Philosophy and Public Affairs

Overall acceptance rate

8.54%

Average response time

1.7 months

Average publicaton time

3.3 months

Average number of reviewers

1.4

Comment quality

Submissions with comments

29.88%

Overall experience with editors

Initial Verdicts

164

Acceptances

2 (1.22%)

Rejections

148 (90.24%)

Revise and resubmits

11 (6.71%)

Conditional acceptances

3 (1.83%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

Revised/conditional verdicts

Acceptances

12 (85.71%)

Rejections

2 (14.29%)

Withdraws

0 (0.00%)

	Submitted	Verdict	Professional status	Response time	Comment quality
May 12, 2010	Rejection	Graduate student	1.5 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted May 12, 2010 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 28, 2011	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	1.3 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Dec 28, 2011 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 18, 2012	Rejection	Graduate student	1 month	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted May 18, 2012 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Jan 10, 2018	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1 month	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Jan 10, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Apr 30, 2019	Rejection	Other	0.8 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Apr 30, 2019 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Other Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 0.8 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter
Nov 16, 2009	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	1.6 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Nov 16, 2009 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1.6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 4, 2011	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	1 month	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 4, 2011 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity European Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 18, 2012	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1 month	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted May 18, 2012 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 2, 2013	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.5 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted May 2, 2013 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 -
Apr 20, 2016	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Apr 20, 2016 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 -
Sep 15, 2019	Rejection	Graduate student	0.7 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 15, 2019 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 0.7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 6, 2023	Rejection	Graduate student	1 month	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 6, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Dec 20, 2010	Rejection	Graduate student	1.1 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Dec 20, 2010 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.1 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
May 30, 2015	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	1 month	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted May 30, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Jan 9, 2022	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2 months
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Jan 9, 2022 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 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 8, 2018	Rejection	Tenured faculty	1 month	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Apr 8, 2018 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Aug 11, 2009	Rejection	Tenured faculty	3.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Aug 11, 2009 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 3.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 13, 2010	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1 month	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 13, 2010 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White 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)	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	2 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Jan 1, 2009 (This date is estimated due to lack of submission data) 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 -
Jul 21, 2010	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Jul 21, 2010 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 24, 2014	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2 months		-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Mar 24, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured 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 -
Aug 19, 2021	Rejection	Tenured faculty	0.7 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Aug 19, 2021 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity Hispanic/Latina/Latino Response time 0.7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Aug 14, 2009	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	1 month	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Aug 14, 2009 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Apr 11, 2013	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.6 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Apr 11, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1.6 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Jun 1, 2016	Rejection	Graduate student	7 months
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Jun 1, 2016 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 - Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 23, 2023	Rejection	Tenured faculty	1 month	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Apr 23, 2023 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenured faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity White Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 19, 2010	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Jan 19, 2010 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 -
Sep 25, 2013	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.8 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 25, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track 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 -
Aug 14, 2015	Rejection	Graduate student	1.3 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Aug 14, 2015 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 25, 2009	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1 month	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 25, 2009 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Nov 15, 2012	Rejection	Tenured faculty	2 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Nov 15, 2012 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 25, 2013	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	1.5 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 25, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Oct 19, 2012	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.5 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Oct 19, 2012 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track 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 -
Dec 20, 2013	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Dec 20, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 2 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Dec 9, 2019	Rejection	Graduate student	2 months
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Dec 9, 2019 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 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
May 24, 2010	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2.5 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted May 24, 2010 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-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 -
Sep 23, 2019	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1 month	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 23, 2019 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Prefer not to answer Race/ethnicity - Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Mar 26, 2014	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.7 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Mar 26, 2014 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.7 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Aug 3, 2011	Rejection	Graduate student	1.3 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Aug 3, 2011 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity White Response time 1.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
May 31, 2013	Rejection	Other	1.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted May 31, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Other 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 -
Dec 1, 2022	Rejection	Graduate student	1 month	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Dec 1, 2022 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Dec 22, 2009	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Dec 22, 2009 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track faculty Gender Female Race/ethnicity - Response time - Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Nov 19, 2011	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1 month	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Nov 19, 2011 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Jan 25, 2012	Rejection	Graduate student	1 month	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Jan 25, 2012 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 - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Oct 21, 2012	Rejection	Other	1.3 months	-	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Oct 21, 2012 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Other Gender Female Race/ethnicity Asian Response time 1.3 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors - Comments from submitter -
Mar 25, 2013	Rejection	Tenure track faculty	1.5 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Mar 25, 2013 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Tenure track 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 -
Nov 13, 2020	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	1.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Nov 13, 2020 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Non-tenure track faculty Gender - Race/ethnicity - Response time 1.5 months Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers 1 Comment quality Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Apr 24, 2010	Rejection	Graduate student	1 month	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Apr 24, 2010 Submitted by - Verdict Rejection Professional status Graduate student Gender Male Race/ethnicity - Response time 1 month Publication time - Date of acceptance - Number of reviewers - Comment quality - Experience with editors Comments from submitter -
Sep 28, 2015	Rejection	Non-tenure track faculty	2 months	-
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted Sep 28, 2015 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 -
May 28, 2010	Rejection	Graduate student	2.5 months
Journal Philosophy and Public Affairs Submitted May 28, 2010 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 -