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	Book Chapter	مقاله پژوهشی اصیل
حوزه	نگارش دانشگاهی	نگارش دانشگاهی
خانواده	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
سال پیدایش	1750	1665
پدیدآور	Publishing tradition (18th century onward)	Scientific research community
نوع	Document Type	Document Type
منبع بنیادین	American Psychological Association (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). APA. ISBN: 978-1-4338-3216-1	International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (2023). Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. ICMJE.
نام‌های دیگر	chapter, edited volume contribution, book contribution, invited chapter	research paper, empirical article, primary research, journal article
مرتبط	2	5
خلاصه	A book chapter is an original scholarly contribution comprising a single chapter within an edited academic volume (book). Unlike journal articles (independent publications in a periodical), book chapters are integrated parts of a larger work edited by one or more scholars. Book chapters allow greater length (5,000–15,000 words typical) and flexible formats compared to journal articles. Edited volumes are common in humanities, social sciences, and professional fields; some disciplines (especially sciences) emphasize single-authored or journal-edited books over edited volumes. Book chapters provide substantial scholarly venues for specialized research, methodological essays, and interdisciplinary synthesis.	An original research article is the primary vehicle for reporting new empirical findings in a discipline. Following the IMRaD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion), it represents a researcher's novel data, analysis, and interpretation. The journal article format has been the gold standard for scientific communication since the establishment of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1665.