Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate
29.11%
Average response time
3.3 months
Average publicaton time
5 months
Average number of reviewers
1.5
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
60.76%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
79
Acceptances
6 (7.59%)
Rejections
50 (63.29%)
Revise and resubmits
22 (27.85%)
Conditional acceptances
0 (0.00%)
Withdraws
1 (1.27%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
20
Acceptances
17 (85.00%)
Rejections
3 (15.00%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
May 26, 2020
Rejection
Adjunct
1 month
Submitted
May 26, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 28, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jun 28, 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
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 26, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Aug 26, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
Aug 26, 2020
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 18, 2020
Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Dec 18, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
Nov 20, 2020
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 8, 2021
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jan 8, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track 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
Sep 16, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Sep 16, 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
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 15, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
5 months
-
Submitted
Feb 15, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Mar 22, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 22, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Mar 29, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
9.5 months
Submitted
Mar 29, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
9.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 5, 2022
Withdraw
Tenure track faculty
15 months
-
Submitted
Apr 5, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Withdraw
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Something else
Race/ethnicity
Other race/ethnicity
Response time
15 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 10, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
Mar 10, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 16, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
May 16, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 23, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
May 23, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 20, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
9 months
Submitted
Aug 20, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
The review was not unfriendly but fairly short and unhelpful. It contained a number of misunderstandings of the text and of the literature in general. For example, it attributed views to various authors that do not have support in their texts. Moreover, my submission was handled by an associate editor who has little knowledge of the field.
Aug 25, 2023
Rejection
Other
0.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Aug 25, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 26, 2024
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jan 26, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jan 27, 2024
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Jan 27, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
-
Feb 8, 2024
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Feb 8, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
-
Apr 9, 2024
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
7 months
Submitted
Apr 9, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
Mar 28, 2024
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 27, 2024
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
6 months
Submitted
Apr 27, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 20, 2024
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Jul 20, 2024
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
Oh my god, you cannot imagine how rude the editor was. I inquired about the status of the paper; while the editor was so bothered such that he recommended me to withdraw the paper.
Feb 6, 2025
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Feb 6, 2025
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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 10, 2025
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Feb 10, 2025
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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 23, 2025
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3.8 months
Submitted
Sep 23, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jan 12, 2026
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
5 months
Submitted
Jan 12, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 26, 2026
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Jan 26, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
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
-
Feb 6, 2026
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Feb 6, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
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
-
Mar 1, 2026
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
Submitted
Mar 1, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
Other race/ethnicity
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 5, 2026
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 5, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
Indigenous Australian
White
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-