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Not to be confused with Monogram.
A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works)[1] on a single
subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author, and usually on a scholarly
subject.
In library cataloging, monograph has a broader meaning, that of a nonserial publication
complete in one volume (book) or a definite number of volumes. Thus it differs from
a serial publication such as a magazine, journal, or newspaper.[2] In this context only, books
such as novels are monographs.

Contents

 1In academia
 2In art
 3In biology
 4In United States Food and Drug Administration regulation
 5See also
 6References

In academia[edit]
See also: Monographic series
The term "monographia" is derived from the Greek mono- ("single") and grapho ("to write"),
meaning "writing on a single subject".[3] 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 ascertaining reliable credibility to the required recipient. 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.[4]
In Britain and the U.S., what differentiates a scholarly monograph from an academic trade
title varies by publisher, though generally it is the assumption that the readership has not
only specialized or sophisticated knowledge but also professional interest in the subject of
the work.[5]

In art[edit]
Book publishers use the term "artist monograph" to indicate books dealing with a single
artist, as opposed to broader surveys of art subjects.

In biology[edit]
In biological taxonomy, a monograph is a comprehensive treatment of a taxon.
Monographs typically review all known species within a group, add any newly discovered
species, and collect and synthesize available information on the ecological associations,
geographic distributions, and morphological variations within the group. See this reference
as an example.[6]
The first-ever monograph of a plant taxon was Robert Morison's 1672 Plantarum
Umbelliferarum Distributio Nova, a treatment of the Apiaceae.[7]
In United States Food and Drug Administration
regulation[edit]
See also: Pharmacopoeia
In the context of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation, monographs represent
published standards by which the use of one or more substances is automatically
authorized. For example, the following is an excerpt from the Federal Register: "The Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule in the form of a final monograph
establishing conditions under which over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen drug products
are generally recognized as safe and effective and not misbranded as part of FDA's
ongoing review of OTC drug products."[8] Such usage has given rise to the use of the word
monograph as a verb, as in "this substance has been monographed by the FDA".

See also[edit]
 Compendium
 Compilation thesis
 Documentation
 Open access monograph
 Treatise

References[edit]
1. ^ Campbell, Robert; Pentz, Ed; Borthwick, Ian
(2012). Academic and Professional Publishing. ISBN 978-1-
78063-309-1. '[M]onograph' has become a catch-all term for
a book that is not of a reference type, that is of primary
material.
2. ^ Prytherch, Raymond John, Harrod's librarians' glossary
and reference book: a directory of over 10,200 terms,
organizations, projects and acronyms in the areas of
information management, library science, publishing and
archive management, 10th edn (Aldershot, Hants, England ;
Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005), p. 462.; "For the purpose of
library cataloging, any nonserial publication, complete in one
volume or intended to be completed in a finite number of
parts issued at regular or irregular intervals, containing a
single work or collection of works. Monographs are
sometimes published in monographic series and subseries.
Compare with book."[1]
3. ^ "Development of monograph and study of variation in
chemical constituent of plant Balanites roxburghii". Journal
of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 7 (4): 2369–2371.
2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
4. ^ Williams, Peter; Stevenson, Iain; Nicholas, David;
Watkinson, Anthony; Rowlands, Ian (2009). "The role and
future of the monograph in arts and humanities
research". Aslib Proceedings. 61:
67. doi:10.1108/00012530910932294.
5. ^ Thompson, John B. (2005). Books in the Digital Age: The
Transformation of Academic and Higher Education
Publishing in Britain and the United States. Cambridge:
Polity Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0745634784.
6. ^ Lent, Herman; Wygodzinsky, Pedro W. "Revision of the
Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance
as vectors of Chagas' disease". Bulletin of the American
Museum of Natural History. 163 (3): 125–
520. hdl:2246/1282.
 7. ^ Vines, Sydney Howard (1913). "Robert Morison 1620–
1683 and John Ray 1627–1705". In Oliver, Francis
Wall (ed.). Makers of British Botany. Cambridge University
Press. p. 22.
8. ^ "DOCID:fr21my99-6", Federal Register, Rules and
Regulations, 64 (98), pp. 27666–27693, May 21, 1999

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