The new modus operandi in international science has aimed at greater accessibility, transparency, agility in sharing information, and cooperation. Depositing full studies in Preprint servers prior to or in parallel with submission of the manuscript is one of the aspects in achieving these objectives and is, therefore, a practice encouraged by RBCS.

Authors should give priority to reliable Preprint servers, with transparency and ease of access, and they should preferentially have affinity to Soil Science (see recommendations on the site of RBCS). In accordance with good practices, the manuscript should be submitted to a single Preprint server. RBCS recommends that authors deposit their manuscripts in the SciELO Preprint. However, authors may also select reliable servers dedicated to disseminating studies within the area of Soil Science. During the peer review process conducted by RBCS, the authors should not use the comments of revisors and editors to improve the Preprint version. If the manuscript is rejected, the suggestions can be incorporated into the Preprint version. Immediately after the publication of the article in RBCS, the authors that have manuscripts in Preprint should communicate the DOI of the final publication to the Preprint server.