Utilitas

Overall acceptance rate
44.12%
Average response time
4.7 months
Average publicaton time
8.4 months
Average number of reviewers
1.8
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
89.71%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
68
Acceptances
10 (14.71%)
Rejections
33 (48.53%)
Revise and resubmits
19 (27.94%)
Conditional acceptances
4 (5.88%)
Withdraws
2 (2.94%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
22
Acceptances
20 (90.91%)
Rejections
1 (4.55%)
Withdraws
1 (4.55%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Graduate student
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
male
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
4 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 31, 2009
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
8 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 31, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
8 months
Publication time
10 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 14, 2026
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
2.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 14, 2026
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
-
Oct 9, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 9, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 3, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 3, 2015
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
-
Apr 22, 2019
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
2 months
Journal
Submitted
Apr 22, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 8, 2012
Rejection
Graduate student
2.1 months
Journal
Submitted
Sep 8, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Aug 10, 2009
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
5 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 10, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
14 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 17, 2025
Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Journal
Submitted
May 17, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Indigenous North, Central or South American
White
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
Mar 10, 2025
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 23, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Journal
Submitted
Oct 23, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 14, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenured faculty
18 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 14, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
18 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 18, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
1.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Dec 18, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 4, 2025
Rejection
Graduate student
7 months
Journal
Submitted
Apr 4, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 17, 2015
Rejection
Tenured faculty
4.1 months
-
Journal
Submitted
Jul 17, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 25, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
Journal
Submitted
Aug 25, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 23, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
-
Journal
Submitted
Jul 23, 2014
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
-
Feb 15, 2016
Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 15, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
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
-
Feb 9, 2026
Acceptance
Adjunct
10 months
Journal
Submitted
Feb 9, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Adjunct
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
10 months
Publication time
2.8 months
Date of acceptance
Dec 4, 2025
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-