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
20
Acceptances
11 (55.00%)
Rejections
8 (40.00%)
Withdraws
1 (5.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Apr 8, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
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
-
Feb 14, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.8 months
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
-
Oct 20, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
5 months
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.
Sep 15, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3.5 months
-
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.
Aug 16, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
-
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
-
Apr 14, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
10 months
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
-
Apr 5, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3.3 months
-
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!
Feb 17, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3 months
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
Jan 13, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
-
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
Jan 3, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4.5 months
Submitted
Jan 3, 2023
Submitted by
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
Dec 15, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.8 months
-
-
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
-
Oct 29, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Oct 29, 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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 21, 2022
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Aug 21, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 2, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
0.7 months
Submitted
Aug 2, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 6, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.9 months
-
Submitted
Jul 6, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Nov 9, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Nov 9, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Aug 3, 2021
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4.2 months
Submitted
Aug 3, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Mar 18, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 18, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
Mar 11, 2021
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Mar 11, 2021
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 5, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
8 months
Submitted
Feb 5, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 1, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Oct 1, 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
Oct 1, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Oct 1, 2020
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
-
Sep 21, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Sep 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 7, 2020
Rejection
Adjunct
5 months
Submitted
Sep 7, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 21, 2020
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.5 months
Submitted
May 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
May 8, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
12 months
-
Submitted
May 8, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
12 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Mar 17, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 17, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
No comments, but very fast rejection.
Mar 10, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 10, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Feb 13, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Feb 13, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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 22, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Jan 22, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 9, 2019
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Aug 9, 2019
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
-
Jun 24, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Jun 24, 2019
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
Jan 20, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Jan 20, 2019
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 16, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
9 months
Submitted
May 16, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 13, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Mar 13, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 12, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
-
Submitted
Mar 12, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 7, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
Feb 7, 2018
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
-
Jul 1, 2016
Rejection
Other
1.8 months
Submitted
Jul 1, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 18, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.9 months
-
Submitted
May 18, 2016
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
-
May 16, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
-
-
Submitted
May 16, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
5 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 16, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
5 months
-
-
Submitted
May 16, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 24, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.2 months
-
Submitted
Apr 24, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 5, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
0.1 months
-
-
Submitted
Apr 5, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 15, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.2 months
-
Submitted
Feb 15, 2016
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
-
Jan 14, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Jan 14, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 20, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
0.8 months
-
-
Submitted
Nov 20, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 2, 2015
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Nov 2, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
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
-
Aug 13, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenure track faculty
7 months
Submitted
Aug 13, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
7 months
Publication time
10 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 5, 2015
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.2 months
-
-
Submitted
Jun 5, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
May 27, 2015
Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
May 27, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-