Monographs?

[futureapppsy2]

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Forgive my ignorance, but could somebody please explain what exactly a monograph is in the context of psychology, particularly what distinguishes a monograph relative from journal articles, book chapters, books, etc? I've heard the term used in humanities fields before, but today was the first time I've seen a monograph listed on a psychology CV as such, and I'm wondering exactly what that signifies.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Ollie123]

Not sure if this is the primary use, but I typically see people listing non-peer-reviewed pseudo-publications (i.e. self-published as a pdf that gets circulated) as monographs. Common ones seem to be treatment manuals, guidelines for complicated assessment/research protocols, etc. The sort of things that are often invaluable contributions to the field, aren't usually appropriate for journals or book chapters, but should get out into the field somehow.

On the other hand, large organizations will frequently release "monographs" on a topic. For instance, NIAAA has a number of monographs on say "Health consequences of alcohol use" with tons of contributors who are leading researchers in the field. I'm not sure the process for the NIH-specific monographs (people may count them as book chapters given the nature of it, or for all I know they may be peer-reviewed).

 

[futureapppsy2]

Thanks! In this case, the monograph seemed like a book divided into five or so different chapters, and then published as the entirety of one issue of a journal, with each chapter listed like a journal article. Each issue of this journal is its own monograph, as described above. It was not something I've seen before...

 

[lookitssara]

In my department, monograph is used to describe an unpublished piece that is much lengthier than an article. Sort of like manuscript = unpublished article, monograph = unpublished book.