Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Statement I:In present times, researchers prefer to write research papers over writing a monograph
Statement II:Monographs and books are not included in the database of research
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect ✓ Correct
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
Explanation
Researchers today do prefer research papers to monographs, but books and monographs remain part of the research database.
Statement 1 is true, since journal papers give quicker publication and wider reach than a long monograph.
Statement 2 is false, because monographs and books are indexed and counted within research databases.
Scholarly databases catalogue books, book chapters and monographs alongside articles.
A monograph is a detailed scholarly work on a single specialised subject.
Citation databases increasingly track book-based outputs to give a fuller measure of scholarship.
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