Canadian Journal of Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate

12.61%

Average response time

5 months

Average publicaton time

12.3 months

Average number of reviewers

2.1

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

72.07%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

111

Acceptances

3 (2.70%)

Rejections

88 (79.28%)

Revise and resubmits

17 (15.32%)

Conditional acceptances

2 (1.80%)

Withdraws

1 (0.90%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

Acceptances

11 (55.00%)

Rejections

8 (40.00%)

Withdraws

1 (5.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time	Comment quality
Dec 15, 2022	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	0.8 months	-	-
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Dec 15, 2022 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 0.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Jan 3, 2023	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	4.5 months
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Jan 3, 2023 Submitted by Kian Mintz-Woo Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 4.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter
Jan 13, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	1 month	-	-
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Jan 13, 2023 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
Feb 17, 2023	Rejection	Tenured faculty	3 months
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Feb 17, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian White Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter
Apr 5, 2023	Rejection	Tenured faculty	3.3 months	-
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Apr 5, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 3.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter If you need three months to desk reject a paper, then you are not doing your job properly. Be professional, man!
Apr 14, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	10 months
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Apr 14, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 10 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 16, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	1 month	-	-
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Aug 16, 2023 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 -
Sep 15, 2023	Rejection	Tenured faculty	3.5 months	-
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Sep 15, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured 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 I don't understand why it took so long to make the decision.
Oct 20, 2023	Rejection	Tenured faculty	5 months
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Oct 20, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter Well, the editor took months to send the paper to external reviewers, then took months to make the decision after he receive the review reports.
Feb 14, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	0.8 months
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Feb 14, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 0.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 8, 2024	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months
Journal Canadian Journal of Philosophy Submitted Apr 8, 2024 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 -