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
Jan 27, 2010
Revise and resubmit  
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Jan 27, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
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
-
Jun 19, 2014
Revise and resubmit  Withdraw
Tenured faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Jun 19, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Withdraw
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
May 12, 2014
Revise and resubmit  
Graduate student
3.1 months
Submitted
May 12, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 10, 2011
Revise and resubmit  
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jun 10, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Aug 9, 2009
Revise and resubmit  
Tenure track faculty
-
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
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)
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Other
1.5 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 18, 2010
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
Dec 18, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
-
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
Aug 9, 2009
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Aug 9, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
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
-
Nov 25, 2023
Rejection
Other
1 month
Submitted
Nov 25, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Other
4 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 18, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Dec 18, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 26, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
2.3 months
Submitted
Jul 26, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 27, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jan 27, 2015
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
-
Mar 4, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
-
-
-
Submitted
Mar 4, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 19, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.8 months
-
-
Submitted
Aug 19, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
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
Other
3 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 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
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 26, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.3 months
Submitted
Mar 26, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 27, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Mar 27, 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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Other
2.8 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.8 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
Graduate student
1.5 months
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 21, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Jun 21, 2011
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
-
Jul 3, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Jul 3, 2012
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
-
Jun 3, 2013
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Jun 3, 2013
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
-
Dec 27, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Dec 27, 2013
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
-
Mar 27, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Mar 27, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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 31, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Mar 31, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
-
Jun 27, 2022
Rejection
Other
1.1 months
-
Submitted
Jun 27, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.1 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
Other
3 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 2, 2009
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Dec 2, 2009
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 21, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
Jan 21, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
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
-
Feb 5, 2014
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
Submitted
Feb 5, 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
-
Mar 27, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Mar 27, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 14, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
3.8 months
Submitted
Oct 14, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.8 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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Other
1.2 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 9, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Aug 9, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 25, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
May 25, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 16, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Nov 16, 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
-
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
-
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
-
Apr 5, 2021
Rejection
Independent scholar
1 month
-
Submitted
Apr 5, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Independent scholar
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 31, 2022
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Aug 31, 2022
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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Other
3 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 23, 2010
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Jul 23, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
-
Aug 9, 2011
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
-
Submitted
Aug 9, 2011
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
-
May 1, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
May 1, 2012
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 18, 2013
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
Feb 18, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-