Journal of the Social Sciences is an academic, refereed and quarterly published by the Academic Publication Council-Kuwait University since 1973.The Journal encourages submission of manuscripts in Arabic and English in the fields of: sociology, economics, politics, psychology, social anthropology, social work, geography, and library and information sciences.The goals of the journal are to deal with vital issues of the society followed with research and study, hence publicize their ideological and theoretical benefits exceeding the individual case.Encourage the comparative studies, and the integration among the fields of social sciences.The journal is listed in a number of international databases and indexes; it has released 128 issues and 5 special issues