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Sign In and Set Up Your Reader Account

Account · Last updated 2026-07-24 · EN · 中文

A Reader account gives you a personal Keydion workspace for uploading research, tracking submissions, and accessing content or AI that this site limits to signed-in users.

Before you start

Use an existing local account, or Sign in with Microsoft when that button is shown. Public email registration is disabled: the sign-in form does not create a new email account. If you have no valid sign-in method, contact the organization that provides your Keydion access.

1. Choose an available sign-in method

Open Sign in. Local and password-enabled accounts use the same form: enter the account’s Email / Username and Password. Select Stay logged in for 7 days only on a device you control.

  1. Enter the email address or username already assigned to your account.
  2. Enter the matching password and select Sign in.
  3. If Sign in with Microsoft is shown, you may choose it instead and complete your organization’s account selection and consent steps.

The Microsoft button is conditional. If it is absent, use the local form. If Keydion says Microsoft sign-in is unavailable, do not keep retrying that method. Disabled public registration does not mean all accounts are unavailable; it means account creation is controlled by the organization rather than a public email sign-up form.

2. Complete first-login profile setup

A first Microsoft sign-in can take you to Complete your profile. Keydion asks for First name and Last name so it can personalize the workspace. Both values are required.

  1. Review any existing profile values.
  2. Enter your first and last name, then select Save profile.
  3. After saving, continue to the original protected page when Keydion retained that destination, or return to the home page.

If the profile cannot be loaded, Keydion may end the session and ask you to sign in again. Reauthenticate once; if the issue repeats, report it to the organization that manages the account.

3. Use the User Hub

After sign-in, open Dashboard from the user menu to reach the User Hub. The Reader sidebar and Overview focus on your own work rather than editorial administration.

  1. Use Overview for your account identity, role, and quick actions.
  2. Choose Upload research to start or resume a Reader submission.
  3. Choose My submissions to review drafts and submission outcomes.
  4. Use Change password when that account option applies.

Reader accounts do not receive review, publishing, news-writing, user-management, subject-administration, or collection-management controls. If you follow a link that requires a different role, Keydion returns you to an appropriate page instead of granting access.

4. Set language and manage your password

The header’s 中文 or EN button changes the Keydion interface language. The preference survives ordinary navigation and is preserved when you sign out. It changes labels and bilingual guide content, not the language of a paper supplied by its author.

In the User Hub, Change password lets a local account replace its current password. A Microsoft-linked user without a Keydion password may see Set a password instead. Follow the screen shown: existing passwords require the current password; new credentials require matching confirmation and must meet the displayed rules. A successful update ends the current session, so sign in again with the new password.

Use the account method that applies

Changing a Keydion password does not change your organization’s Microsoft password. Microsoft authentication remains conditional, while a locally set password applies only to the Keydion sign-in form.

5. Sign out safely

Select Sign out from the header user menu or the bottom of the User Hub sidebar. Sign-out is a button action, not merely closing the tab; it releases the active Keydion session while preserving the chosen interface language.

  1. Save any upload draft before leaving a shared or public computer.
  2. Select Sign out and wait for the public page and confirmation message.
  3. On a shared device, also close the browser and end any separate Microsoft session as required by your organization.

6. Resolve common sign-in outcomes

An invalid email or password message does not reveal which value was wrong. Re-enter your assigned email address or username carefully, check keyboard language and capitalization, and use the correct local or Microsoft sign-in method. If Keydion says there are too many requests, pause before retrying; repeated attempts can extend the wait.

  1. If a protected link returns you to Sign in, authenticate and then reopen the intended destination.
  2. If Microsoft sign-in is not shown or unavailable, use an existing local credential rather than a public registration attempt.
  3. If your first-login profile remains incomplete, finish First name and Last name before expecting the normal workspace.
  4. If an account you previously used no longer works, ask the providing organization to check its access status; do not create a duplicate identity.

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