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Scientific, Technical & Medical Information: 2008 Final Market Size and Share Report

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Author: Daniel Pollock, Vice President & Lead Analyst

This report provides an in-depth view of the Scientific, Technical & Medical Information (STM) marketplace, which we size at $23.7 billion with a growth rate of 8.8% in 2008. This is the latest in our annual series of market size and share reports for the segments of the information industry. In this report, we detail the size, growth rates, and market shares of the top 40 publishers and information providers in the STM segment and identify the significant issues and trends facing them and their markets. The report provides advice and essential actions for publishers and information providers that want to create revenue opportunities, attract new buyers, and achieve competitive advantage, and it supports those who cover and need greater understanding of the STM segment, including suppliers to the industry. The report includes:

- An overview of the STM market, including size and growth data from 2004-2008;
- Analysis of the subsegments in STM: Scientific & Technical, and Medical (which together make up “traditional” STM), and Geophysical Information - including revenue and market share for the top companies in each;
- A comparison of the top traditional STM companies by growth and market share;
- Data on the top traditional STM companies’ revenue broken out by geography, content format, and business model;
- A table with revenue, growth, CAGR, and market share for the top 40 companies in the STM segment;
- Essential actions for publishers and information providers.


Pub Date: July 13, 2009
Type: Market Size & Share Report
Segment: STM
Keywords: Market Analysis, Market Statistics, STM Publishing
Pages: 25
Format: PDF Application_pdf

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Table of Contents

  • Why This Market Size and Share Report?
  • Scientific, Technical & Medical Information Market Size
    1. Market Overview
    2. Impact of M&A
    3. Impact of Currency Conversion
  • Scientific, Technical & Medical Information Subsegment Analysis
    1. Geophysical Information Subsegment Revenue Performance
    2. Traditional STM Revenue Performance
    3. Leading Players
    4. Market Share vs. Growth
  • Revenue Analysis of Traditional STM Subsegment
    1. Content Format
    2. Business Models
    3. Geography
  • Essential Actions
  • Related Research
  • Methodology
  • Appendix

    • Tables & Figures

  • Figure 1. Scientific, Technical & Medical Information Market Size and Growth, 2004-2008
  • Table 1. Revenue Performance and Market Share of Top 10 STM Companies by Size, 2006-2008
  • Table 2. Currency Effects of Conversion from Pounds, Euros, and Yen into Dollars, 2007-2008
  • Table 3. Reported, Underlying, and Constant Revenue Performance of Top 10 STM Companies, 2006-2008
  • Table 4. Major Scientific, Technical & Medical Information Subsegments, 2008
  • Figure 2. Major Scientific, Technical & Medical Information Subsegments, 2007-2008
  • Table 5. Geophysical Information Subsegment, Revenue Performance of Top Five Companies by Size, 2006-2008
  • Table 6. Traditional STM Subsegment, Revenue Performance of Top 10 Companies by Size, 2006-2008
  • Figure 3. Top Six Traditional STM Companies, Growth and Market Share, 2008
  • Table 7. Top 10 Traditional STM Companies, Content Format, 2008
  • Table 8. Top 10 Traditional STM Companies, Business Models, 2008
  • Table 9. Top 10 Traditional STM Companies, Geography, 2008
  • Figure 4. Traditional STM Companies, Detailed Geography, 2008
  • Table 10. Top 40 Scientific, Technical & Medical Information Companies, 2008

Companies Mentioned

  1. American Chemical Society (ACS)
  2. American Medical Association
  3. CGGVeritas
  4. Dawson Geophysical Company
  5. Elsevier
  6. IHS, Inc.
  7. Informa, plc
  8. Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
  9. Jobson Healthcare Information LLC
  10. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  11. MediMedia USA
  12. People's Medical Publishing House
  13. Petroleum Geo-Services
  14. Seitel, Inc.
  15. SLACK, Inc.
  16. Springer Science + Business Media
  17. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA
  18. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  19. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
  20. Thomson Reuters
  21. United Business Media plc
  22. Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck Gmbh
  23. WesternGeco
  24. Wolters Kluwer Health
  25. Zynx Health