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Living Reviews in Relativity (living-reviews-in-relativity)
Journal positioning
Living Reviews in Relativity is a Springer journal that publishes invited, continuously updated, authoritative review articles in relativity and gravitation. Its defining character is the "living" model: an article is maintained and revised by its authors as the field evolves, so each review remains the current definitive reference on its topic. LRR is among the highest-impact journals in all of science precisely because each article is a comprehensive, expert, and up-to-date survey that the entire gravitation community relies on. It publishes no primary research; the currency is exhaustive, balanced, pedagogical synthesis with a long maintenance commitment. Readership is the international relativity, gravitation, cosmology, and gravitational-wave community, including graduate students entering the field. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before proposing, re-check the live author and invitation instructions on the Living Reviews in Relativity Springer site.
When to trigger
- The author is considering a comprehensive, maintainable review of a relativity/gravitation topic for Living Reviews in Relativity.
- A leading group is asked, or wishes to propose, an authoritative living survey they will commit to updating over years.
- An author is choosing between Living Reviews in Relativity, Reviews of Modern Physics, and a topical-review format for a definitive gravitation review.
- The author needs LRR's invitation model, comprehensiveness and maintenance expectations, and desk-reject criteria before drafting.