Monograph

How it is used

Common in humanities; it need not originate as a thesis.

Example sentences

1. Her monograph traces the history of one regional school system.

   One focused subject receives book-length treatment.

2. The publisher asked how the monograph differed from the original dissertation.

   Degree research may need adaptation for publication.

Common collocations

• publish a monograph
• scholarly monograph

Related terms

• dissertationA long, formal piece of research writing completed for a degree; in the US usually a doctoral thesis, in the UK often a final project for a bachelor's or master's.
• manuscriptThe text of an article or book that an author submits to a journal or publisher before it is accepted and published.

More terms: Peer Review and Publishing

• peer review
• journal
• submit
• reviewer
• revise and resubmit
• desk rejection
• impact factor
• open access
• corresponding author
• publish or perish
• editor
• co-author