Synthese

Overall acceptance rate
35.77%
Average response time
3.8 months
Average publicaton time
5.3 months
Average number of reviewers
2.3
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
90.77%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
260
Acceptances
13 (5.00%)
Rejections
140 (53.85%)
Revise and resubmits
89 (34.23%)
Conditional acceptances
17 (6.54%)
Withdraws
1 (0.38%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
92
Acceptances
80 (86.96%)
Rejections
12 (13.04%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Aug 10, 2009
Acceptance
Tenured faculty
5 months
Journal
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Other
4.6 months
Journal
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
-
Jun 8, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Jun 8, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
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
-
Feb 24, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
4.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 24, 2016
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
-
Jun 9, 2020
Rejection
Adjunct
4.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Jun 9, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 30, 2013
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Graduate student
4.5 months
Journal
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
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
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
-
Oct 19, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Oct 19, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 24, 2019
Rejection
Other
4 months
Journal
Submitted
May 24, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 25, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 25, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
5 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 2, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
May 2, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 27, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 27, 2018
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
-
Mar 28, 2010
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Mar 28, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 8, 2019
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 8, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
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
-
Apr 4, 2012
Conditional acceptance  
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Apr 4, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
2 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 10, 2014
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Jul 10, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Jewish
Response time
4 months
Publication time
1 month
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 5, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Mar 5, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 16, 2013
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
May 16, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 4, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 4, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 24, 2009
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 24, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
4 months
Publication time
5 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 17, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Sep 17, 2013
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
-
May 12, 2022
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
May 12, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
Mar 25, 2022
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
European
Response time
4 months
Publication time
7.3 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 14, 2012
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 14, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
8.5 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 23, 2014
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Mar 23, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 25, 2022
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
May 25, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
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 10, 2013
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 10, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 1, 2019
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
May 1, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
May 11, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
May 11, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 3, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Jun 3, 2022
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
-
Aug 11, 2009
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 11, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
4 months
Publication time
6 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 17, 2018
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Jul 17, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 26, 2014
Conditional acceptance  
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 26, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  
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
-
Oct 14, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
3.9 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 14, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 9, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 9, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 3, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
May 3, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 16, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 16, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 8, 2023
Rejection
Other
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Dec 8, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
White
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
4 or more
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 5, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Nov 5, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Prefer not to answer
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
-
Jul 17, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Jul 17, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 31, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
May 31, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-