American Philosophical Quarterly

Overall acceptance rate

18.18%

Average response time

2.8 months

Average publicaton time

7.6 months

Average number of reviewers

1.2

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

84.42%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

154

Acceptances

8 (5.19%)

Rejections

118 (76.62%)

Revise and resubmits

23 (14.94%)

Conditional acceptances

5 (3.25%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

24

Acceptances

20 (83.33%)

Rejections

4 (16.67%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time	Comment quality	Experience with editors
Apr 23, 2024	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months
Journal American Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Apr 23, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 12, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.5 months
Journal American Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Jul 12, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter
Sep 19, 2024	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2 months
Journal American Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Sep 19, 2024 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 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 15, 2025	Rejection	Tenured faculty	4 months
Journal American Philosophical Quarterly Submitted May 15, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -