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 |