Synthese

Overall acceptance rate
35.64%
Average response time
3.8 months
Average publicaton time
5.3 months
Average number of reviewers
2.3
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
90.91%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
275
Acceptances
12 (4.36%)
Rejections
148 (53.82%)
Revise and resubmits
96 (34.91%)
Conditional acceptances
17 (6.18%)
Withdraws
2 (0.73%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
99
Acceptances
86 (86.87%)
Rejections
13 (13.13%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Jun 26, 2012
Withdraw
Graduate student
12 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Jun 26, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Withdraw
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
12 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 24, 2012
Rejection
Graduate student
9 months
Journal
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
-
May 15, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.3 months
Journal
Submitted
May 15, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.3 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
-
Mar 15, 2012
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Journal
Submitted
Mar 15, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Mar 13, 2012
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Other
-
Journal
Submitted
Mar 13, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 3, 2012
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.3 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Mar 3, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 20, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.8 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 20, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.8 months
Publication time
-
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
-
Feb 1, 2012
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
-
Journal
Submitted
Feb 1, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 12, 2011
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.1 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 12, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 8, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
12 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Oct 8, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
12 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 15, 2011
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Sep 15, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 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
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
-
Aug 8, 2011
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Aug 8, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
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
-