General Relativity and Gravitation is a monthly, peer review

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ed scientific journal

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. It was established in 1970, and is published by Springer

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 on behalf of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation

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. The two editors in chief

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 are G.F.R. Ellis and H. Nicolai. The journal's field of interest is modern gravitational physics, encompassing all theoretical

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al aspects of general relativity

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 and gravitation

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The aims of General Relativity and Gravitation include public outreach through teaching and public understanding, as well as disseminate the history of general relativity and gravitation. Another aim of the journal is to publish original research on numerous topics. Some of the topics of interest are observational, or theoretical work, in cosmology

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, general relativity

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, gravity, supergravity

Supergravity

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, quantum gravity

Quantum gravity

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, string theory

String theory

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 (including extensions), relativity, and the related complex mathematics

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 involved.

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