ESSOAr follows community best practices in use of machine-readable persistent identifiers, and encourages linking and citation of datasets and software. All content is free to access and download without registration. To submit content to ESSOAr, authors must go through their ORCID account (or first create one). Content is evaluated for scope and completeness by the Editorial Board. Content is not peer-reviewed, and is posted without copyediting or typesetting. Commenting on ESSOAr content is available thru the open annotation plug-in, hypothes.is. Additional information is in the FAQ and Submission Guide.