Philosophical Studies

Overall acceptance rate
21.40%
Average response time
4.2 months
Average publicaton time
8.4 months
Average number of reviewers
1.6
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
71.03%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
687
Acceptances
46 (6.70%)
Rejections
527 (76.71%)
Revise and resubmits
83 (12.08%)
Conditional acceptances
28 (4.08%)
Withdraws
3 (0.44%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
124
Acceptances
101 (81.45%)
Rejections
23 (18.55%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Feb 9, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Feb 9, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
Desk Reject
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
-
Jan 3, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0 months
-
Submitted
Jan 3, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
0 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Fast desk reject
Jan 3, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
3.5 months
Submitted
Jan 3, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
3.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Dec 15, 2022
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
3 months
Submitted
Dec 15, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 14, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Dec 14, 2022
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
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Nov 3, 2022
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenured faculty
4 months
Submitted
Nov 3, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
Oct 12, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
5.5 months
-
Submitted
Oct 12, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
5.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 12, 2022
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Oct 12, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Prefer not to answer
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Sep 1, 2022
Rejection
Tenured faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Sep 1, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
Aug 21, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
Aug 21, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track 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 6, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.4 months
-
Submitted
Jul 6, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
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
Jun 22, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
12 months
Submitted
Jun 22, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
12 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 17, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
1.9 months
Submitted
Jun 17, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 7, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Jun 7, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
-
May 21, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
13 months
Submitted
May 21, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
13 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Apr 25, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Apr 25, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Apr 16, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.8 months
Submitted
Apr 16, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 15, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Feb 15, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Feb 10, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
-
Submitted
Feb 10, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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
Feb 10, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Feb 10, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
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 4, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
Submitted
Feb 4, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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 17, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 17, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jan 12, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.1 months
-
Submitted
Jan 12, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 9, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
9 months
Submitted
Jan 9, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 9, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4 months
-
Submitted
Jan 9, 2022
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
-
Nov 9, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Nov 9, 2021
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
-
Oct 28, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
9.5 months
Submitted
Oct 28, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
9.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Sep 7, 2021
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
Submitted
Sep 7, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Aug 11, 2021
Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2.2 months
Submitted
Aug 11, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
May 21, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
0.3 months
-
Submitted
May 21, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
May 20, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
May 20, 2021
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
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 17, 2021
Rejection
Other
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Mar 17, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 19, 2021
Rejection
Graduate student
0.1 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 19, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.1 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 19, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Dec 19, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 3, 2020
Acceptance
Graduate student
6 months
Submitted
Dec 3, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
6 months
Publication time
0.5 months
Date of acceptance
Dec 3, 2020
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 2, 2020
Acceptance
Other
5 months
Submitted
Dec 2, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
Nov 29, 2020
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Oct 18, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Oct 18, 2020
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
-
Oct 17, 2020
Rejection
Adjunct
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Oct 17, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
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
-
Sep 16, 2020
Rejection
Other
0.2 months
-
Submitted
Sep 16, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Other
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
White
Response time
0.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 15, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
Submitted
Sep 15, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Aug 17, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
Submitted
Aug 17, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Aug 13, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
9 months
-
Submitted
Aug 13, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 15, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3 months
Submitted
Jul 15, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 10, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Jul 10, 2020
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 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
Jun 11, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
1.1 months
-
-
Submitted
Jun 11, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.1 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
-
May 4, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
-
Submitted
May 4, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1 month
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 18, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Graduate student
6 months
Submitted
Mar 18, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
6 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-