• Introduction
• Overall Market Size and Growth
• Total STM Market
• Global STM Publishing by Geography
• Europe-Based Sales Climb
• Asia-Pacific Region Shows Promise
• North America Continues to Lead the Market
• Global STM Publishing by Customer Type
• Academic Institutions
• Advertising, Promotions, Other
• Corporate
• Individual
• Government
• Society Members
• Hospitals
• Leading STM Publishers
• Reed Elsevier
• Thomson Corp
• Wolters Kluwer
• Springer Science+Business Media
• John Wiley & Sons
• American Chemical Society
• Taylor & Francis
• Pearson
• McGraw-Hill
• Blackwell Publishing
• Key Trends in the Global STM Publishing Market
• Mergers & Acquisitions Create New STM Players and Reshape Others
• Cinven and Candover
• Advanstar Communications Inc.
• Taylor & Francis
• Open Access Movement Gains Publicity, But Loses Steam
• Technology Continues to Drive STM Market
• Pay-Per-View Services Emerge
• Partnering Among Competitors Gains Wide Acceptance
• RoweCom Collapse Affects Nearly All STM Journal Publishers

Chapter 2: Scientific and Technical Publishing

• Definition of Scientific and Technical Publishing
• Introduction
• Size of the Global Sci/Tech Publishing and Information Market
• Total Sci/Tech Market
• Sci/Tech Publishing by Category
• Europe-based Sci/Tech Sales Soar
• Asia/Pacific Sci/Tech Shows Steady Growth
• U.S. Sci/Tech Sales Continue to Dominate Market
• Global Sci/Tech Publishing by Customer Type
• Academic Institutions
• Corporate
• Individual
• Government
• Society Members
• Leading Sci/Tech Publishers
• Reed Elsevier
• Thomson
• American Chemical Society
• John Wiley & Sons
• Springer
• Taylor & Francis
• Pearson
• IHS Group
• Holtzbrinck
• IEEE
• Sci/Tech Books
• Sci/Tech Journals
• Abstracting & Indexing
• Online Services
• Others
• Key Trends in the Global Sci/Tech Publishing Market
• M&A Activity Sparks Major Changes in Sci/Tech Publishing
• Digital Tools and Services Lead the Way
• Keeping Librarians Satisfied is a Top Priority
• Intellectual Property, Patent Tools and Services Emerge as Growth Catalysts
• Sci/Tech Publishers Target the Corporate Market

Chapter 3: Medical Publishing

• Definition of Medical Publishing
• Introduction
• Size of the Global Medical Publishing and Information Market
• Total Medical Market
• Medical Publishing by Geography
• U.S./North America Accounts for More Than 70% of Medical Publishing Revenues
• Medical Content Sales Healthy in Europe
• Medical Content Sales in Asia Fall Flat
• Global Medical Publishing by Customer Type
• Advertising, Sponsorship, Other
• Academic Institutions
• Individual
• Corporate
• Hospital
• Government
• Society Members
• Leading Medical Publishers
• Reed Elsevier
• Wolters Kluwer
• Thomson Corp.
• MediMedia
• Springer Science+Business Media
• American Medical Association
• Blackwell Publishing
• McGraw-Hill
• Ingenix
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• John Wiley & Sons
• Medical Books
• Medical Journals
• Abstracting & Indexing
• Online Services
• Others
• Key Trends in the Global Medical Publishing Market
• Wolters Kluwer Shifts Focus to Medical Market
• Thomson Sells Off Medical Journal and Magazine Portfolio
• Medical Publishers Court the Corporate Market
• Clinical Solutions Delivered at the Point-of-Care
• Moving From Institutions to Individuals

Chapter 4: Abstracting & Indexing

• Definition and History of Abstracting & Indexing
• Introduction
• Size of the Global STM A&I Publishing Market
• Total A&I Market
• A&I Publishing by Geography
• Rest of World A&I Small But Growing
• A&I Sales in Europe Continue to Rise
• A&I Market Sales in North America Account for Nearly Half of Global Sales
• Asia/Pacific Market Flat, But Platform Providers Are Gradually Expanding Scope
• STM Abstracting & Indexing by Customer Type
• Academic Institutions
• Corporate
• Government
• Hospital
• Society Members
• Leading STM Abstracting & Indexing Providers
• Thomson Corp.
• Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
• Ovid Technologies
• IEEE
• Reed Elsevier
• EBSCO
• ProQuest
• Infotrieve
• BIOSIS
• Key Trends in the Global STM A&I Market
• Competitors Are Becoming Partners
• Content Royalty Rates Escalate
• A Swell in A&I Providers Should Spark Merger & Acquisition Activity
• A&I Providers Seek to Marry Bibliographic Databases with Full Text
• More Visualization Tools Will Be Added to A&I Databases
• More Integration with the Desktop
• Greater Effort to Reach Individuals Rather Than Institutions
• More Customized Content
• XML Will Create Long-Term Changes in the Market

Chapter 5: Forecasts and Conclusions

• Sciencticic/Technical Publishing, 2002-2004P
• Medical Publishing, 2002-2004P
• Abstracting & Indexing, 2002-2004P

Chapter 6: Company Profiles

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Chemical Society
• American Institute of Physics
• American Medical Association
• American Psychological Association
• BIOSIS
• Blackwell Publishing
• Cambridge University Press
• European Physical Society
• FIZ/STN International
• Infotrieve Inc.
• Ingenta
• Institution of Electrical Engineers
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Karger Publishers
• Marcel Dekker
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• The McGraw-Hill Cos.
• MediMedia
• The MIT Press
• Pearson PLC
• Reed Elsevier
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• Springer Science+Business Media
• Taylor & Francis Group
• Thieme Publishing Group
• The Thomson Corp.
• Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck
• WebMD
• John Wiley & Sons
• Wolters Kluwer
• World Scientific Publishing Co.