Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

Overall acceptance rate

14.87%

Average response time

2.5 months

Average publicaton time

5.1 months

Average number of reviewers

1.3

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

34.55%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

437

Acceptances

24 (5.49%)

Rejections

359 (82.15%)

Revise and resubmits

47 (10.76%)

Conditional acceptances

6 (1.37%)

Withdraws

1 (0.23%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

Acceptances

41 (85.42%)

Rejections

7 (14.58%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time	Comment quality
May 22, 2024	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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
Jun 6, 2024	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	3.9 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 -
Jul 24, 2024	Acceptance	Tenured faculty	0.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 -
Aug 6, 2024	Rejection	Graduate student	7 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 -
Jan 31, 2025	Rejection	Tenured faculty	1.8 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jan 31, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 3, 2025	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 3, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 2.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 9, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	2.3 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 9, 2025 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 1 Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 17, 2025	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2.3 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 17, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 2.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 19, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 19, 2025 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 18, 2025	Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	2 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 18, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance Mar 14, 2025 Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 19, 2025	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	3 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 19, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 24, 2025	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 24, 2025 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 -
Apr 12, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	3.5 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 12, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 3.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Apr 14, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	2.1 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 14, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 2.1 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 17, 2025	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 17, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 3.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 20, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 20, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Middle Eastern/North African White Response time 2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 2, 2025	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted May 2, 2025 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 -
May 15, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted May 15, 2025 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 -
Jul 17, 2025	Rejection	Graduate student	6 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jul 17, 2025 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student 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 -
Jan 23, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jan 23, 2026 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 25, 2026	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	5 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jan 25, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Feb 5, 2026	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	2.2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 5, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 2.2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 5, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 5, 2026 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 -
Feb 5, 2026	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2.3 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 5, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 2.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Feb 7, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	4 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 7, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Feb 12, 2026	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	2 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 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 -
Feb 25, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	2.5 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 25, 2026 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 -
Mar 11, 2026	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3.5 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 11, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty 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 11, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	2.5 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 11, 2026 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 -
Mar 16, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	2.6 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 16, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 2.6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter
Mar 29, 2026	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 29, 2026 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 -
Apr 2, 2026	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2.3 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 2, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 2.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
May 3, 2026	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Graduate student	3.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted May 3, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Graduate student 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 -
May 18, 2026	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3.2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted May 18, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 3.2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 19, 2026	Rejection	Graduate student	3.3 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted May 19, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Middle Eastern/North African Response time 3.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
May 27, 2026	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted May 27, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured 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 11, 2026	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	3.5 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jun 11, 2026 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status 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 'Exceptionally busy'