Living Reviews

Living Reviews = editorial concept whereby articles are regularly updated and openly accessible

Related to the Open Access movement in scholarly publishing.

What is Living Reviews about?

URL = http://www.livingreviews.org/faq.html

'Living Reviews' is a unique editorial concept for the publication of high-quality scientific content. Living Reviews journals are publishing 'living' review articles. What does this mean?

'Living' review articles are

1. as the name suggests, review articles, providing insightful surveys on research progress in the fields they cover and guiding readers to the most important literature in the field,

2. solicited from experts in the field by an international Editorial Board,

3. subject to peer-review,

4. open access publications

5. and, most important, 'living' which means that the articles are regularly being updated by their authors to incorporate the latest developments in the field." (http://www.livingreviews.org/faq.html)