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
Dec 6, 2010
Conditional acceptance  
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Dec 6, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 5, 2013
Revise and resubmit  
Graduate student
5 months
Submitted
Jun 5, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
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
-
Jan 5, 2010
Revise and resubmit  
Tenured faculty
0.8 months
Submitted
Jan 5, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Irish-American
Response time
0.8 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  
Tenure track faculty
9 months
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 11, 2013
Revise and resubmit  
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Apr 11, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 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  
Graduate student
3.5 months
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.5 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
-
Jan 18, 2012
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenured faculty
1 month
Submitted
Jan 18, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 5, 2012
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jan 5, 2012
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
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 9, 2009
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 24, 2011
Rejection
Graduate student
0.2 months
-
Submitted
May 24, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Aug 9, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Aug 9, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 16, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
6 months
Submitted
Apr 16, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 17, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Jun 17, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
-
Sep 7, 2009
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Sep 7, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 20, 2011
Rejection
Graduate student
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Jul 20, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Sep 7, 2009
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Sep 7, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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 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
-
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
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
-
Mar 2, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
6 months
Submitted
Mar 2, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 26, 2013
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 26, 2013
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
-
Sep 1, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0 months
-
Submitted
Sep 1, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
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
-
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
-
Jul 9, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jul 9, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 4, 2009
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1.1 months
Submitted
Nov 4, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.1 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
-
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
-
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!
Feb 9, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Feb 9, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 6, 2013
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Oct 6, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
caucasian (non-hispanic)
Response time
0.5 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
-
Mar 31, 2010
Rejection
Graduate student
0.8 months
Submitted
Mar 31, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 28, 2011
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3.8 months
Submitted
Apr 28, 2011
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
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 30, 2013
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Jul 30, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
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
Sep 12, 2013
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Sep 12, 2013
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
-
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
-
Mar 4, 2012
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Mar 4, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
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
-
Apr 1, 2010
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Apr 1, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 13, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
8 months
Submitted
Mar 13, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 8, 2013
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Oct 8, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
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
-
Jun 2, 2011
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Jun 2, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.5 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
-
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
Jul 14, 2014
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
Jul 14, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Graduate student
3.7 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
3.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-