ScholarOne login with ORCID means authenticating into a ScholarOne Manuscripts submission site using an ORCID iD instead of a separate username and password, then authorising a one-time link between the two accounts. Once linked, the author can sign back in with ORCID credentials on future submissions. Wiley, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis offer the same underlying capability, but the entry point, terminology and re-authorisation behaviour differ enough to trip up authors moving between journals.
ORCID is a non-proprietary, persistent digital identifier that distinguishes individual researchers and links them to their research outputs, funding and affiliations across systems. At manuscript submission, publisher platforms use ORCID’s OAuth-based sign-in to confirm an author’s identity and pre-fill profile data rather than requiring a new account for every journal.
- What is ORCID single sign-on at manuscript submission?
- ScholarOne vs Wiley vs Elsevier vs Taylor & Francis: how the ORCID flow differs
- Common friction points authors encounter
- Answer-first Q&A: what authors ask most
- What this means for institutions, publishers and authors
What is ORCID single sign-on at manuscript submission?
ORCID single sign-on (SSO) lets an author authenticate to a publisher’s submission system through ORCID’s own login page rather than a journal-specific account. The publisher’s system redirects the browser to orcid.org, the author signs in or registers, and — on first use — authorises the publisher to read limited profile data such as name, affiliation and existing works. That authorisation is stored as a token linking the two accounts, so subsequent logins can be completed with one click.
The mechanism is consistent industry-wide because it relies on the same OAuth 2.0 protocol ORCID exposes to all integrated systems. What differs is where the option appears, what the submission system is called, and how often re-authorisation is required — where ScholarOne, Wiley, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis genuinely diverge.
ScholarOne vs Wiley vs Elsevier vs Taylor & Francis: how the ORCID flow differs
The table below summarises the practical differences an author will notice when using each platform’s ORCID sign-in.
| Platform | Submission system | Where ORCID sign-in appears | Re-authorisation behaviour |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScholarOne | ScholarOne Manuscripts (Clarivate) | “Log In With ORCID iD” link below the standard username/password fields | One-time link per journal site; legacy credentials remain usable in parallel |
| Wiley | Research Exchange, built on Wiley’s CONNECT identity layer | ORCID option on the Research Exchange login screen, or linked via account settings | Linked once to the central CONNECT identity, reused across Wiley journals |
| Elsevier | Editorial Manager (developed by Aries Systems) | ORCID icon on the Editorial Manager login page | Requires the existing Editorial Manager username/password once, per EM instance, to confirm the link |
| Taylor & Francis | Submission Portal for centrally migrated titles; legacy ScholarOne or Editorial Manager for others | ORCID sign-in on the Submission Portal, or ORCID linking inside legacy ScholarOne/EM accounts | Inconsistent — depends entirely on which system the individual journal still uses |
ScholarOne: link once, reuse across journals on the same instance
In ScholarOne Manuscripts, authors click “Log In With ORCID iD,” authenticate at orcid.org, and authorise the connection once. The ORCID iD is then stored against the ScholarOne profile alongside the original login credentials — nothing is deleted. The link is scoped to that journal’s ScholarOne site, not shared automatically across every publisher using ScholarOne.
Wiley: identity sits at the CONNECT layer, not the journal
Wiley’s Research Exchange submission service authenticates through Wiley’s central CONNECT account rather than a per-journal login. An ORCID iD linked once to CONNECT works across any Wiley journal using Research Exchange, reducing repeat linking versus ScholarOne’s per-site model — though a CONNECT account problem can affect several Wiley titles at once.
Elsevier: Editorial Manager confirms with existing credentials first
Editorial Manager asks authors to enter their existing EM username and password once, alongside the ORCID authorisation, to confirm both identities belong to the same person. After that, sign-in is single-click provided the author is already signed in to ORCID in the same browser session — a detail that catches out authors submitting from a different device than the one originally used to link the accounts.
Taylor & Francis and the Scopus confusion
Taylor & Francis has no single unified submission system: many journals run on its own Submission Portal, but a substantial number still use ScholarOne Manuscripts or Editorial Manager, inherited from legacy imprints and society agreements. The ORCID flow an author sees depends on which system that specific journal runs, not on Taylor & Francis as a brand.
A frequently conflated case is Scopus. Scopus is Elsevier’s abstract-and-citation database, not a manuscript submission system. Linking an ORCID iD inside Scopus claims and disambiguates an author profile against Scopus’s own Author ID — it has no bearing on ORCID sign-in at Editorial Manager or any other submission portal. Authors searching “scopus orcid login” expecting a submission credential are looking for the wrong system entirely.
Common friction points authors encounter
Across all four platforms, the same handful of problems recur regardless of which submission system a journal uses.
- Per-journal, not per-publisher, linking: ScholarOne and Editorial Manager links are usually scoped to one journal’s instance, so authors submitting to several titles from the same publisher may repeat the ORCID authorisation each time.
- Session expiry mid-submission: if the ORCID session times out before the redirect completes, authors can lose in-progress form data and must restart the linking step.
- Duplicate ORCID records: an author registered separately through institutional SSO and a personal email ends up with two ORCID iDs, and links the wrong one to a given journal account.
- Name-matching mismatches: a legacy account created under a maiden name, middle initial, or transliterated spelling will not auto-match the ORCID record’s display name.
- Mistaking Scopus linking for submission sign-in: an Elsevier-specific but common error that sends authors to the wrong support page entirely.
The ICMJE Recommendations state that journals should require ORCID iDs for corresponding authors at submission, which is precisely why publishers have invested in SSO rather than leaving ORCID linking as an optional afterthought.
Answer-first Q&A: what authors ask most
How to link ORCID to ScholarOne account?
Log in to the journal’s ScholarOne site, click your name at the top of the screen, select “E-mail/Name,” then choose “Associate your existing ORCID iD” in the ORCID section. This redirects to orcid.org to sign in and authorise the connection, after which the iD is stored against the ScholarOne profile permanently.
How do I log into ScholarOne?
Use the journal-specific ScholarOne Manuscripts URL, then either enter existing username and password credentials or select “Log In With ORCID iD” beneath the standard login boxes. First-time ORCID users authorise the link at orcid.org; returning users are signed in automatically once authorised.
How to login to an ORCID account?
On the ORCID sign-in page, enter an email address associated with the account, the full 16-digit ORCID iD as a URL, or just the 16-digit number, along with the account password. Institutional or social-media sign-in options are also available where an account was originally created through one of those routes.
How do I link my ORCID iD?
From within a publisher account’s profile or settings page, select the option to associate an existing ORCID iD (wording varies by platform — “Email/Name” in ScholarOne, account settings in CONNECT, profile linking in Editorial Manager). Each route redirects to ORCID for sign-in and a one-time authorisation before returning to the publisher system.
What this means for institutions, publishers and authors
For research offices supporting authors through submission, the guidance is straightforward: check which submission system a target journal actually uses before assuming one ORCID link carries across every title from that publisher. ScholarOne and Editorial Manager links are typically journal-specific; Wiley’s CONNECT-based linking is the exception in being reusable across its own portfolio.
Correct ORCID linking also underpins downstream attribution. Many ScholarOne and Editorial Manager instances now capture CRediT contributor roles alongside author details at submission, and a correctly linked ORCID iD ensures those role attributions resolve to the right individual rather than a duplicate or orphaned record. CASRAI originated the CRediT contributor role taxonomy in 2014; the standard is now stewarded by NISO as ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, and accurate identifier linking at submission is what keeps that role data usable downstream.
As journals consolidate onto centralised portals — Wiley’s Research Exchange and Taylor & Francis’s Submission Portal being the clearest examples — the per-journal friction above should gradually reduce. Until then, authors and research-support staff should expect the ORCID experience to vary by system, not by publisher brand.
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