Living Reviews is an open access journal

Open access journal

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 series, which publishes regularly updated peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 review

Review

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 articles in various fields of science.

Its concept of "living" articles takes advantage of web-based electronic publishing

Electronic publishing

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 and allows authors to update their articles with the latest developments and research findings.

The concept of Living Reviews was developed by Bernard Schutz and Jennifer Wheary, who started the first journal, Living Reviews in Relativity

Living Reviews in Relativity

Living Reviews in Relativity is an open-access scientific review journal covering topics on relativity in the areas of physics and astrophysics. It is published by the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics...

, in 1998 at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is a Max Planck Institute whose research is aimed at investigating Einstein’s theory of relativity and beyond: Mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity, and gravitational wave astronomy...

. Living Reviews is affiliated with the Max Planck Digital Library and a registered trademark of the Max Planck Society

Max Planck Society

The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....

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