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Scholarly books vs. scholarly articles

  Scholarly books Scholarly articles
Focus Broader – comprehensive analysis of a topic, enriched with a broad historical perspective. Narrower – detailed information on specific aspects of a topic, but limited historical context.
Quality control Quality is checked by editors (specialists in their academic field who work for scientific publishing houses). Quality is evaluated by experts (scholarly peers) during the peer review process to ensure accuracy and academic standards.
Currency Less current – since writing, editing, and publishing books is a lengthy process, they typically don't include the latest developments. More current – articles take less time to write and publish, so they cover new developments in a field of study sooner than books.
Length Longer – most scholarly books are between 200 and 300 pages long.   Shorter – articles typically range from 10 to 30 pages.
 

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