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Scientific, Technical & Medical Information: 2007 Market Forecast and Trends Report

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Author: Dan Penny, Affiliate Analyst

This Market Analysis draws extensively from Outsell’s unique industry metrics and analytics, original research and studies of users, advertisers, and information professionals, and the deep experience of our analytical staff, to provide an unparalleled view of the Scientific, Technical & Medical (STM) information marketplace. It includes:

- Outsell’s 2007-2010 size and growth forecast for the information industry as a whole and for the STM segment;
- Analysis of trends and challenges facing the STM market;
- Outsell’s take on which companies are future market leaders and “rising stars” in the STM segment;
- 2006 market size and share data for the top 50 companies in STM;
- Analysis of the major STM sub-segments, with 2006 revenue and growth data on the top 20 companies in each sub-segment;
- Outsell data about users of STM information services, including their unmet needs and criteria for purchasing information;
- Essential actions for STM information players.

Pub Date: September 21, 2007
Pages: 50
Format: PDF Application_pdf

Table of Contents

  • Why This Market Analysis
  • Executive Summary
  • Market Overview
    1. Industry Forecast – Growth Slows Gradually, but Stability Remains
  • STM Market Size and Historic Growth
  • STM Segment Revenue Performance and Composition
  • Leading Players
    1. Global Market Share
    2. Financial Health
    3. Factors Impacting Share
    4. Future Market Leaders and Rising Stars
  • STM Sub-Segments
    1. Trends
    2. STM Market Dynamics
    3. Profile of STM Services Users
  • Essential Actions
  • Related Research
  • Methodology
  • Appendix: Top 50 STM Companies

    • Tables & Figures

  • Figure 1. STM and Information Industry Forecast, 2007-2010
  • Table 1. Size of STM Market Compared to Other Information Industry Segments
  • Figure 2. Share of Total Information Industry Revenue, 2006
  • Figure 3. STM Market Size and Growth, 2002-2006
  • Table 2. Revenue Performance of Top 10 STM Vendors by Size, 2004-2006
  • Table 3. Top 10 STM Companies – Geography
  • Figure 4. Proportion of STM Revenue Provided by Top 10 Companies, 2006
  • Table 4. Top 10 STM Companies – Content Format
  • Table 5. Top 10 STM Companies – Buyer Segment
  • Table 6. Top 10 STM Companies – Revenue Source
  • Table 7. Top 10 STM Companies – Create vs. Aggregate
  • Table 8. Top 25 STM Companies
  • Table 9. Top STM Companies (No Geotechnical Players)
  • Figure 5. Top 10 STM Companies – Growth and Market Share
  • Figure 6. Significance of Top 10 Vendors in the STM Segment
  • Figure 7. Top Six Public STM Companies’ Quarterly Revenue Change over Prior Year
  • Figure 8. Top Six Public STM Companies’ Quarterly Operating Income Change over Prior Year
  • Figure 9. 2006 STM Equities Price Growth Rate Comparisons
  • Figure 10. 2006 Organic Growth versus M&A for Three Leading Public STM Companies
  • Figure 11. Outsell’s STM Leader Board – Mapping the Companies Positioned to Lead
  • Table 10. STM Rising Stars
  • Table 11. Major STM Information Sub-Segments
  • Table 12. Geophysical Information – Revenue Performance of Five Predominant Players
  • Table 13. Medical Information – Revenue Performance of Top 20 Companies by Size
  • Table 14. Scientific & Technical Information – Revenue Performance of Top 20 Companies by Size
  • Table 15. STM Information Users at a Glance
  • Figure 12. Search Failure Rate
  • Figure 13. Where Self-Seekers Go for Information
  • Figure 14. Percent of Budget Allocated to Online Research
  • Table 16. Top 50 STM Companies

    • Companies Mentioned (Top 50)

  • Elsevier
  • Wolters Kluwer Health
  • Thomson Scientific/Thomson Healthcare
  • Springer Science + Business Media
  • WesternGeco
  • IHS, Inc.
  • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA
  • Blackwell Publishing, Ltd.
  • Veritas DGC
  • Informa plc
  • United Business Media plc
  • SRI International
  • Petroleum Geo-Services
  • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
  • WebMD Health Corp.
  • RAND Corporation
  • MediMedia USA
  • American Medical Association
  • DMG Information
  • Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck Gmbh
  • Seitel, Inc.
  • McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  • Dawson Geophysical Company
  • Compagnie Generale de Geophysique
  • ProQuest
  • Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
  • Symyx Technologies, Inc.
  • Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
  • Jobson Medical Information LLC
  • American Dental Association
  • The Royal Society
  • SLACK, Inc.
  • The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
  • United BioSource Corporation
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Inc. (AAAS)
  • Institution of Engineering and Technology
  • American Psychological Association, Inc.
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
  • Gene Logic, Inc.
  • American Petroleum Institute
  • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
  • Nature Publishing Group
  • CSA
  • European Physical Society (EPS)
  • BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. (ASME)
  • American Institute of Physics (AIP)