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What’s the future of the scholarly monograph? Oxford and Cambridge University Presses announced the results of their joint global survey on that question Tuesday. The survey, which was open to researchers in the humanities and social sciences and attracted 5,000 responses, found that the monograph complemented the journal article and remains a "core medium for the dissemination and debate of new research and can define areas of study for decades."
The value of the monograph is not just in the product but in the process, the survey also found. “Respondents suggested that the act of writing a monograph supports the research process in and of itself,” according to the presses, “helping researchers to organize and enrich their thinking through its scale and scope as a format and the freedom it allows to develop interconnected, complex arguments.” Still, there is room for improvement. Respondents said that “experimentation and evolution” are necessary for the monograph’s continued relevance, with an emphasis on access and discoverability.
