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OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development

The OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development is a forum presenting high-quality research in both social and applied science to a broad audience of communities working in international development. The articles will appeal to social and applied scientists, both inside and outside academia, as well as non specialists. In addition, the OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development publishes specially-commissioned feature articles and the proceedings of papers presented at its International Conference on Sustainable Development which focuses on the synthesis and integration of applied research and its application to future research agendas.

All Accepted papers will be indexed in SSRN, EBSCO and AMICUS, Library and Archives Canada’s database to,  ensure  its permanent preservation for present and future generations.

Objectives:
The International Conference on Sustainable Development is jointly presented by the Ontario International Development Agency (OIDA) and the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Law (ICIRL) at Laurentian University in Canada. OIDA and ICIRL will connect with host country partner as a knowledge hub to organize the event. The conference is providing an inter-disciplinary forum on global sustainable development for practitioners and academics. The Conference is serving as a forum to foster dialogue among various stakeholders, including senior level policy makers, academics, and practitioners. The conference also proposes multidisciplinary strategies for economic, sociopolitical, cultural, and institutional changes. The conference aims to exchange and share all stakeholders' experiences and research results about all aspects of sustainable human and social development, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and apply experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations, and to find global partners for future collaboration.

Submission Procedure:
Authors are invited to submit papers directly to the Journal or respective conference.  In both cases, full text papers need to be sent in editable format (.doc and .docx)  and  will be sent to oida@ontariointernational.org
The authors who submitted papers for the conference do not need to re-submit same for the journal. All conference papers will  automatically be considered for journal publication. All full paper submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. The full paper submissions will be chosen based on technical merit, interest, applicability, and how well they fit a coherent and balanced technical program. The accepted abstracts of full papers will be published in the  refereed conference proceedings. Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full text papers including results, tables, figures and references. The References should follow APA format.
All submitted papers will have opportunities for consideration. The selection will be carried out during the review process as well as at the conference presentation stage if the paper is accepted for the conference proceedings. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision will be made based on peer review reports. Please note it is not necessary to submit a paper for the conference. If you do not wish to attend the conference, you may directly submitted the paper to the Journal.

Publication cost:
While the peer-reviewed OIDA journal is accessible online without cost to readers, it is not costless to produce.  The papers are available to all users at no charge and  links to the full text can be found in the SSRN eLibrary. Achieving open and easy access to modern research via online and print also will require new cost recovery models and financing mechanisms. The publication of a high quality online journal is a very expensive operation. In addition to all the fixed costs usually associated with print journal publishing (reviewing, editing, data processing, printing, and distribution), there are costs associated with online publication (including software development costs, hosting, and user support). The scientific research community considers author charges as a viable way of covering publication costs.

Current submission fee and ordering print issue price structure as follows:
Note: The submission fee is non-refundable, even if the paper is rejected, with or without peer-review. All papers are required to be submitted with the publication fee.

Payment Procedure:

By Credit Cards:

You can make payments using Paypal, VISA, MASTERCARD, American Express directly through the secure OIDA online store. You have options to pay either via Paypal or directly from your credit card. Please click below and select appropriate option on payout page.

Your credit card will indicate payment as "ONTARIOINTE"

By Western Union
You may required prior approval from Conference secretariat, Ontario International Development Agency (OIDA). Please contact OIDA for more details. Please do not send money without prior approval.

By Bank Drafts:
Bank draft should be payable to "Ontario International Development Agency"
Mailing Address:
Ontario International Development Agency
287 Second Avenue South, Sudbury, Ontario, P3B 4H6, Canada

By Wire Transfer:
Bank Name:
New Sudbury Mall Branch,
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE (CIBC)
Bank Address:
1349 Lasalle Blvd, Sudbury, Ontario, P3A 1Z2, Canada
Payable to (Beneficiary):
Ontario International Development Agency
Branch Transit Number:
03892
Beneficiary Account number:
03892 1703617
Bank Identifier (Swift Code):
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Beneficiary Address:
Ontario International Development Agency
287 Second Avenue South
Sudbury, Ontario, P3B 4H6, Canada

Special Note about Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is a very real problem in the scholarly research community. Internet plagiarism is an epidemic since it is readily available and can be find every corner. If you submit plagiarized content even without your intention, you not only commit an injustice against the original researchers, but you can severely damage your reputation and be subject to legal ramifications. Now, with the click of a button, OIDA can upload a submission for comparison with content from more than 21,000 journals to ensure articles you send are original work. ScholarOne’s plagiarism checking feature makes it easy to protect OIDA journal from publishing plagiarized content.

OIDA working with ScholarOne and, ScholarOne’s plagiarism protection service lets us quickly and easily submit a manuscript to iThenticate directly from our ScholarOne Manuscripts site. Customized to our workflow, OIDA can set role-by-role submission rights and access the iThenticate link anywhere in the review process. OIDA can also pre-define similarity index thresholds, automatically triggering an email when this meets or exceeds our set value. This notification can be configured to be delivered to anyone. OIDA also working with CrossRef and, CrossRef is an industry-leading non-profit association providing comparison services to help journals ensure only original content is published. When your manuscript is uploaded to  CrossCheck database for verification, it is compared to all other articles in their database using iThenticate technology. In less than a minute, OIDA get a full report of the manuscript’s similarity to all others in the system. This Overall Similarity Index Percentage lets us quickly and easily see how unique the content of the submission is. OIDA can make decisions based on this score or drill down further to see the exact phrases and language matches, allowing us to determine if similarities are because of commonly used phrases within the field or if the author likely borrowed another author’s work.

ScholarOne, a Thomson Reuters Business provides comprehensive workflow management systems for scholarly journals, books, and conferences. Its Web-based applications enable publishers to manage the submission, peer review, production, and publication processes more efficiently, increasing their profile among authors, decreasing time-to-market for critical scientific data, and lowering infrastructure costs. ScholarOne offers workflow solutions for the submission and review of manuscripts, abstracts, proceedings and production. Supporting over 365 societies and publishers, over 3,400 books and journals, and 13 million users, ScholarOne is the industry leader. ScholarOne cannot be wrong. OIDA will not publish any plagiarized contents with any paper until meet the journal standards and/or may subjected to complete rejection and/or enforce  publishing embargo for up to 20 years on the journal.

Submission Guidelines:

Important Note: All papers / abstracts should submit with a Cover Page.  Please indicate which session / topic would be most appropriate for your submission.

Title and Authorship Information: The following information should be included

* Paper title
* Author and all co-authour(s) names
* Full institutional mailing addresses
* e-mail addresses of author and all co-authors

Manuscript Format and Style (Writing Guide)

When submitting manuscripts for potential publication in the conference proceedings, please submit an original editable file  in one of the (.doc, .docx,) style files. All figures, images, tables, etc., should be embedded into the original file. All submitted full text articles should report original, previously unpublished research results, experimental or theoretical. Articles submitted to the conference proceedings should meet these criteria and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Detailed instructions on preparing papers for submission can be found in the Paper submission instructions. Authors may also need to submit Copyright Transfer statement / Ethical Standards form  with their manuscripts. Please also refer Summarize Writing Guide.

Abstract: The manuscript should contain an abstract. The abstract should be self-contained and citation-free and should not exceed 300 words.

Keywords: Add about four key words or phrases in alphabetical order, separated by commas.

Introduction: This section should be succinct, with no subheadings.

Acknowledgments: All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the manuscript before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.

References: Authors are responsible for ensuring that the information in each reference is complete and accurate. All references must be numbered consecutively and citations of references in text should be identified using numbers in square brackets (e.g., “as discussed by Smith [9]”; “as discussed elsewhere [9, 10]”). All references should be cited within the text; otherwise, these references will be automatically removed. All references should follow APA format.

Preparation of Figures: Each figure should be embedded in the electronic manuscript file. All figures should be cited in the manuscript in a consecutive order. Each figure is subject to resizing to fit into the column's width of or the full text width for consistency and clarity. The labels of the figures are also subject to resizing to be of minimum 9pt according to conferences in-house specifications.

Preparation of Tables: Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title and if numerical measurements are given, the units should be included in the column heading. Vertical rules should not be used.

Proofs and Reprints: Corrected proofs must be returned to the publisher within 7 days of receipt. The publisher will do everything possible to ensure prompt publication. It will therefore be appreciated if the manuscripts and figures conform from the outset to the style of the conference.

Copyright Transfer: One of the authors of the manuscript should sign the copyrights  of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations.

Disclaimer: While the advice and information in this conference are believed to be true and accurate on the date of its going to press, neither the authors, the editors, nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.

Summary of General Submission Guidelines:

• Avoid duplicate submissions. If you send it by e-mail, DO NOT also mail a hard copy. Only word documents (.doc and .docx fle format) are accepted. 
• Complete your submission by the deadline. 
• Provide required information such as name, contact information
• Comply with the abstract size limitation. Abstract text may be no longer than 3,000 characters (including spaces) or 300 words for topics other than Research.  
• Omit graphics, attachments, or other additional information. Abstract submissions are limited to text only, unless the topic is Research. No graphics or attachments.
• Extended abstracts for Research papers -. Extended abstracts should be a maximum of four pages in length, containing no more than two pages of text and two pages of data in the form of charts or graphs.
• Review submission confirmation messages - A confirming email will be sent to you.  If you have questions or problems with your submission, please contact conference secretariat. Membership in OIDA is not a requirement for presentation.
• Individuals or organizations may submit as many abstracts or papers as they choose, but each abstract can only be submitted in one topic area.
• If more than one abstract is submitted on different aspects of an individual project, the project may be selected more than once for presentation.
• In all cases, organizers will contact to confirm their availability to make the presentation. 

Journal / Conference submission topics

The OIDA International Conference on Sustainable Development will bring together leading researchers, practitioner in the interest in sustainable social and human development around the world. Following topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

A Strategy for Poverty Eradication towards Sustainable Development
Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
Agricultural Development, 
Agricultural productivity and agricultural and rural sustainability
Aiding governmental missions that involve contact with diverse cultural groups
Anti-Discrimination
Applied Social Modeling and Simulation
Area Studies (African, American, Asian, European, Hispanic, Islamic, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Russian)
Assessing the effectiveness of aid programs in a cultural context
Assuring the effectiveness of communicating knowledge from syntheses (that is, integrated assessments) to a variety of attentive audiences (that is, scientific; policy, rulemaking and management; and lay audiences).
Biodiversity, Agriculture and Food security
Climate change and energy crisis as threats to global security
Cognitive, Psychological and Behavioral Development
Communication and Information Technologies in Social Sciences and education
Communication, Communities and e-societies
Computation and Social Networks
Computational Methods in Social Science
Concept of Food Security
Concept of Sustainable Agriculture
Confluence of Social Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Complexity
Corporate Social Responsibility
Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies with International Relations
Cultural and ethnic studies
Current understandings of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
Decisions and Management Actions on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development.
Democracy and Development
Dependence of strategic food products to global market
Developing Relevant and Validated Indicators of Sustainable Development, 
Disadvantaged, Vulnerable and Indigenous Groups being left behind
Diversification of renewable energy resources
Dynamism of rural areas
Economic cost of HIV and AIDS, Malaria and TB 
Economics and Business of Sustainable Human and Social Development
Education and Information Technologies
Education of Sustainable Human and Social Development
Education required for Skills, Technologies and Innovation needed for economic growth and poverty eradication
Empowering People for Participation in Society
Energy, Environment, Sustainable Development
Enhancing understanding the performance of governmental and non-governmental organizations
Environment of Sustainable Human and Social Development
Environmental and Social impact assessment of rural development programs
Environmental studies
Ethical Principles for Design, Research & Construction in the Human Environment
Ethnic Studies/International Studies
Food and agricultural policies in the context of trade liberalization
Food insecurity and collective security
Food insecurity and global fight against poverty
Food Security and energy crisis
Food security and sustainable agriculture: State of science and technology
Food security indicators
Food Security, Human Rights and Justice
Food security, quality and sovereignty 
Funding of national and international programs for sustainable rural development and food security
Gender and Development for poverty eradication
Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment
Gender Studies
Global governance of food security
Globalization of Sustainable Human and Social Development
Human & Social Rights in the Context of Sustainable Development
Human and Social Evolutionary Complexity
Human Development based on psychological and social concepts
Human resources for sustainable rural development
Human Rights Development
Human-Environment Interactions
Identifying Best Practices for Synthesizing Findings of Assessments on Climate Change Energy Crisis and Food Security for Use in Formulating and Implementing Policies
Impact of climate change and energy shortage on agricultural development
Improvement of integration between agricultural, industrial and service sectors
Improvement of Living & Working Conditions
Improving the quality of life among groups in diverse multi-ethnic societies
Infrastructure support for regional integration, poverty eradication and development;
Innovation, Technology and Society
Integration into agriculture of non-agricultural activities
Interdisciplinary Research and Studies
International Relations & Collaborations
Investigating social science approaches for participatory decision-making (since decisions are made at all geospatial levels [that is, global, regional, national, state and provincial, local, and individual).
Key requirements of food security and sustainability
Land Systems and Sustainable Agriculture
Law and Justice
Main Areas of Rural Development Policies
Mathematical Modeling in Social Science
Measuring the performance of management actions through expected and measurable outcomes for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development.
Open Learning and Distance Education
Opening Up Various Spheres of Society
Organizational Decision Making
Political Science and Decision Making
Politics, society, and international relations
Preservation and Green Urbanism
Preservation of land resources
Preservation of rural expertise and know-how
Preventing crime and reducing conflict
Prevention of forced economic and ecological migration
Privacy Personal Data Protection
Promotion of Sustainable Rural Development
Promotion of sustainable tourism
Promotion of World Food Security
Public Governance
Public Participation in Decision-Making Matters
Public-public and public-private partnership for global food security
Recovery from conflicts and disasters
Regional Economic Integration
Regulated Agent-Based Social Systems: Theories and Applications
Regulatory framework governing international policies and trade in agricultural products
Removing Physical Restrictions on Participation
Required Infrastructure to develop agricultural production/trade and food security
Research and technology in sustainable agriculture
Responsible Consumption
Rural Development and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
Rural Development, 
Social and Organizational Complexity
Social Aspects of Sustainable Development
Social Complexity
Social Justice, Solidarity & Inclusion
Social Network Analysis
Social Systems Dynamics
Societies and Technologies
Sociology and Social Computation
Socio-spatial integration
Socio-spatial Integration.
South-South and North-South partnership
State of food security and sustainable development across the world
Statistics of Sustainable Human and Social Development
Strengthening the role of Agriculture in Poverty Eradication
Sustainable agricultural development as a strategic choice for food security
Sustainable agriculture and corporate social responsibility
Sustainable agriculture and global market mechanisms
Sustainable agriculture and global/local governance
Sustainable Agriculture, 
Sustainable development: Theory and Criticism
Sustainable Economic Development
Sustainable Economic Development & Ethical Globalization
Sustainable Human and Social Development
Sustainable Human Development
Sustainable management of water and air resources
Sustainable rural development and participatory approach
Sustainable Rural Development, Food Security and Governance
Sustainable Social Development, Disability & Ageing
Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
Sustainable Urban Transport and Environment
Technology and Education
Technology of Sustainable Human and Social Development
Technology, Society, Environmental Studies
The ethical values of Social Justice, Solidarity and Inclusion-for-All
Towards a Sustainable Social Environment & Accessibility-for-All
Trade including informal cross border trade  
Understanding other cultures in order to facilitate international collaboration
Understanding the social patterns that influence the spread of diseases
Violence, Extremism, and Terrorism
Virtual Communities and Communications
Women’s studies
World trade in food and agricultural products

	If you need more information please contact Managing Editor OIDA IJSD Journal 287 Second Avenue South, Sudbury, Ontario, P3B 4H6, Canada. E-mail: oida@ontariointernational.org Tel: + 1 705 561 7615 Fax: + 1 705 566 2295