Synthese

Overall acceptance rate

36.05%

Average response time

3.8 months

Average publicaton time

5.7 months

Average number of reviewers

2.3

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

90.91%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

319

Acceptances

18 (5.64%)

Rejections

171 (53.61%)

Revise and resubmits

110 (34.48%)

Conditional acceptances

18 (5.64%)

Withdraws

2 (0.63%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

114

Acceptances

97 (85.09%)

Rejections

17 (14.91%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time
Jul 19, 2026	Rejection	Independent scholar	0.1 months	-
Journal Synthese Submitted Jul 19, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Independent scholar Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 0.1 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 14, 2026	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months	-
Journal Synthese Submitted Jul 14, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 7, 2026	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	6 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jul 7, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 3, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	5.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted May 3, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 5.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 4, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Apr 4, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection 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 -
Mar 5, 2026	Acceptance	Graduate student	4 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Mar 5, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Female Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance Mar 5, 2026 Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 1, 2026	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Mar 1, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 28, 2026	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 28, 2026 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 -
Feb 20, 2026	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 20, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 16, 2026	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 16, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 31, 2026	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Independent scholar	2 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 31, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Independent scholar Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 28, 2026	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	5.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 28, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 5.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 22, 2026	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Graduate student	1.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 22, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection 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 -
Jan 9, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	3.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 9, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Female Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 3.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 31, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Dec 31, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 16, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	2.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Dec 16, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 2.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 11, 2025	Acceptance	Other	3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Dec 11, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Other Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 3 months Publication time 1 month Date of acceptance Sep 5, 2025 Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Nov 22, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	3.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Nov 22, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time 3.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 27, 2025	Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	3.4 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Sep 27, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 3.4 months Publication time 7.8 months Date of acceptance Sep 16, 2025 Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 12, 2025	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Graduate student	3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Sep 12, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit 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 -
Sep 1, 2025	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	2.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Sep 1, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance 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 19, 2025	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 19, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track 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 -
Aug 18, 2025	Conditional acceptance Acceptance	Graduate student	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 18, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Conditional acceptance Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 16, 2025	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	6 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 16, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 13, 2025	Rejection	Independent scholar	0.7 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 13, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Independent scholar Gender Male Race/ethnicity Other race/ethnicity Response time 0.7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 8, 2025	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	11 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 8, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian White Response time 11 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 4, 2025	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 4, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict 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 -
Jul 27, 2025	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jul 27, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track 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 -
Jul 25, 2025	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	2 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jul 25, 2025 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 -
Jul 20, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	2.3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jul 20, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 2.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 25, 2025	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jun 25, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 21, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	3.9 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jun 21, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 3.9 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 20, 2025	Acceptance	Graduate student	2 months
Journal Synthese Submitted May 20, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 2 months Publication time 6 months Date of acceptance Apr 30, 2025 Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 17, 2025	Acceptance	Graduate student	2 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Mar 17, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino White Response time 2 months Publication time 26 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 7, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	4 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Mar 7, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 13, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	4.5 months	-
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 13, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Other race/ethnicity Response time 4.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 9, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Feb 9, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 4 or more Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 22, 2025	Rejection	Other	3 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 22, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Other 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 -
Jan 22, 2025	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	2 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 22, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenure track 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 -
Jan 7, 2025	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Jan 7, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 22, 2024	Rejection	Graduate student	4 months	-
Journal Synthese Submitted Dec 22, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 18, 2024	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	2 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Dec 18, 2024 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 -
Dec 4, 2024	Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Dec 4, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Nov 25, 2024	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	2 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Nov 25, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Nov 5, 2024	Withdraw	Non-tenure track faculty	3 months	-
Journal Synthese Submitted Nov 5, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Withdraw Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 14, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Sep 14, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 2.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 30, 2024	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenured faculty	2.5 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 30, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Female 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 26, 2024	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	2.8 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 26, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 2.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 26, 2024	Rejection	Graduate student	3.1 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 26, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 3.1 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter
Aug 4, 2024	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	4 months
Journal Synthese Submitted Aug 4, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance 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 -