Journal of the American Philosophical Association

Overall acceptance rate
26.79%
Average response time
2.3 months
Average publicaton time
6.3 months
Average number of reviewers
1.8
Comment quality
Submissions with comments
78.57%
Overall experience with editors
Initial Verdicts
56
Acceptances
4 (7.14%)
Rejections
37 (66.07%)
Revise and resubmits
14 (25.00%)
Conditional acceptances
1 (1.79%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Revised/conditional verdicts
15
Acceptances
11 (73.33%)
Rejections
4 (26.67%)
Withdraws
0 (0.00%)
Submitted Verdict Professional status Response time Comment quality Experience with editors
Oct 11, 2025
Rejection
Graduate student
0.3 months
-
-
Submitted
Oct 11, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African
Response time
0.3 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
-
Comments from submitter
-
Nov 9, 2025
Rejection
Graduate student
0 months
-
Submitted
Nov 9, 2025
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic/Latina/Latino
Response time
0 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 14, 2026
Rejection
Graduate student
0.4 months
-
Submitted
Feb 14, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
Prefer not to answer
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
0.4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
1
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Feb 20, 2026
Rejection
Tenure track faculty
0.5 months
-
Submitted
Feb 20, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
Asian
Response time
0.5 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
-
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 10, 2026
Rejection
Graduate student
1.4 months
Submitted
Sep 10, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Rejection
Professional status
Graduate student
Gender
-
Race/ethnicity
-
Response time
1.4 months
Publication time
-
Date of acceptance
-
Number of reviewers
-
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-
Sep 21, 2026
Acceptance
Non-tenure track faculty
1 month
Submitted
Sep 21, 2026
Submitted by
Verdict
Acceptance
Professional status
Non-tenure track faculty
Gender
Male
Race/ethnicity
White
Response time
1 month
Publication time
1.5 months
Date of acceptance
Jun 26, 2026
Number of reviewers
3
Comment quality
Experience with editors
Comments from submitter
-