If your manuscript is rejected by the journal, your preprint will remain on ESS Open Archive: Once a preprint is posted, it becomes a part of the permanent, citable scholarly literature and cannot be removed. Authors can resubmit their research to another journal for consideration—please be sure to note that your work has been posted as a preprint. The vast majority of journals now accept submissions that have been posted on a preprint server and do not consider preprinting to be prior publication, however, authors are encouraged to check the policies at the specific journals they are considering.