World-wide advancement

The appearance of the COSMIC method has stimulated an enormous amount of academic interest. Research related to the use and advancement of the COSMIC method is underway in many institutions. Therefore it is difficult on this web-site to maintain an up-to-date overview of all research taking place in the world. The following sources of research data should be helpful.

  • The COSMIC Measurement Manual and the different guides contain many references to research results. The manual and all guides are available from the Publications for free.
  • A number of research papers related to the COSMIC method are available for download from the Publications. We welcome the addition of new published material for download.
  • Another source of research papers related to the COSMIC method is the website of the IWSM Mensura conference. On this website you can find links to all papers presented, since the first COSMIC-related paper in 1998.