grow around it. Also you will learn amazing amounts of stuff by learning to program the physics of a problem!

4. Build a good website (for reference, help with a specific topic, explanation of a pre-existing paper, a tutorial etc.)

5. Build a novel/better instrument or detector. Many Nobel Prizes have been won by people who simply invented new instruments rather than complicated theories!

6. Teach! Teaching helps you learn! A good teacher is also very influential!