Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate
13.51%
Average response time
1.4 months
Average publicaton time
3.8 months
Average number of reviewers
1.8
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
68.92%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
74
Acceptances
3 (4.05%)
Rejections
58 (78.38%)
Revise and resubmits
13 (17.57%)
Conditional acceptances
0 (0.00%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
13
Acceptances
7 (53.85%)
Rejections
6 (46.15%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Feb 14, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
1.3 months
Submitted
Feb 14, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Something else
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
1.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 4, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Feb 4, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 16, 2024
Rejection
Independent scholar
0.2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 16, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 9, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Dec 9, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Oct 10, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Oct 10, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 10, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Oct 10, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 29, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Sep 29, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 16, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Sep 16, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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 23, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.2 months
Submitted
Aug 23, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 9, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Aug 9, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 12, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jun 12, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
May 26, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.8 months
Submitted
May 26, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 24, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
May 24, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Apr 14, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Apr 14, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 7, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Mar 7, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Mar 5, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Mar 5, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 19, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
-
Submitted
Feb 19, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 17, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Feb 17, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Feb 17, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Feb 17, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
White
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jan 28, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Jan 28, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jan 27, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Jan 27, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 29, 2022
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Other
2 months
Submitted
Nov 29, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Originally an R&R with positive reviewer comments. After one round of revision, a referee wanted a few additional changes (largely based on new concerns), and Ergo decided to reject outright because, so they claim, they don't do multiple rounds of revision for some unfathomable reason. Authors can't do anything to prevent reviewers from raising additional concerns post-revision, and Ergo has apparently decided that this should absolutely preclude authors from publishing, after they have poured *hours* into revising and responding carefully to referee comments? Very frustrating.
Oct 28, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Oct 28, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Oct 6, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.8 months
-
Submitted
Oct 6, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 3, 2022
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.8 months
Submitted
Oct 3, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Oct 1, 2022
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.2 months
-
-
Submitted
Oct 1, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Aug 17, 2022
Acceptance
Graduate student
1.3 months
Submitted
Aug 17, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
1.3 months
Publication time
1.3 months
Date of acceptance
Jul 12, 2022
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 14, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Apr 14, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 29, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
Mar 29, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Mar 1, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
0.1 months
Submitted
Mar 1, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 12, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Jan 12, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 8, 2021
Rejection
Graduate student
0.7 months
-
Submitted
Dec 8, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
0.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 3, 2021
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.7 months
Submitted
Dec 3, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Aug 25, 2021
Rejection
Graduate student
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Aug 25, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Indigenous North, Central or South American
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 5, 2021
Rejection
Independent scholar
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Apr 5, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 9, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Mar 9, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 5, 2021
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Mar 5, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 5, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Feb 5, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Jun 8, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
1.2 months
Submitted
Jun 8, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 30, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
May 30, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
This is my best experience with journals ever. The area editor sought reviewers 6 days after submission. The R&R was processed in 1 day, and the final decision reached in 2. In the final decision, the area editor kindly pointed out 4 typos. I am extremely grateful to the area editor for not citing this as a reason to reject the paper, something that happened to me in the past in another journal (despite reviewers commenting on how good my writing was). I think this really indicates how friendly this journal is to second-language speakers.
May 26, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
Submitted
May 26, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 17, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.9 months
Submitted
Apr 17, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Very quick. Substantive comments including with rejection.
Jan 24, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 24, 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
-
Jan 22, 2020
Rejection
Adjunct
1.3 months
Submitted
Jan 22, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 17, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
0.2 months
-
Submitted
Dec 17, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 8, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Dec 8, 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
-
Oct 25, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Oct 25, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 2, 2019
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.1 months
Submitted
Oct 2, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Swiftly desk rejected but with kind and helpful comments from the Area Editor.
Sep 26, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
2.7 months
Submitted
Sep 26, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 13, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.1 months
Submitted
Aug 13, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-