Philosophical Studies

Overall acceptance rate
21.34%
Average response time
4.2 months
Average publicaton time
8.4 months
Average number of reviewers
1.6
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
71.12%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
689
Acceptances
46 (6.68%)
Rejections
528 (76.63%)
Revise and resubmits
84 (12.19%)
Conditional acceptances
28 (4.06%)
Withdraws
3 (0.44%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
125
Acceptances
101 (80.80%)
Rejections
24 (19.20%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Jun 23, 2016
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Jun 23, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
-
Jul 4, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
-
Submitted
Jul 4, 2018
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
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 19, 2010
Rejection
Graduate student
6 months
Submitted
Apr 19, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 21, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
-
Submitted
Jul 21, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
May 25, 2018
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
13 months
Submitted
May 25, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
13 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 14, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
6 months
-
Submitted
May 14, 2020
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
-
Nov 29, 2018
Rejection
Graduate student
0.1 months
Submitted
Nov 29, 2018
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 28, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Jan 28, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 29, 2016
Rejection
Graduate student
0.8 months
Submitted
Mar 29, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
0.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 12, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
May 12, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
May 12, 2016
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
May 12, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Sep 27, 2013
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Sep 27, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 2, 2016
Rejection
Tenured faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Jun 2, 2016
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 23, 2012
Rejection
Graduate student
14 months
Submitted
May 23, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
14 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 6, 2015
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
Submitted
Jun 6, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
Sep 23, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
Submitted
Sep 23, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track 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
-
Jan 14, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
4.5 months
Submitted
Jan 14, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 1, 2024
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3 months
Submitted
Mar 1, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
I don't know why it still takes Jennifer Lackey, the Editor-in-Cheif, such a long time to deliver the verdict weeks after the sectional editor made his decision.
Apr 20, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
10 months
Submitted
Apr 20, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
10 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 24, 2013
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4.3 months
Submitted
Jul 24, 2013
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 30, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
4.2 months
Submitted
Sep 30, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Other
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
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 5, 2012
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
10 months
Submitted
Jul 5, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
10 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 2, 2012
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Aug 2, 2012
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
-
Aug 26, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
15 months
Submitted
Aug 26, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
15 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 23, 2015
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Nov 23, 2015
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
-
Jul 5, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.6 months
Submitted
Jul 5, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
2.6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Acceptance
Other
15 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
15 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 22, 2014
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Jan 22, 2014
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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Other
9 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
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
May 30, 2011
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
12.3 months
Submitted
May 30, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
12.3 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
6 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
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 7, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
-
Submitted
Jan 7, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 1, 2010
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
7 months
-
Submitted
Sep 1, 2010
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 3, 2012
Rejection
Tenured faculty
-
Submitted
Mar 3, 2012
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
-
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 1, 2024
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
May 1, 2024
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
2
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
0.8 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
White
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
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
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 12, 2014
Rejection
Graduate student
7 months
Submitted
Mar 12, 2014
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 16, 2019
Rejection
Graduate student
3.3 months
Submitted
Oct 16, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
3.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Other
13 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
13 months
Publication time
8 months
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  Acceptance
Other
8 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
8 months
Publication time
12 months
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  Acceptance
Other
9 months
-
Submitted
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 10, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
8 months
Submitted
Jan 10, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
8 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
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
18 months
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 24, 2011
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
6 months
Submitted
Jul 24, 2011
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 8, 2015
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Feb 8, 2015
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Aug 30, 2019
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3.6 months
Submitted
Aug 30, 2019
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 18, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
4 months
Submitted
Oct 18, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-