Number of submissions received annually:
2013: 549
2012: 520
2011: 472
Percentage of submissions accepted
2013: 5.6%
2012: 6%
2011: 6%
Percentage of submissions that receive at least one referee report: 100%
Average time for manuscript review in months: 2
If possible, give details.
a. Editorial decision within 2 months: not available
b. Editorial decision between 2 and 6 months: not available
c. Editorial decision between 7 months and 1 year: not available
d. Editorial decision of more than 1 year: not available
The journal has a printed version.
Average time from acceptance to print publication in months: 15
The journal has an 'online first' system.
Average time from acceptance to online publication in months: 1
Submissions are not anonymous to the editors.
Submissions are anonymous to the reviewers.
Demographic Information:
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Percentage of submissions by women: n/a
Percentage of accepted articles by women: n/a
Percentage of submissions by people from minority ethnic groups: n/a
Percentage of accepted articles by people from minority ethnic groups: n/a
Publisher: Springer
Editor(s)-in-chief: Otavio Bueno, Vincent Hendricks, Wiebe Van Der Hoek, Gila Sher
Full name: Gila Sher
Title/position: editor-in-chief
Email address: gsher@ucsd.edu
Street address: 14144 Kendra Way
City: Poway
State/province: CA
Zip/postal code: 92064
Country: USA
The Editors In Chief have requested that the following two notes be added to their responses to the survey:
a. The numerical data for Synthese were supplied by Springer.
b. Acceptance rate was calculated according to the traditional way of calculating it, i.e.: The percentage listed is the percentage of submitted articles which were either fully accepted or accepted with minor revisions after the first round of peer review.