To identify the disciplines and journal titles of surveillance-related publications from a wide range of indexed repositories and to draw attention to the publication repository created by the ISDS Research Committee.
Introduction
The ISDS Research Committee (RC) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers interested in a wide range of topics related to disease surveillance. The RC hosts a literature review process that results in a permanent repository1 of relevant journal articles; some of which are presented in bi-monthly calls/webinars that provide a forum for discussion and author engagement.2 The webinars have led to workgroups and society-wide events, boosted interest in ISDS, the annual conference, and fostered networking among members and guests. Since 2007, the RC has identified and classified published articles using an automated search method with the aim of progressing ISDS’s mission of advancing the science and practice of disease surveillance by fostering collaboration and increasing awareness of current advances in the field of surveillance. In 2012 the RC refined the method of automated literature retrieval resulting in increases in relevant articles identified. The RC literature review efforts have provided an opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration and have resulted in a repository of 1920 articles from March 2012-August 2014 (2012=37.4% of articles in the repository, 2013=35.1%, 2014=27.5%).