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
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
-
May 28, 2014
Acceptance
Tenured faculty
2 months
Submitted
May 28, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured 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 31, 2012
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jan 31, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  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
-
Dec 13, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Dec 13, 2010
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
-
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
-
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 8, 2010
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenured faculty
2 months
Submitted
Apr 8, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
0.2 months
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.
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
-
Apr 30, 2019
Rejection
Other
2 months
-
Submitted
Apr 30, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
I did not get an email notification of my desk reject, and only knew about it because I logged into the system.
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
-
Mar 10, 2010
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Mar 10, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
-
Jan 9, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jan 9, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 28, 2018
Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Nov 28, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
2 months
Date of acceptance
Oct 8, 2018
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jan 31, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jan 31, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 17, 2011
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Tenured faculty
2 months
Submitted
Nov 17, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
0.2 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 5, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Mar 5, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
2 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 11, 2009
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.9 months
Submitted
Aug 11, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 11, 2015
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.8 months
Submitted
Nov 11, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
-
Jun 12, 2012
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Graduate student
1.8 months
Submitted
Jun 12, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
May 10, 2011
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
1.7 months
Submitted
May 10, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.7 months
Publication time
0.5 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 8, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Dec 8, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 11, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Jan 11, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 31, 2014
Acceptance
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Jul 31, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 30, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
-
-
Submitted
May 30, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
1.5 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
-
Sep 30, 2010
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Sep 30, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 5, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Sep 5, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 5, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Sep 5, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 5, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Sep 5, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 8, 2010
Revise and resubmit  
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
May 8, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 7, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Other
1.5 months
Submitted
Aug 7, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 10, 2010
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Apr 10, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 30, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Apr 30, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 10, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Nov 10, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 26, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 26, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Other race/ethnicity
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Dec 6, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Dec 6, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 8, 2009
Acceptance
Graduate student
1.3 months
Submitted
Aug 8, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.3 months
Publication time
2.3 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 5, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Feb 5, 2014
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
-
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
-
Jan 31, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Jan 31, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Dec 10, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Dec 10, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 11, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Nov 11, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 29, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
May 29, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
3 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 25, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Sep 25, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 2, 2013
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
Apr 2, 2013
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
-
May 6, 2021
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
May 6, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
Dec 13, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Dec 13, 2010
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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 26, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Aug 26, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 7, 2013
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Aug 7, 2013
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
-