European STM Information Market

Publication Date	September 2009
Publisher	IRN Research
Product Type	Report
Pages	49
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IRN00011

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Summary

Provides an analysis of market trends and issues (with data from 2005-2008), market forecasts for 2009 and 2010, profiles of key STM information providers, a review of emerging STM networking sites, and results of surveys of UK STM researchers and information professionals undertaken in November/December 2008.

Selected themes from the report include:

The healthcare sector continues to be a main driver of sales with clinical decision support solutions, particularly those at the point of care, leading sales growth. Sales to the pharmaceutical industry remain weak, following declines in drug launches and reductions in promotional spending.

The academic market continues to face budget cuts in real terms.

Interest in open access has increased substantially in the last 12 months driven by demands for mandatory open access publishing by research funding bodies, more investment in open access publishing models by leading publishers, and increased understanding of open access among STM authors.

After a number of years on the margins, the supply of, and demand for, e-books has grown significantly in the last 12 months. E-books sales have begun to be a major contributor to sales growth in the sector.

Workflow and content management solutions, and added-value features such as data mining and analytics tools are increasingly being developed by leading providers to gain a competitive edge.

Interest in STM networking and collaborative sites is beginning to grow. An IRN survey of academic STM researchers notes that relatively few were using these sites at the start of 2009 but a majority are expecting to turn to these sites in the next year or so.

Content

1.   Executive Summary

2.   STM Online Information Market Trends
2.1   Market Size
2.2   Annual Sales and Profits
2.3   Market Trends and Issues
2.3.1 Journal Prices
2.3.2 Open Access
2.3.3 Ebooks
2.3.4 Networking and Resource Sharing Sites

3.   Supplier Trends
       3.1 Overview
       3.2 Main Acquisitions and Mergers
       3.3 Leading STM Information Companies
              BMJ Publishing Group
              CABI
              CMPMedica
              EDP Sciences
              Elsevier
              Informa
              INIST-CNRS
              Nature Publishing Group
              Proquest (CSA)
              PubMed
              Questel Orbit
              Sage Publications
              Springer Science + Business Media
              STN International/FIZ Karlsruhe
              Thieme Publishing Group
              Thomson Reuters
              Wiley
              Wolters Kluwer
              Other Selected Companies
              EBSCO Industries
              Prenax Global
              Publishing Technology
              Swets

4.   Primary Research - UK Academic Researchers
      4.1 Overview
      4.2 STM Information Services Used
      4.3 Ejournals/ebooks
      4.4 Document and Article Submission
      4.5 Networking and Resource Sharing Sites
      4.6 Academic Librarians

5.   Future Trends
      5.1 Market Forecasts 2009/2010
      5.2 R&D Expenditure Trends
      5.3 Market Trends and Issues
      5.4 Summary of Future Market Influences