The Journal of Ethics

Overall acceptance rate
12.94%
Average response time
1.6 months
Average publicaton time
4.2 months
Average number of reviewers
1.7
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
35.29%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
85
Acceptances
2 (2.35%)
Rejections
72 (84.71%)
Revise and resubmits
9 (10.59%)
Conditional acceptances
1 (1.18%)
Withdraws
1 (1.18%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
9
Acceptances
9 (100.00%)
Rejections
0 (0.00%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
May 5, 2025
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.1 months
Submitted
May 5, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
2.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 27, 2025
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Mar 27, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 27, 2025
Rejection
Other
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Feb 27, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 26, 2025
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
8.5 months
Submitted
Feb 26, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
8.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 16, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Oct 16, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Jul 17, 2024
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
Jul 17, 2024
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 19, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
0.2 months
Submitted
Jun 19, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Asian
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 27, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
1.2 months
Submitted
Jun 27, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 21, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
5.5 months
Submitted
Apr 21, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 17, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Apr 17, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
Mar 18, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenured faculty
5 months
Submitted
Mar 18, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Aug 29, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
Aug 29, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 30, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Jun 30, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jun 21, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
0.8 months
-
Submitted
Jun 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 22, 2020
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1.2 months
Submitted
Feb 22, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 7, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
Submitted
Nov 7, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 25, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Sep 25, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
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
-
Dec 4, 2018
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3.5 months
-
Submitted
Dec 4, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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 9, 2018
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Feb 9, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 20, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Jun 20, 2016
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
-
May 26, 2016
Revise and resubmit  
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
May 26, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
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
-
May 3, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
0.6 months
-
-
Submitted
May 3, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
May 1, 2016
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
4.5 months
Submitted
May 1, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 30, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Apr 30, 2016
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 29, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Mar 29, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Nov 30, 2015
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Nov 30, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 30, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Nov 30, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Oct 4, 2015
Acceptance
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Oct 4, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
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
-
Aug 19, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Aug 19, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 20, 2015
Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Jul 20, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
2 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 8, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
Submitted
Jun 8, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
May 7, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
May 7, 2015
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
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 30, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
-
Submitted
Sep 30, 2014
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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 9, 2014
Rejection
Other
0.9 months
-
Submitted
Sep 9, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 9, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Sep 9, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jul 30, 2014
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
-
Submitted
Jul 30, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 29, 2014
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jul 29, 2014
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
-
Jul 17, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Jul 17, 2014
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
-
Jul 9, 2014
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Jul 9, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 23, 2014
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Jun 23, 2014
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 3, 2014
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Jun 3, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
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
-
Apr 30, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
-
Submitted
Apr 30, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Irish
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 13, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Apr 13, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Apr 5, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
-
Submitted
Apr 5, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Dec 22, 2013
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Dec 22, 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
-
Nov 4, 2013
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Nov 4, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
1.5 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 26, 2013
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Sep 26, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Sep 26, 2013
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Sep 26, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jul 10, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Jul 10, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
May 31, 2013
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
May 31, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-