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
Jul 14, 2011
Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
27.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Jul 14, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
27.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 6, 2011
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Journal
Submitted
Jul 6, 2011
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
-
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
-
Apr 25, 2011
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
12 months
Journal
Submitted
Apr 25, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
12 months
Publication time
1 month
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 15, 2011
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Journal
Submitted
Mar 15, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
4 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 10, 2011
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
-
Journal
Submitted
Feb 10, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
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
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
-
Feb 1, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
-
-
Journal
Submitted
Feb 1, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 19, 2011
Rejection
Other
0.3 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Jan 19, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 7, 2011
Conditional acceptance  
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 7, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 6, 2011
Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 6, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 29, 2010
Conditional acceptance  
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Journal
Submitted
Nov 29, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 11, 2010
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 11, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 2, 2010
Rejection
Graduate student
11 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 2, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
11 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 1, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Sep 1, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Aug 31, 2010
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
-
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 31, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 31, 2010
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 31, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 14, 2010
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 14, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 23, 2010
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
-
Journal
Submitted
Jul 23, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 25, 2010
Acceptance
Graduate student
-
Journal
Submitted
Apr 25, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 19, 2010
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
-
Journal
Submitted
Apr 19, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
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
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
-
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
-
Dec 3, 2009
Rejection
Other
0.2 months
Journal
Submitted
Dec 3, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 3, 2009
Rejection
Other
1.4 months
Journal
Submitted
Dec 3, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 31, 2009
Rejection
Graduate student
0.1 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Oct 31, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Oct 6, 2009
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 6, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 25, 2009
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Other
12 months
Journal
Submitted
Sep 25, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
12 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 26, 2009
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 26, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
-
Aug 26, 2009
Rejection
Other
0.3 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 26, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 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
-
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
-
Aug 11, 2009
Rejection
Graduate student
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 11, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
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
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
-
Aug 9, 2009
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
0.8 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
1 month
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 9, 2009
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
3 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
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
-
Aug 9, 2009
Rejection
Graduate student
0.2 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Aug 9, 2009
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.8 months
-
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
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
-
Aug 9, 2009
Revise and resubmit  
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 9, 2009
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
3 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
3 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Revise and resubmit  
Other
5 months
Journal
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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Revise and resubmit  
Tenure track faculty
-
Journal
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
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
84 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
Tenure track faculty
3.1 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.1 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  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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.8 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Indian
Response time
0.8 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
2 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
2 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  
Tenure track faculty
8 months
Journal
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
-