No.

Move (obligatory-ob; optional-op)

Communicative purposes

Author’s journey of submission

Frequency of occurrence in the IFA corpus

Frequency in percentages across IFA corpus

Specific Journals in IFA corpus

1

Introducing the aims and scope of the journal (ob)

informative

Introduction

23

92%

IFA1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25

2

Indicating the benefits or free services provided to authors (op)

promotional

16

64%

IFA1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25

3

Clarifying the types of contributions/articles accepted (ob)

informative

22

88%

IFA1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25

4

Stressing the ethical publishing requirements and policies of the journal (ob)

stipulating

Before Submission

21

84%

IFA1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24

5

Asking authors to declare competing interests (op)

stipulating

16

64%

IFA3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 911, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24

6

Specifying the language style and conventions to be used (ob)

stipulating

22

88%

IFA2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

7

Declaring the journal’s copyright policy (ob)

stipulating

22

88%

IFA1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

8

Informing authors about open access and inviting them to choose open access (ob)

mixed (informative + promotional)

23

92%

IFA1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

9

Instructing authors to adhere to the review policies and submission procedure (ob)

stipulating

Submission

23

92%

IFA2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25

10

Listing the article structure, format, and styles required by the journal (ob)

stipulating

25

100%

IFA1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

11

Regulating data management (op)

stipulating

16

64%

IFA2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24

12

Asking for proof corrections (ob)

stipulating

After Acceptance

20

80%

IFA1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 22, 24, 25

13

Providing the offprint option (op)

informative

18

72%

IFA1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

14

Sharing contact information for additional inquiries (ob)

informative

21

84%

IFA1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25