Thought: A Journal of Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate
3.23%
Average response time
1.9 months
Average publicaton time
1.5 months
Average number of reviewers
1.6
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
74.19%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
31
Acceptances
0 (0.00%)
Rejections
25 (80.65%)
Revise and resubmits
6 (19.35%)
Conditional acceptances
0 (0.00%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
4
Acceptances
1 (25.00%)
Rejections
3 (75.00%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Nov 8, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
-
Submitted
Nov 8, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
May 17, 2024
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
May 17, 2024
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
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 10, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Nov 10, 2023
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
-
Aug 1, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
Submitted
Aug 1, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
May 14, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
May 14, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 3, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Jan 3, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Fast desk reject
Mar 24, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Mar 24, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jul 27, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Jul 27, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
White
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jun 25, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jun 25, 2020
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
-
Jun 2, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4.3 months
-
Submitted
Jun 2, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 21, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Apr 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 20, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Apr 20, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track 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
Feb 23, 2020
Rejection
Adjunct
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Feb 23, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
Gender
Prefer not to answer
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 17, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Feb 17, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jan 6, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Jan 6, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 2, 2019
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Adjunct
4 months
Submitted
Sep 2, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
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
-
Jul 9, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
1.8 months
Submitted
Jul 9, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 4, 2019
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
Submitted
Mar 4, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  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
-
Jan 17, 2019
Rejection
Independent scholar
2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 17, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Dec 23, 2018
Rejection
Independent scholar
2 months
-
Submitted
Dec 23, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Dec 7, 2018
Rejection
Independent scholar
0.3 months
Submitted
Dec 7, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 26, 2018
Rejection
Other
0.5 months
Submitted
Nov 26, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
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
-
Oct 15, 2018
Rejection
Other
0.8 months
Submitted
Oct 15, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
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
-
Jul 23, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Jul 23, 2018
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
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 17, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
Submitted
Jul 17, 2018
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
-
Jun 26, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
Jun 26, 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
-
May 19, 2018
Revise and resubmit  
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
May 19, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
2 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 4, 2018
Revise and resubmit  
Tenured faculty
4 months
Submitted
May 4, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
1 month
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Graduate student
0.9 months
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Graduate student
3.7 months
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Tenured faculty
5 months
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-