| 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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