Top generalist journals that publish long papers?

In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks:

I'm trying to publish a paper of about 12,000 words. For reasons I won't go into, I'm not willing to shorten it (any further than I've already shortened it). Does anyone know which of the top generalist journals are most likely to publish a paper this long?

Nous and PPR do, as does Phil Review I think. I've found this philosophy journal wiki to be helpful.

Do any readers have any other tips?

Comments

[Circe]

Synthese is one place to try (AJP, PQ, JAPA and PhilImrint are not). But this isn't a question that needs crowd-sourcing. Simply click around on top journal websites and read the word limit statements under the 'instructions to authors' tabs.

[manuscript length]

From the Phil Studies website:
"Papers accepted by Philosophical Studies ordinarily do not exceed 10,000 words, but longer submissions will be considered, and cuts will be required only if recommended by the reviewers."
From the Phil Imprint website:
"Although there is no strict page limit on submissions, the Editors value economy of expression and do not plan to publish book-length works...The length of the article should be proportionate to the contribution it makes, especially if it is over 10000 words. If it is substantially over 10000 words, especially if it gets to around 15000 words, it is very unlikely that it will be accepted as appropriate for a journal."

[Peter Finocchiaro]

Is Phil Studies not a "top generalist journal"? They suggest 10k but allow submissions to be longer.

[Michel]

PhilReview: 15k
JPhil: 12k
Nous: none
PhilImprint: none
Philperspectives: none
Inquiry: none

[aargh]

The above isn't correct about Nous nor, functionally, Phil Imprint. Nous's (and PPR's) word limit is 15000 words including all references/notes (this is on their website). "manuscript length" already quoted Imprint's policy. FYI if you submit a paper that is longer than 15K to Imprint, you're buying yourself a desk rejection. And if you submit a paper longer than 10K, you're very likely buying yourself a desk rejection. Also, I agree with Circe here. It's very easy to locate this information about almost any journal you are considering submitting to. This doesn't seem like a good use of this blog's time!

[academic migrant]

I don't think this is a waste of space/time. AJP for example, writes as if longer papers will be considered, but they may "reject and resubmit" a paper demanding working down to the word limit.

And some additional information. AJP's R&R policy might allow additional words, but the editor seems to be very strict on the newly granted word limit. (I think I was allowed +300 words once or twice. Can't recall the exact details, but once it went over 8,000; the other time it was a shorter paper, and was allowed to grow it a bit but definitely much shorter than the 8,000 word limit.)

During a face2face public meeting, one editor told everyone that it has a lot to do with the physical space of the journal.

[Michel]

aargh, thanks for the correction.