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This report provides an overview and financial outlook for the global medical publishing market based on specific research and analysis of the leading competitors’ performance. Simba has used the information it gathered through primary and secondary research to estimate company, market and individual delivery channel performance in 2020. Company performance is estimated through 2021. Market performance is projected through 2025.

This research was conducted in conjunction with a larger study of the overall market for professional publishing, including legal and business publishing, the results of which are available in the associated reports:

Global Social Science & Humanities Publishing 2021-2025;
Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2021-2025;
STM Online Services 2021-2025;
Open Access Journal Publishing 2020-2024;
Open Access Book Publishing 2002-2024;
Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2020-2024.

Methodology $436.80
- Definition of Medical Publishing $323.44
  - Journals $323.44
  - Books $323.44
  - Online Content $323.44
  - Other Activities $323.44
  - Abstracting & Indexing Services $323.44
  - Elimination $323.44
- Scope of the Report $323.44
- Sources of Information $323.44
  - Primary & Secondary Research $323.44
  - Methodology for Projecting/Estimating Results $323.44

Executive Summary $540.76
- Introduction $323.44
- Key Facts & Trends $462.62
  - The Ten Largest Publishers Hold 50% of the Global Medical Market $323.44
  - Online Content Posts Strong Growth, Will Continue to Drive Medical Publishing Market $323.44
  - Medical Journals Show Stability Through COVID-19 Pandemic $323.44
  - North America Remains Key Market With 46% of Global Sales $323.44
  - World Health Care Expenditures Slowed Due to COVID-19 $323.44
  - Continuing Medical Education and Visualization Tools Hot Properties in M&A Deals $323.44

Global Medical Publishing Market $1,796.60
- Introduction $323.44
- Market Size $1,029.46
  - Table | Medical Market, Publishing Activity Breakdown, 2018-2020
  - Table | New Medical Journal Starts 2017 to Year to Date 2021
  - Journals $323.44
  - Online Content $323.44
  - Books $323.44
    - Table | AAP StatShot Sales, Education and Scholarly Publishing, 2019-2020
    - Table | Professional & Scholarly Book Title Output by Medical Category 2018-2020
  - Other Activities $323.44
  - Abstracting & Indexing (A&I) Services $323.44
  - Elimination $323.44
- Medical Publishing by Geography $628.22
  - Regional Breakdown: $323.44
  - Language Splits and Major Publishing Hubs $323.44
  - North America $323.44
  - Europe $323.44
    - Table | Currency Exchange Rate Movements for Europe 2018-2020
  - Asia-Pacific $323.44
    - Table | Currency Exchange Rate Movements for Asia-Pacific 2018-2020
    - Table | Currency Exchange Movements for Rest of World, 2018-2020
  - Rest of the World $323.44
  - Currency Impact $323.44

Leading Medical Publishers $2,918.13
- Introduction $323.44
- Leading Medical Publishers $323.44
- Elsevier $530.31
  - Company Overview $323.44
    - Table | Leading Publishers, Clinical Medicine Books Published in 2020
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
    - Table | Leading Publishers' Medical Revenue & Growth, 2018-2020
- Wolters Kluwer $350.50
  - Company Overview $323.44
    - Table | Leading Publishers, Nursing Journals, by Title Count
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- IBM Watson Health $323.44
  - Company Overview $323.44
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- Springer Nature $437.76
  - Company Overview $323.44
    - Table | Leading Publishers, Medicine & Health Journals, by Title Count
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- John Wiley & Sons $431.30
  - Company Overview $323.44
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
    - Table | Leading Open Access Medicine & Health Journal Publishers, by Title Count
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- Informa $368.99
  - Company Overview $323.44
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- Hearst Health $323.44
  - Company Overview $323.44
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- athenahealth $323.44
  - Company Overview $323.44
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- Thieme Publishing $323.44
  - Company Overview $323.44
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- American Medical Association $323.44
  - Company Overview $323.44
  - Recent Company Performance $323.44
  - Medical Publishing Strategy $323.44
- Other Competitors $323.44
  - EBSCO Information Services $323.44
  - Pearson $323.44
  - American Psychological Association $323.44
  - BMJ Publishing Group $323.44
  - NEJM Group $323.44
  - McGraw Hill $323.44
  - MDPI $323.44
    - Table | Underlying Growth Leaders 2019 vs. 2020
  - Frontiers $323.44
- Mergers & Acquisitions in Medical Publishing $953.30
  - Table | Key Medical Publishing Market, M&A Activity, 2019
  - Table | Key Medical Publishing Market, M&A Activity, 2020
  - Table | Key Medical Publishing Market, M&A Activity, 2021

Trends & Forecast $2,866.10
- Introduction $323.44
- Current Trends in Medical Publishing $1,841.07
  - World Health Expenditure $323.44
    - Table | World Health Care Expenditure 2016-2020
    - Table | World Health Care Expenditure 2021P-2025P
  - Academic Library Trends $323.44
  - Renew, Transform, Cancel: Libraries Are Choosing Their Big Deal Options Very Carefully $436.55
    - Table | Journal Big Deal Cancelations, 2020-2021
    - Table | Institutions Exchange Big Deals for ÀLa Carte Purchasing, 2020-2021
  - Transformative Agreements $323.44
    - Table | Largest Transformative Agreements by Number of Publications Covered
  - Average Journal Prices Increase Every Year $323.44
    - Table | Journal Price Increase History for Academic Medical Libraries 2017-2020
  - Leading Research Funders and Their Link to Publishing Activity $323.44
    - Table | Leading Research Funding Agencies by Articles Funded, 2019-2020
    - Table | National Institutes of Health, Leading Publishers and Journals 2020
  - Health Care Advertising Increasingly Digital and Consumer Based $323.44
  - Technical, Scientific & Professional Book Export Trends $323.44
    - Table | Top Countries Importing Technical, Scientific & Professional Books from U.S. 2020
  - Technical, Scientific & Professional Book Import Trends $323.44
    - Table | Top Countries Exporting Technical, Scientific & Professional Books to U.S. 2020
  - Employment Trends: Medical Doctors, Nurses & Dentists $323.44
    - Table | Historical & Projected Growth of Medical Doctors' Global Headcount
    - Table | Historical & Projected Growth of Nurses' Global Headcount
    - Table | Historical & Projected Growth of Dentists' Global Headcount
- Medical Publishing Forecast $908.62
  - Introduction $323.44
    - Table | Economist, IMF and Freedonia Group World GDP Forecasts, 2021P-2025P
  - Journals Forecast $323.44
    - Table | Medical Publishing Forecast by Publishing Activity, 2021P-2025P
    - Table | Projected 2021 Journals Price Increases by Priced/Billed Currency
  - Online Content Forecast $323.44
  - Books Forecast $323.44
    - Table | AAP Year to Date 2021 StatShot Sales Data, Higher Ed, Professional
    - Table | U.S. Technical, Scientific & Professional Book Exports, January-April 2021
  - Other Activities Forecast $323.44
  - Abstracting & Indexing Forecast $323.44
  - Elimination Forecast $323.44
  - Forecast of Leading Publishers $323.44
    - Table | Leading Medical Publishers' Revenue & Growth, 2020-2021P

The overall market and each market segment are divided into five content delivery channels: journals, books, other activities (a category that includes live meetings, audio, video and CD-ROM information), online content, and abstracting and indexing services. In addition, elimination of trading within the industry between competing players is presented.

Must-Have Medical Publishing Market Analysis

Simba Information’s comprehensive new report Global Medical Publishing 2021-2025 provides authoritative data and analysis that you can’t find anywhere else — including market size estimates, forecasts, and revenue breakdowns — that will help you make important business decisions with confidence.

Global Medical Publishing 2021-2025 includes detailed market information for medical and health care publishing, segmented by delivery medium: journals, books, online content, abstracting and indexing and other activities (audio, video and CD-ROM). It analyzes trends impacting the industry and forecasts market growth to 2025.

The report also includes an in-depth review of 10 leading medical publishers including Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, IBM Watson Health, Springer Nature, John Wiley & Sons, Informa, Hearst Health, Athenahealth, Thieme Publishing, and the American Medical Association.

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