British Journal for the History of Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate

21.74%

Average response time

2.5 months

Average publicaton time

11.2 months

Average number of reviewers

1.8

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

92.17%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

115

Acceptances

4 (3.48%)

Rejections

76 (66.09%)

Revise and resubmits

29 (25.22%)

Conditional acceptances

6 (5.22%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

Acceptances

21 (65.63%)

Rejections

11 (34.38%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time	Comment quality
Mar 17, 2021	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	4 months	-
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Mar 17, 2021 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter After four months of review, you told me that comments are not available. Go f**k yourself!
Sep 5, 2022	Rejection	Graduate student	0.5 months
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Sep 5, 2022 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 0.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 17, 2022	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Graduate student	3.5 months
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Sep 17, 2022 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection 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 -
Feb 28, 2023	Rejection	Tenured faculty	4 months	-
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Feb 28, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter If you are rejecting papers after four months with no comments, then you are not doing your job properly.
Mar 16, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	0.1 months	-	-
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Mar 16, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 0.1 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter Desk Rejection
Jun 23, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	0.2 months	-
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Jun 23, 2023 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 1 Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter desk reject with short but useful feedback from associate editor
Jul 8, 2023	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	1 month
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Jul 8, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Middle Eastern/North African Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 22, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	7 months
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Sep 22, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 21, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	0.2 months	-
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Aug 21, 2024 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 -
Sep 26, 2024	Conditional acceptance Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	3.5 months
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Sep 26, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Conditional acceptance Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 3.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 12, 2025	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	1 month
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Apr 12, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status 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 -
May 3, 2025	Conditional acceptance Acceptance	Adjunct	9 months
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted May 3, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Conditional acceptance Acceptance Professional status Adjunct Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 9 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 31, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	4 months
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Jul 31, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Nov 10, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	0.3 months	-
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Nov 10, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 0.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 1, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	3 months		-
Journal British Journal for the History of Philosophy Submitted Dec 1, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -