Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

Overall acceptance rate
15.35%
Average response time
2.5 months
Average publicaton time
5.1 months
Average number of reviewers
1.4
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
35.40%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
404
Acceptances
23 (5.69%)
Rejections
329 (81.44%)
Revise and resubmits
45 (11.14%)
Conditional acceptances
6 (1.49%)
Withdraws
1 (0.25%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
46
Acceptances
39 (84.78%)
Rejections
7 (15.22%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Aug 6, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
7 months
Submitted
Aug 6, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
7 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 24, 2024
Acceptance
Tenured faculty
0.5 months
Submitted
Jul 24, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
2 months
Date of acceptance
Nov 30, 2023
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 6, 2024
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
3.9 months
Submitted
Jun 6, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
3.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 22, 2024
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
May 22, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
May 19, 2024
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
May 19, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Conditional acceptance  Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
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
Minor revision. Acceptance about 3 weeks thereafter. Speedy processing.
May 1, 2024
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
May 1, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
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
Apr 8, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
1.9 months
-
Submitted
Apr 8, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 24, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Mar 24, 2024
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
-
Mar 24, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Mar 24, 2024
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, 2024
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Mar 4, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track 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
Desk reject with no comments.
Feb 10, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
-
Submitted
Feb 10, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 23, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 23, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
-
Jan 21, 2024
Rejection
Graduate student
2.4 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 21, 2024
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
2.4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Dec 25, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Dec 25, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
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 4, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Dec 4, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Nov 30, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Nov 30, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jun 14, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
4 months
Submitted
Jun 14, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Mar 28, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Mar 28, 2023
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
-
Mar 16, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
3.8 months
-
Submitted
Mar 16, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
3.8 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
I think that more than three months is a bit too long for a desk rejection.
Mar 16, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Mar 16, 2023
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
Feb 23, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.2 months
-
-
Submitted
Feb 23, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Feb 20, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
1 month
Submitted
Feb 20, 2023
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
-
Feb 18, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Feb 18, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Feb 17, 2023
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Feb 17, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
White
Response time
1.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Feb 17, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2.5 months
Submitted
Feb 17, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
White
Response time
2.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Feb 10, 2023
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
1.5 months
Submitted
Feb 10, 2023
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
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 28, 2023
Acceptance
Graduate student
2 months
Submitted
Jan 28, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
2 months
Date of acceptance
Jan 25, 2023
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 13, 2023
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 13, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 13, 2023
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 13, 2023
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
-
Jan 11, 2023
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 11, 2023
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track 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
-
Apr 27, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
-
-
Submitted
Apr 27, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Female
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.5 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 months
-
Submitted
Apr 16, 2022
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
-
Apr 14, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Apr 14, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track 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
-
Apr 4, 2022
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2 months
-
-
Submitted
Apr 4, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track 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 24, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4.5 months
Submitted
Mar 24, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
2
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 31, 2022
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 31, 2022
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
Jan 21, 2022
Rejection
Graduate student
2 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 21, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Jan 20, 2022
Rejection
Adjunct
2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 20, 2022
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
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
-
May 20, 2021
Rejection
Tenured faculty
3.5 months
Submitted
May 20, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
Apr 11, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
4.5 months
-
Submitted
Apr 11, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
4.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
Apr 1, 2021
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
2.5 months
-
Submitted
Apr 1, 2021
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
Mar 21, 2021
Rejection
Tenured faculty
2 months
-
Submitted
Mar 21, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenured 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
-
Mar 10, 2021
Rejection
Graduate student
2.5 months
-
Submitted
Mar 10, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
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
Feb 5, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2 months
-
-
Submitted
Feb 5, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-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
-
Jan 23, 2021
Rejection
Adjunct
2 months
-
-
Submitted
Jan 23, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Adjunct
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
-
Jan 21, 2021
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
2.2 months
-
Submitted
Jan 21, 2021
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
2.2 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Jul 23, 2020
Rejection
Non-tenure track faculty
1.9 months
-
Submitted
Jul 23, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Jun 11, 2020
Rejection
Graduate student
9 months
Submitted
Jun 11, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
9 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
Waited 9 months. The report was almost verbatim a report I had previously waited 8 months for at a different journal. Editorial staff only responded to my emails selectively.
May 27, 2020
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
5 months
Submitted
May 27, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
May 21, 2020
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
Tenured faculty
3 months
Submitted
May 21, 2020
Submitted by
Verdict
Revise and resubmit  Acceptance
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