''Living Reviews'' is an
open access journal
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series, which publishes regularly updated
peer-reviewed review
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articles in various fields of science. Its concept of
"living" articles takes advantage of web-based
electronic publishing and allows authors to update their articles with the latest developments and research findings.
The concept of ''Living Reviews'' was developed by
Bernard Schutz
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and Jennifer Wheary, who started the first journal, ''
Living Reviews in Relativity
''Living Reviews in Relativity'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal publishing reviews on relativity in the areas of physics and astrophysics. It was founded by Bernard Schutz and published at the Max Planck Institute for Gravit ...
'', in 1998 at the
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
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. The series now contains three entries
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Living Reviews in Relativity
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Living Reviews in Solar Physics
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Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics
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In June 2015, the series was sold to
Springer International Publishing AG.
See also
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Living Reviews in Landscape Research''
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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Open access in Germany
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