Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

Overall acceptance rate

15.25%

Average response time

2.5 months

Average publicaton time

5.7 months

Average number of reviewers

1.4

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

35.14%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

387

Acceptances

22 (5.68%)

Rejections

315 (81.40%)

Revise and resubmits

44 (11.37%)

Conditional acceptances

5 (1.29%)

Withdraws

1 (0.26%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

Acceptances

37 (84.09%)

Rejections

7 (15.91%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time	Comment quality
Mar 3, 2014	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Tenure track faculty	11 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 3, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 11 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)	Acceptance	Other	10 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 10 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Apr 28, 2013	Revise and resubmit Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	10 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 28, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 10 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
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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.
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Rejection	Other	8 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 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	8 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Aug 2, 2018	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	7 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Aug 2, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 7 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		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Other	6 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Sep 6, 2011	Rejection	Graduate student	5.3 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Sep 6, 2011 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 5.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 27, 2020	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 -
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Rejection	Other	5 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Aug 9, 2009	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	5 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Aug 9, 2009 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Apr 6, 2013	Revise and resubmit	Tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 6, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 9, 2009	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Aug 9, 2009 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 - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 20, 2014	Revise and resubmit	Tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Aug 20, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 30, 2016	Rejection	Tenured faculty	5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 30, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 5 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)	Conditional acceptance Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	5 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data) Submitted by - Verdict Conditional acceptance Acceptance Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 5 months Publication time 3 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)	Rejection	Other	5 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Jul 6, 2016	Rejection	Graduate student	4.8 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jul 6, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 4.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 1, 2014	Rejection	Graduate student	4.5 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted May 1, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 4.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 11, 2021	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4.5 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 12, 2016	Rejection	Graduate student	4.5 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 12, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time 4.5 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
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 -
Apr 22, 2014	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4.3 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 22, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 4.3 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)	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Other	4 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 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)	Revise and resubmit	Other	4 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data) Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit 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	Other	4 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 -
Mar 28, 2014	Rejection	Graduate student	4 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 28, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Black Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Oct 6, 2009	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Oct 6, 2009 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 - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 9, 2013	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	4 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 9, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status 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 -
Apr 22, 2014	Rejection	Tenured faculty	4 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 22, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty 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 -
Apr 23, 2014	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Apr 23, 2014 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 11, 2014	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 11, 2014 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 -
Nov 5, 2011	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Nov 5, 2011 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 -
Mar 13, 2013	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 13, 2013 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 -
Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data)	Rejection	Graduate student	4 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Mar 17, 2015	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 17, 2015 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 -
Aug 11, 2014	Acceptance	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Aug 11, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance 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 -
Mar 21, 2016	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 21, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 12, 2010	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jun 12, 2010 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status 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 22, 2016	Revise and resubmit Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jun 22, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Revise and resubmit Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 20, 2013	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	4 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 20, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time 4 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jun 19, 2011	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	4 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jun 19, 2011 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 -
Jan 21, 2018	Acceptance	Tenured faculty	4 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jan 21, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 4 months Publication time 18 months Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Jan 13, 2016	Rejection	Graduate student	3.8 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Jan 13, 2016 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 -
Mar 16, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	3.8 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 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.
Feb 16, 2015	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3.8 months
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Feb 16, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 3.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 1, 2016	Acceptance	Tenure track faculty	3.7 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted May 1, 2016 Submitted by - Verdict Acceptance Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 3.7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 11, 2020	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	3.5 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Submitted Mar 11, 2020 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 1 Comment quality Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -