Philosophical Quarterly

Overall acceptance rate
10.32%
Average response time
2.1 months
Average publicaton time
6.2 months
Average number of reviewers
1.6
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
63.36%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
494
Acceptances
17 (3.44%)
Rejections
439 (88.87%)
Revise and resubmits
38 (7.69%)
Conditional acceptances
0 (0.00%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
52
Acceptances
34 (65.38%)
Rejections
17 (32.69%)
Withdraws
1 (1.92%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
May 10, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
0.4 months
-
-
Submitted
May 10, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
May 18, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
5 months
-
-
Submitted
May 18, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
May 24, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
May 24, 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 26, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
May 26, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
-
Jun 2, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jun 2, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
-
Jun 7, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Jun 7, 2016
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
-
Jun 7, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
0.8 months
-
-
Submitted
Jun 7, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.8 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
-
Jun 20, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.8 months
Submitted
Jun 20, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
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
-
Jun 24, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Jun 24, 2016
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
-
Jul 1, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
Submitted
Jul 1, 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
-
Jul 1, 2016
Rejection
Other
3 months
Submitted
Jul 1, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
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
-
Mar 15, 2017
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Mar 15, 2017
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
2.5 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 27, 2018
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
4.3 months
Submitted
Jan 27, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 16, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
Submitted
Feb 16, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Feb 21, 2018
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Feb 21, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
Mar 3, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
5.3 months
Submitted
Mar 3, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Indigenous North, Central or South American
White
Response time
5.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 21, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 21, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 24, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Apr 24, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Non-native English speaker, Southern European
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 14, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
-
-
Submitted
May 14, 2018
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
-
May 24, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.3 months
-
Submitted
May 24, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 24, 2018
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
May 24, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
Jun 27, 2018
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Jun 27, 2018
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
-
Jul 24, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
5 months
-
Submitted
Jul 24, 2018
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
-
Sep 3, 2018
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Sep 3, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
Oct 15, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Oct 15, 2018
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
-
Dec 23, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Independent scholar
8 months
-
Submitted
Dec 23, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Dec 23, 2018
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Independent scholar
6 months
-
Submitted
Dec 23, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Feb 6, 2019
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Feb 6, 2019
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 15, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Feb 15, 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
-
Feb 15, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Feb 15, 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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 26, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Feb 26, 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
Mar 6, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Mar 6, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 9, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
Submitted
May 9, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
May 21, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
May 21, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
Jun 10, 2019
Rejection
Independent scholar
3 months
Submitted
Jun 10, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Indigenous North, Central or South American
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 2, 2019
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Jul 2, 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
-
Jul 23, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
4 months
-
Submitted
Jul 23, 2019
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 25, 2019
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
-
Submitted
Sep 25, 2019
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
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 26, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
1.3 months
-
Submitted
Sep 26, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 8, 2019
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Nov 8, 2019
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jan 16, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
Jan 16, 2020
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
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 31, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
Jan 31, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 10, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Mar 10, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 17, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 17, 2020
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
No comments, but very fast rejection.
May 21, 2020
Rejection
Adjunct
0.7 months
-
Submitted
May 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 29, 2020
Acceptance
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
May 29, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
4 months
Publication time
2 months
Date of acceptance
Sep 9, 2019
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 8, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3.8 months
Submitted
Jun 8, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 3, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Jul 3, 2020
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
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 19, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
2.2 months
Submitted
Jul 19, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-