Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate
20.77%
Average response time
1.8 months
Average publicaton time
1.6 months
Average number of reviewers
1.9
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
50.27%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
183
Acceptances
11 (6.01%)
Rejections
139 (75.96%)
Revise and resubmits
28 (15.30%)
Conditional acceptances
5 (2.73%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
31
Acceptances
27 (87.10%)
Rejections
4 (12.90%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Jun 13, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Jun 13, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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 2, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jul 2, 2023
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 4, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Jul 4, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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 6, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.2 months
-
Submitted
Aug 6, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
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
-
Sep 26, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.7 months
-
-
Submitted
Sep 26, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
0.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 4, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.2 months
-
-
Submitted
Oct 4, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 5, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Other
1.5 months
Submitted
Oct 5, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
Prefer not to answer
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 30, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
3.5 months
Submitted
Nov 30, 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 12, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Dec 12, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 1, 2024
Rejection
Independent scholar
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Feb 1, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 26, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Mar 26, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Apr 10, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
3.8 months
Submitted
Apr 10, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 17, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
6 months
Submitted
Apr 17, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 23, 2024
Rejection
Tenured faculty
5 months
Submitted
Apr 23, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
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
-
Apr 26, 2024
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Apr 26, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
May 23, 2024
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
May 23, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Desk reject.
Jun 2, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Jun 2, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Desk reject with no explanation.
Jul 7, 2024
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jul 7, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 24, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Jul 24, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 15, 2024
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Aug 15, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Prefer not to answer
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 22, 2024
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Nov 22, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 4, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Dec 4, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 9, 2024
Rejection
Tenured faculty
5 months
Submitted
Dec 9, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 7, 2025
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
6 months
-
Submitted
Jan 7, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 11, 2025
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Aug 11, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 13, 2025
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Aug 13, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
-
Aug 26, 2025
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Aug 26, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 12, 2025
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.2 months
-
Submitted
Sep 12, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 13, 2025
Rejection
Other
1 month
-
Submitted
Sep 13, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 18, 2025
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Nov 18, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jan 22, 2026
Rejection
Graduate student
0.6 months
-
Submitted
Jan 22, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 18, 2026
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Feb 18, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 23, 2026
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.7 months
-
-
Submitted
Feb 23, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
0.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-