Global Medical Publishing 2013-2014
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The overall market and each market segment are divided into five content delivery channels: books, journals, online services (including abstracting and indexing), newsletters/looseleafs/directories and other activities.
This study contains separate chapters covering the market, key competitors, and trends and forecast that include:
- Simba’s exclusive analysis of market size and structure
- Perspective on which medical publishing products and services customers want most
- Revenue and market share rankings of 15 leading global publishers
- Geographic market sizing for the four major regional markets: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World
- Simba’s exclusive market projections to 2016 by publishing activity and more
- The demand for full-text resources
- The transition of e-publishing
- Library cost pressures
- The outlook for pharmaceutical advertising
- Impact of new Information Technology initiatives in health care
- Emerging markets in China, Brazil, South Korea and India
- Disruption to traditional business models
- Mobile device adoption and social media in health fields
Simba has a knowledge base from almost 20 years worth of perspective on these markets. This is not a static industry. It’s one that’s affected by rapid changes in technology, the economy, mergers, partnerships and public policy and library budgets. Simba’s experienced analysts and daily on the ball coverage is the bedrock for these reports.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1: GLOBAL MEDICAL PUBLISHING MARKET
Introduction
Market Size and Growth
Journals
Books
Other
Online Services/ A&I
Newsletters/Looseleafs/Directories
Medical Publishing by Geography
Key Regions
Language Splits and Major Publishing Hubs
Currency
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Rest of World
Table 1.1: Global Medical Publishing Market by Medium, 2010-2012
Table 1.2: Global Medical Publishing, Media Market Share, 2012
Table 1.3: Exchange Rate Changes, 2011-2012
Table 1.4: Global Medical Publishing, Geographic Share, 2012
CHAPTER 2: LEADING MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
Introduction
Leading Medical Publishers
Reed Elsevier
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Wolters Kluwer
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Truven Healthcare Analytics
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Springer Science+Business Media
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
John Wiley & Sons
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Informa
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
UBM Medica
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
American Medical Association
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Thieme
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Hearst Corp.
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Igaku Shoin
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
BMJ Group
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Massachusetts Medical Society
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Athena/Epocrates
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
McGraw-Hill Education
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Medical Publishing Strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions in the Medical Publishing Market
Table 2.1: Global Medical Publishing, Leading Publishers Share
Table 2.2: Leading Medical Publishers, 2010-2012
Table 2.3: Key Medical Publishing M&A Activity, January - December 2011
Table 2.4: Key Medical Publishing M&A Activity, January - December 2012
Table 2.5: Key Medical Publishing M&A Activity, January – June 2013
CHAPTER 3: TRENDS & FORECAST
Introduction
Current Trends in Medical Publishing
New Scientific Powers Emerge, Changing the Global Medical Landscape
Print Book Sales Are Falling, Replaced by E-books and Digital Collections
Online is Now the Predominant Mode of Journal Delivery
Publishing Business Models are Being Disrupted Worldwide
Print Advertising Has Declined for Several Years Worldwide
Mobile and Tablet Usage by Physicians is Growing, Changing Habits
ICD-10 Will Grow Directory Category, Lead to IT Investments
Impending Meaningful Use Deadline Lifts CDS Adoption, Faces Hurdles
Social Media Is Now in the Medical Publishing Mainstream
More Digital Content Is Being Made Accessible in Multiple Languages
Peer Review of Medical Journals Is Being Challenged
Global Medical Publishing Forecast
Introduction
Journals Forecast
Books Forecast
Other Forecast
Online Services/A&I Forecast
Newsletters/Looseleafs/Directories Forecast
Forecast by Geography
Forecast of Leading Publishers
Table 3.1: Medical E-books and Print Books, 2010-2013P
Table 3.2: U.S. Medical/Surgical Journal Ad Market, 2007-2012
Table 3.3: Global Medical Publishing Forecast by Medium, 2013P-2016
Table 3.4: Leading Medical Publishers, 2012-2013
Newsletters/Looseleafs/Directories
This category has been in steady decline for several years as it is one better served by online services: looseleafs and directories shared some of the capabilities better done by a medical database reference like Wolters Kluwers’ UpToDate, frequent updates to a large corpus of content. Newsletters were brief, high-value bulletins, an area now served by tweets or e-mail alerts.
Further depressing the category in 2012 is the looming change to ICD-10. Coding titles are a significant piece of the U.S. directory business and one largely frozen until late 2013 when the new code takes effect. The impact of the market for these coding books is the major driver for Simba’s estimate of an overall xxxx of xx% in 2012.
Medical Publishing by Geography
Key Regions:
• USA/NA: Consists of the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
• Europe: Includes the U.K., W. Europe and E. Europe, including Russia.
• Asia-Pacific: Includes Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, ASEAN, Indian subcontinent, Australia and NZ.
• ROW: Rest of World includes Middle East, Africa and Latin America with Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa and Brazil as major markets.
Language Splits and Major Publishing Hubs
In a world dominated by the English language, it is easy to overlook the importance of non-English publishing. STM publishing is produced primarily in the developed world. North America, the United Kingdom, India and Australasia are unsurprisingly important English-language consumers as well as producers; however the character of non-English speaking countries follows a different pattern.