Journal of the History of Philosophy

Overall acceptance rate

14.17%

Average response time

1.8 months

Average publicaton time

12.4 months

Average number of reviewers

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

74.17%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

120

Acceptances

2 (1.67%)

Rejections

96 (80.00%)

Revise and resubmits

18 (15.00%)

Conditional acceptances

4 (3.33%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

Acceptances

15 (68.18%)

Rejections

7 (31.82%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time	Comment quality
Mar 9, 2021	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2.5 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Mar 9, 2021 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity White Response time 2.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 18, 2022	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	2.5 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Apr 18, 2022 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 2.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 22, 2022	Rejection	Graduate student	0.5 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Dec 22, 2022 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 - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 29, 2023	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Tenured faculty	3 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Aug 29, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 31, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	0.5 months	-	-
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Aug 31, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 0.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Sep 20, 2023	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2.5 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Sep 20, 2023 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 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Oct 2, 2023	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Tenured faculty	3 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Oct 2, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Prefer not to answer Race/ethnicity - Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 4 or more Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 4, 2023	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	0.3 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Dec 4, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 0.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter Comments were hostile, but fast!
Jan 30, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Jan 30, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 12, 2024	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	0.5 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Jun 12, 2024 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 -
Jul 3, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	0.3 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Jul 3, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-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 -
Aug 28, 2024	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	0.4 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Aug 28, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 0.4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 2, 2024	Rejection	Tenured faculty	1 month	-
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Sep 2, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Oct 29, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2.8 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Oct 29, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 2.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 3 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Oct 30, 2024	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	0.2 months	-
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Oct 30, 2024 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 0.2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 10, 2025	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	0.5 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Jan 10, 2025 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 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 17, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	0.8 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Jan 17, 2025 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 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 24, 2025	Conditional acceptance Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	3 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Jan 24, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Conditional acceptance Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Prefer not to answer Race/ethnicity White Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 1, 2025	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	0.5 months	-
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted May 1, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-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 -
Aug 17, 2026	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	0.3 months
Journal Journal of the History of Philosophy Submitted Aug 17, 2026 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 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -