American Philosophical Quarterly

Overall acceptance rate
18.67%
Average response time
2.8 months
Average publicaton time
7.6 months
Average number of reviewers
1.3
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
84.00%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
150
Acceptances
8 (5.33%)
Rejections
114 (76.00%)
Revise and resubmits
23 (15.33%)
Conditional acceptances
5 (3.33%)
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
Mar 5, 2024
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.1 months
Submitted
Mar 5, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 29, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.2 months
Submitted
Dec 29, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 25, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
10 months
Submitted
Dec 25, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
10 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Aug 28, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Aug 28, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 4, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
-
Submitted
Apr 4, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Jan 8, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
-
Submitted
Jan 8, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
Black
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
The irresponsible editor didn't send the paper to referees after three months.
Apr 27, 2022
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
4.6 months
Submitted
Apr 27, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Indigenous North, Central or South American
White
Response time
4.6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 20, 2022
Rejection
Tenured faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jan 20, 2022
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
Instead of engaging with the manuscript, the shallow referee only made very general but also disrespectful comments. If you can't write a proper reviewer report, please get another job!
Jan 12, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
Submitted
Jan 12, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 7, 2021
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Sep 7, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Oct 14, 2020
Rejection
Tenured faculty
4 months
Submitted
Oct 14, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
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
-
Sep 24, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Sep 24, 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
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jun 3, 2020
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Jun 3, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Feb 13, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenured faculty
6 months
Submitted
Feb 13, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 19, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Dec 19, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 10, 2019
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Nov 10, 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
-
Mar 4, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Mar 4, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 27, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
Feb 27, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 1, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
Feb 1, 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
-
Jul 23, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
Jul 23, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Apr 9, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.8 months
-
Submitted
Apr 9, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
European, non-native English speaker
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 1, 2016
Rejection
Other
1.5 months
Submitted
Jul 1, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
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
-
Jun 15, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Jun 15, 2016
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
-
Jun 10, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
1.2 months
Submitted
Jun 10, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 7, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Jun 7, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
May 13, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
May 13, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 28, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
Submitted
Apr 28, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 25, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
1.8 months
Submitted
Mar 25, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 25, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Mar 25, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 18, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 18, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 5, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
Jan 5, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 4, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
Submitted
Jan 4, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 24, 2015
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.3 months
Submitted
Nov 24, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 22, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
Nov 22, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 19, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
Submitted
Sep 19, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 13, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
7 months
Submitted
Jul 13, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 30, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
6 months
Submitted
Jun 30, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 26, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Jun 26, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Jun 13, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
5 months
Submitted
Jun 13, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 29, 2015
Acceptance
Graduate student
2.5 months
-
Submitted
May 29, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
European
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 22, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
-
Submitted
May 22, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 11, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Feb 11, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 5, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jan 5, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 28, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
-
Submitted
Dec 28, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 16, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Dec 16, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 10, 2014
Rejection
Tenured faculty
5.2 months
Submitted
Dec 10, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 25, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Nov 25, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 10, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
Nov 10, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 28, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.7 months
Submitted
Oct 28, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 29, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
2.2 months
Submitted
Aug 29, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-