Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate
13.70%
Average response time
2.8 months
Average publicaton time
10.6 months
Average number of reviewers
1.5
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
94.75%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
438
Acceptances
1 (0.23%)
Rejections
356 (81.28%)
Revise and resubmits
78 (17.81%)
Conditional acceptances
2 (0.46%)
Withdraws
1 (0.23%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
79
Acceptances
59 (74.68%)
Rejections
19 (24.05%)
Withdraws
1 (1.27%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Jan 19, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jan 19, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 18, 2022
Rejection
Tenured faculty
5 months
Submitted
Jan 18, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
The irresponsible referees found lots of excuses to procrastinate. Sadly, the editor didn't think the wait was very long.
Jan 14, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jan 14, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Nov 7, 2021
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.4 months
Submitted
Nov 7, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 3, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
5 months
Submitted
Aug 3, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jul 18, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jul 18, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 18, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.2 months
Submitted
Jul 18, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Apr 9, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.2 months
Submitted
Apr 9, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 10, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Mar 10, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 27, 2021
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Jan 27, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 7, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
6 months
Submitted
Jan 7, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 25, 2020
Rejection
Other
1 month
Submitted
Dec 25, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 7, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Dec 7, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 11, 2020
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1 month
Submitted
Nov 11, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 18, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Oct 18, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 30, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Sep 30, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Desk rejection with some comments, option to resubmit without prejudice.
Sep 15, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Sep 15, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 1, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Sep 1, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 28, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Aug 28, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 18, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
Aug 18, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 6, 2020
Rejection
Independent scholar
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Aug 6, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 1, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Aug 1, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 15, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3.1 months
Submitted
Jul 15, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
3.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 10, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.2 months
-
Submitted
Jul 10, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
White
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 3, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jul 3, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 20, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
Submitted
Jun 20, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 19, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Jun 19, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 15, 2020
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Jun 15, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
May 21, 2020
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
Submitted
May 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
May 13, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
May 13, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 21, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Apr 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 20, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
8.5 months
Submitted
Apr 20, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
8.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 13, 2020
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3 months
Submitted
Jan 13, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Dec 3, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
4 months
Submitted
Dec 3, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 27, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Oct 27, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 18, 2019
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Oct 18, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 27, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Sep 27, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 26, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Sep 26, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 4, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
8 months
Submitted
Sep 4, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jul 31, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Jul 31, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 10, 2019
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Jul 10, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jul 4, 2019
Acceptance
Tenured faculty
5 months
Submitted
Jul 4, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
May 9, 2019
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 19, 2019
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Graduate student
5.5 months
Submitted
Jun 19, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
5.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 11, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
Jun 11, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 16, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
May 16, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Referee recommended minor revision, but editor rejected it because it is now AJP policy to only accept paper with "strong positive recommendations" from the referee.
Dec 5, 2018
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Dec 5, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 4, 2018
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
Submitted
Dec 4, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 28, 2018
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
5 months
-
Submitted
Nov 28, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Oct 22, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
3.1 months
Submitted
Oct 22, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 16, 2018
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.5 months
-
Submitted
Oct 16, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-