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Illicit Use of AI by Philosophers Refereeing for Journals

In 2024, a study found that “7–17% of the sentences in the reviews were written by LLMs”. It was only a matter of time before this spread, and now it appears to have reached philosophy. (more…)

How Much Time Do Journals Give Their Referees?

Elizabeth Hannon, deputy editor of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (BJPS), has a query about other philosophy journals. (more…)

Philosophia’s Outstanding Referee Award

In 2024, Philosophia: A Global Journal of Philosophy introduced an “Outstanding Referee Award“, joining a small number of journals that single out particular referees for special acknowledgement of their services. (more…)

JESP Moves to More Transparent Submissions System

The Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (JESP) has adopted the submissions system that was originally created for Ergo, which is known for being relatively transparent and user-friendly. (more…)

Ergo Eliminates “Major Revisions” Option for Editors and Referees

Philosophy journal Ergo has eliminated the “major revisions” category of editorial response to submissions. (more…)

The Case for a Peer Review Market (guest post)

“The academic peer review system as it currently stands is frustrating and dysfunctional for many of those who participate in it.” (more…)

Notably Good Experiences with Philosophy Journals

As stories of philosophy journal horror stories continue to come in, one commenter made a suggestion.

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Philosophy Journal Horror Stories (updated)

By request, here is a post for people to share their journal “horror stories.”

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Philosophia Introduces Outstanding Referee Award

Philosophia is now offering an annual Outstanding Referee award, and has just announced the inaugural co-winners. (more…)

The Questions a Referee Should Ask of the Paper They’re Reviewing

Concerned that referees for philosophy journals too often recommend a paper be rejected merely because they can think up objections to it, Richard Yetter Chappell (Miami) suggests a set of questions they should focus on instead. (more…)

How To Alleviate the Referee Crisis: A Proposal (guest post)

“There are just too many papers for which editors are seeking reviews.” (more…)

Refereeing & Freedom of Information Acts (updated)

As noted in an update to a previous post, philosopher David Wallace (Pittsburgh) has made a request under the UK’s Freedom of Information Act for Oxford University Press (OUP) to provide him with correspondence related to certain publication decisions on recent submissions by Alex Byrne (MIT), Holly Lawford-Smith (Melbourne), and Richard Marshall. (more…)

A Norm for How Much Service Work You Should Take On

In a post about work-life balance at Crooked Timber, Ingrid Robeyns (Utrecht) writes: “it would help if we would all agree that we should do our fair share of the slack & service work, and what that would entail”. (more…)

APA Philosophy Journal Survey

This post is just to remind readers about the American Philosophical Association’s Journal Survey site. (more…)

Referee Awards

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science just awarded its 2022 Referee of the Year award to Kenneth Aizawa (Rutgers Newark). (more…)

Remarks about Graduate Student Raise Questions about Journal’s Editorial Policies

The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain is investigating the editorial processes at one of its journals, Impact: Philosophical Perspectives on Education Policy (Wiley), after its latest issue included defamatory remarks about a graduate student in philosophy. (more…)

How Much Do Philosophers Referee?

Last week, we asked how many journal submissions philosophers in various positions referee each year. (more…)

How Much Do You Referee?

How many journal submissions do you referee each year? (more…)