Synthese

Overall acceptance rate

35.50%

Average response time

3.8 months

Average publicaton time

5.3 months

Average number of reviewers

2.3

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

90.84%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

262

Acceptances

13 (4.96%)

Rejections

142 (54.20%)

Revise and resubmits

89 (33.97%)

Conditional acceptances

17 (6.49%)

Withdraws

1 (0.38%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

Acceptances

80 (86.96%)

Rejections

12 (13.04%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status
Apr 30, 2013	Conditional acceptance Acceptance	Graduate student	4.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 30, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Conditional acceptance Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 4.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 7, 2024	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	4.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 7, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 4.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 9, 2009	Rejection	Graduate student	4.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 9, 2009 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 4.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Rejection	Other	4.6 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data) Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Other Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 4.6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 16, 2015	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 16, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Revise and resubmit	Other	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data) Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Professional status Other Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 5 months Publication time 1 month Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 18, 2015	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 18, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 10, 2009	Acceptance	Tenured faculty	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 10, 2009 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 5 months Publication time 14 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 10, 2009	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 10, 2009 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 -
Feb 15, 2022	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 15, 2022 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Middle Eastern/North African Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter
Apr 21, 2020	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenured faculty	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 21, 2020 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenured faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 17, 2011	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted May 17, 2011 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Rejection	Graduate student	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data) Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 20, 2023	Rejection	Tenured faculty	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jun 20, 2023 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 Hey editor, stop being a jerk, okay?
Mar 6, 2018	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Mar 6, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time 10 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 24, 2018	Revise and resubmit	Tenured faculty	5.3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jun 24, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 5.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 14, 2022	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	5.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 14, 2022 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 5.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 4 or more Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 24, 2016	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	5.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 24, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 5.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 28, 2018	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	5.8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 28, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 5.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 15, 2011	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	6 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 15, 2011 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 6 months Publication time 1 month Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 22, 2019	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	6 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 22, 2019 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 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Nov 25, 2021	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Other	6 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Nov 25, 2021 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection Professional status Other Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 16, 2013	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	6 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 16, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 6 months Publication time 1 month Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 2, 2011	Conditional acceptance Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	6 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 2, 2011 Submitted by - Verdict Conditional acceptance Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Oct 4, 2018	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Other	6.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Oct 4, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Other Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 6.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 16, 2019	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Tenured faculty	6.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Sep 16, 2019 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 6.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 4 or more Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 7, 2021	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	6.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Sep 7, 2021 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 6.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 4 or more Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter
Aug 2, 2014	Rejection	Graduate student	6.8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 2, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 6.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 16, 2022	Rejection	Tenured faculty	7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 16, 2022 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter If you cannot finish reviewing a ten-page paper in three months, then you are not doing your job properly.
Feb 22, 2016	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 22, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 8, 2018	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jun 8, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 7 months Publication time 4 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 24, 2016	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted May 24, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 16, 2015	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 16, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 7 months Publication time 0.5 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 10, 2015	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 10, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 19, 2015	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Sep 19, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 26, 2015	Rejection	Graduate student	7.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jun 26, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 7.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Nov 15, 2021	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Other	8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Nov 15, 2021 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Other Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter Highly recommended.
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Revise and resubmit	Tenure track faculty	8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data) Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Professional status Tenure track 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 -
Apr 8, 2010	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 8, 2010 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 2, 2015	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jul 2, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 8 months Publication time 11 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 24, 2012	Rejection	Graduate student	9 months
Journal Synthese Submitted May 24, 2012 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time 9 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Oct 17, 2014	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	9 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Oct 17, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 9 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Revise and resubmit	Non-tenure track faculty	9 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data) Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 9 months Publication time 1.5 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 13, 2015	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	9 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 13, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 9 months Publication time 0.3 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 24, 2014	Rejection	Tenured faculty	9 months
Journal Synthese Submitted May 24, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time 9 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 12, 2018	Revise and resubmit	Tenure track faculty	10 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 12, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 10 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 13, 2021	Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	10 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Mar 13, 2021 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 10 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Oct 13, 2015	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	10 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Oct 13, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 10 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 21, 2021	Rejection	Tenured faculty	10 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Mar 21, 2021 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 10 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 13, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	11 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Mar 13, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 11 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 4 or more Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -