Editing Monograph (section)

===Academic works===
{{See also|Monographic series|Academic publishing}}
The English term ''monograph'' is derived from modern [[Latin]] {{Lang|la|monographia}}, which has its root in [[Greek language|Greek]].<ref>{{Citation | title = The explanation of 'monograph' and 'monogram' in Oxford Advanced Leaners' Dictionary (8th Ed.) }}</ref> In the English word, ''mono-'' means {{Gloss|single}} and ''-graph'' means {{Gloss|something written}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=The explanation of "monograph" in Online Etymology Dictionary |url=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=monograph |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> 

Unlike a [[textbook]], which surveys the state of knowledge in a field, the main purpose of a monograph is to present primary [[research]] and original scholarship. This research is presented at length, distinguishing a monograph from an article. For these reasons, publication of a monograph is commonly regarded as vital for career progression in many academic disciplines. Intended for other researchers and bought primarily by libraries, monographs are generally published as individual volumes in a short [[print run]].<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1108/00012530910932294|title=The role and future of the monograph in arts and humanities research|journal=[[ASLIB Proceedings]]|volume=61|pages=67–82|year=2009|last1=Williams|first1=Peter|last2=Stevenson|first2=Iain|last3=Nicholas|first3=David|last4=Watkinson|first4=Anthony|last5=Rowlands|first5=Ian}}</ref> In Britain and the U.S., what differentiates a scholarly monograph from an academic [[Trade magazine|trade title]] varies by publisher, though generally it is the assumption that the readership has not only specialised or sophisticated knowledge but also professional interest in the subject of the work.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=John B.|title=Books in the Digital Age: The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/booksindigitalag00thom|url-access=limited|publisher=[[Polity Press]]|via=Internet Archive|location=Cambridge|year=2005|isbn=978-0745634784|pages=84–85}}</ref>

A written monograph is usually a specialist book on one topic, although the term is sometimes used loosely, with its meaning being broadened to include any works which are not [[reference work]]s and which may be written by one or more authors, or an edited collection.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Robert|last2=Pentz|first2=Ed|last3=Borthwick|first3=Ian|date=2012|title=Academic and Professional Publishing|publisher=Elsevier |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IpRlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115|isbn=978-1-78063-309-1|quote='[M]onograph' has become a generic term for a book that is not of a reference type, is of primary material and which may be multi-authored, single-authored, or an edited collection.}}</ref>

This broadened use of the term, however, does not affect the essential difference in academic publishing and assessment between an authored academic book (i.e., a traditional academic monograph) and an edited volume (i.e., a non-authored book). In the case of an academic monograph, it is a "a focused work of scholarship pitched at a relatively high level of intellectual sophistication",<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=John B. |title=Books in the Digital Age |publisher=Polity |year=2005 |isbn=0 7456 3477 X |location=Cambridge (UK) |pages=38, 84–85}}</ref> whose author (or authors) has carried out the research and written the text of the book.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2022 |title=Basics of writing and publishing a Monograph |url=https://www.cwauthors.com/article/basics-of-writing-and-publishing-a-monograph?utm_source=chatgpt.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2023 |title=UK Research and Innovation open access policy: Annex 1: additional information on policy definitions and scope |url=https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-open-access-policy/uk-research-and-innovation-open-access-policy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com#section-annex-1:-additional-information-on-policy-definitions-and-scope |website=UK Research and Innovation}}</ref> By contrast, the editor of an edited volume owns the copyright to the concept, structure and organization of the book, as well as any text he or she has authored, while the authors of the individual chapters retain the copyright to the text and content of the chapters they authored.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Emma |date=17 February 2016 |title=Framing and Proposing an Edited Volume for Publication |url=https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2016/02/17/framing-and-proposing-an-edited-volume-for-publication/ |website=Manchester University Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Dien |first=Dianne |date=2 April 2024 |title=Writing the Edited Volume |url=https://uofupress.com/writing-the-edited-volume/ |website=The University of Utah Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Webster |first=Peter |title=The Edited Collection: Pasts, Present and Futures |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2020 |isbn=9781108683647 |location=Cambridge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 2025 |title=Edited Volumes |url=https://www.cambridge.org/authorhub/application/files/7917/3945/1027/5143_Edited_Volumes.pdf |website=Cambridge University Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2023 |title=UK Research and Innovation open access policy: Annex 1: additional information on policy definitions and scope |url=https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-open-access-policy/uk-research-and-innovation-open-access-policy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com#section-annex-1:-additional-information-on-policy-definitions-and-scope |website=UKRI.org}}</ref>