Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Overall acceptance rate
15.95%
Average response time
4.6 months
Average publicaton time
5.2 months
Average number of reviewers
1.7
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
47.85%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
163
Acceptances
4 (2.45%)
Rejections
121 (74.23%)
Revise and resubmits
25 (15.34%)
Conditional acceptances
5 (3.07%)
Withdraws
8 (4.91%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
27
Acceptances
22 (81.48%)
Rejections
5 (18.52%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Jun 7, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Jun 7, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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 24, 2025
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.7 months
-
Submitted
Jun 24, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 24, 2019
Withdraw
Non-tenure track faculty
3.5 months
-
Submitted
Dec 24, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Withdraw
Professional status
Non-tenure track 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
Dec 12, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Dec 12, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Mar 30, 2015
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Mar 30, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 20, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Aug 20, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 31, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Jul 31, 2014
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
-
Feb 26, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
-
Submitted
Feb 26, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 11, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Jan 11, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 20, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Feb 20, 2013
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
-
Feb 27, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
15 months
Submitted
Feb 27, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
15 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 11, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Jan 11, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 5, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Apr 5, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 31, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.8 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 31, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
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)
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
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
-
Nov 28, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Nov 28, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 21, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Feb 21, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Jan 13, 2015
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jan 13, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 26, 2011
Revise and resubmit  
Non-tenure track faculty
8 months
Submitted
Mar 26, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 6, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
9 months
-
Submitted
Mar 6, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Prefer not to answer
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 8, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Mar 8, 2012
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
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 20, 2016
Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
1.4 months
Submitted
May 20, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.4 months
Publication time
3.7 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 25, 2011
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.3 months
-
Submitted
Jul 25, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 5, 2011
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
15 months
Submitted
Nov 5, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
15 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 11, 2013
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Oct 11, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  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
-
May 12, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
5.5 months
Submitted
May 12, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 8, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
-
-
Submitted
Feb 8, 2012
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
-
Dec 31, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
12 months
Submitted
Dec 31, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
12 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 31, 2012
Conditional acceptance  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
12 months
Submitted
Dec 31, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
12 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 24, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Jan 24, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Apr 7, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Apr 7, 2010
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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
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
-
May 5, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
May 5, 2015
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
-
Mar 20, 2016
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Mar 20, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
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
-
Jul 30, 2011
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Jul 30, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Mar 16, 2021
Withdraw
Non-tenure track faculty
16.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 16, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Withdraw
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
16.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 24, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Mar 24, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 20, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.4 months
-
-
Submitted
Apr 20, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 8, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Dec 8, 2015
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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 26, 2025
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
May 26, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
-
Dec 16, 2013
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Dec 16, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
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
-
Jul 13, 2011
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
Submitted
Jul 13, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  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
-
Jun 29, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
6 months
-
Submitted
Jun 29, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 21, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Dec 21, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Jun 17, 2012
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jun 17, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 14, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Aug 14, 2013
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
-
Jul 12, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Jul 12, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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 30, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Nov 30, 2010
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
-
Mar 8, 2011
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
21 months
Submitted
Mar 8, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
21 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 15, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Dec 15, 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
-