British Journal for the History of Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate
21.30%
Average response time
2.5 months
Average publicaton time
11.2 months
Average number of reviewers
1.8
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
93.52%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
108
Acceptances
4 (3.70%)
Rejections
71 (65.74%)
Revise and resubmits
29 (26.85%)
Conditional acceptances
4 (3.70%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
30
Acceptances
19 (63.33%)
Rejections
11 (36.67%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Sep 22, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
7 months
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
-
Jul 8, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
1 month
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
-
Jun 23, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.2 months
-
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
Mar 16, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.1 months
-
-
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
Feb 28, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
4 months
-
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.
Sep 17, 2022
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
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
-
Sep 5, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
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
-
Mar 17, 2021
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4 months
-
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!
Jan 29, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Jan 29, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Jan 8, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jan 8, 2021
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 21, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Sep 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 1, 2020
Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Aug 1, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
Jul 31, 2020
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 10, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
May 10, 2019
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 7, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
May 7, 2019
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
The single reviewer comment I received suggested the paper be improved by arguing a point that I do in fact argue in the paper. While the comments were, on the whole, helpful, it's not clear the reviewer read the paper in its entirety or carefully.
Jan 6, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Jan 6, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 21, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Sep 21, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
6 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 3, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Sep 3, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
1 month
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 25, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Aug 25, 2018
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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 15, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
May 15, 2018
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
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 26, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
-
Submitted
Apr 26, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Mar 12, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
0.7 months
-
Submitted
Mar 12, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 23, 2018
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jan 23, 2018
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 15, 2017
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Nov 15, 2017
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
3 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 15, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Dec 15, 2016
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
-
Jun 16, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
-
Submitted
Jun 16, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 7, 2016
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Jun 7, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jun 7, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Jun 7, 2016
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
-
May 18, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4.7 months
Submitted
May 18, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 17, 2016
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Other
1.5 months
Submitted
Feb 17, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
1.5 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 7, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Feb 7, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Mexican mestizo
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 16, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Dec 16, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
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
-
Nov 3, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Nov 3, 2015
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
-
Nov 1, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
3.3 months
Submitted
Nov 1, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Mixed
Response time
3.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 12, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
14.5 months
Submitted
Oct 12, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
14.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 2, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Oct 2, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
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
-
Sep 29, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
Submitted
Sep 29, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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 15, 2015
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Tenured faculty
3 months
Submitted
Aug 15, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
15 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 12, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3.3 months
Submitted
Aug 12, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 23, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
1.7 months
Submitted
Jul 23, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 8, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Jul 8, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 3, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
2.2 months
Submitted
Jul 3, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 16, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenured faculty
18 months
-
Submitted
Jun 16, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
18 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 12, 2015
Revise and resubmit  
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Jun 12, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
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 23, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
-
Submitted
Apr 23, 2015
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
-
Apr 11, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Apr 11, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
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 28, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Mar 28, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 9, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Feb 9, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  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
-
Feb 5, 2015
Revise and resubmit  
Graduate student
1.7 months
Submitted
Feb 5, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 3, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Feb 3, 2015
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
-
Jan 19, 2015
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Jan 19, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-