TY - JOUR
T1 - The future of research monographs
T2 - An international set of perspectives
AU - Ward, Kevin
AU - Johnston, Ron
AU - Richards, Keith
AU - Gandy, Matthew
AU - Taylor, Zbigniew
AU - Paasi, Anssi
AU - Fox, Roddy
AU - Serje, Margarita
AU - Yeung, Henry Wai Chung
AU - Barnes, Trevor
AU - Blunt, Alison
AU - McDowell, Linda
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This Forum makes four points. First, it expands our knowledge on the writing and publishing of research monographs in different countries and so it moves beyond accounts which generalize from the UK experience. Second, the Forum considers international differences in the ways in which the assessment of academic performances affects the writing and publishing of geography research monographs. Third, it considers the ways in which structural changes in the global publishing industry affect different national contexts unevenly. Finally, the Forum's different contributions reflect on how publishing books matters (or) not to geography as a discipline.
AB - This Forum makes four points. First, it expands our knowledge on the writing and publishing of research monographs in different countries and so it moves beyond accounts which generalize from the UK experience. Second, the Forum considers international differences in the ways in which the assessment of academic performances affects the writing and publishing of geography research monographs. Third, it considers the ways in which structural changes in the global publishing industry affect different national contexts unevenly. Finally, the Forum's different contributions reflect on how publishing books matters (or) not to geography as a discipline.
KW - Academic assessment system
KW - Human geography
KW - ISI Thomson journals
KW - National differences
KW - Publishing industry
KW - Research monographs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=58249134511&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0309132508100966
DO - 10.1177/0309132508100966
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:58249134511
SN - 0309-1325
VL - 33
SP - 101
EP - 126
JO - Progress in Human Geography
JF - Progress in Human Geography
IS - 1
ER -