Philosophical Quarterly

Overall acceptance rate

10.57%

Average response time

2.1 months

Average publicaton time

6 months

Average number of reviewers

1.5

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

64.16%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

558

Acceptances

18 (3.23%)

Rejections

493 (88.35%)

Revise and resubmits

47 (8.42%)

Conditional acceptances

0 (0.00%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

Acceptances

41 (67.21%)

Rejections

19 (31.15%)

Withdraws

1 (1.64%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time
Jun 12, 2026	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	2 months
Journal Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Jun 12, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 2, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	1.7 months
Journal Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Jul 2, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 11, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	4 months	-
Journal Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Jul 11, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student 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 -
Jul 16, 2026	Rejection	Independent scholar	1.7 months
Journal Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Jul 16, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Independent scholar Gender Male Race/ethnicity Black Response time 1.7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 16, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	0.6 months
Journal Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Jul 16, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 0.6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jul 23, 2026	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3.5 months
Journal Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Jul 23, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 3.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 20, 2026	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	0.7 months
Journal Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Aug 20, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 0.7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 22, 2026	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	3.3 months
Journal Philosophical Quarterly Submitted Aug 22, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 3.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 2 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -