This paper reviews the literature on genre/move-based investigations into writing for international publication. The three areas of focus are the rhetorical structures, the linguistics features, and the cross-cultural comparisons of these two aspects. | INSIGHTS INTO INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION: A SYNTHESIS OF MOVE-BASED LITERATURE ON THE RESEARCH ARTICLE GENRE Ton Nu My Nhat* Department of Foreign Languages, Quy Nhon University 170 An Duong Vuong, Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, Vietnam Received 21 September 2018 Revised 25 January 2019; Accepted 29 January 2019 Abstract: Ever since Swales’ (1981/1990) work on the research article (RA), this genre has been subject to copious investigation in the past three decades. This attraction is due to both its highly valued status as a means of disseminating academic knowledge and the high pressure on part of the university staff and PhD students to have publications in international journals in many countries where English is not a native language. This paper reviews the literature on genre/move-based investigations into writing for international publication. The three areas of focus are the rhetorical structures, the linguistics features, and the cross-cultural comparisons of these two aspects. The synthesis provides a detailed account of both consistencies and inconsistencies to the conventional structures, as well as of the similarities and differences in the linguistic realizations, across various disciplines and cultures.** Keywords: research article, genre analysis, move analysis, international publication 1. Introduction 1 As a widely used genre of building and disseminating academic knowledge, research article (RA) is one of the most important genres in academic communities. RA is considered “key medium for the legitimating of claims and of disciplines” (Hyland, 1996: 252). Swales (1990: 7) states, “publication can be seen as documentary evidence that the writer qualifies for membership in the target discourse community”. However, writing a Tel.: 84-905242270 Email: tnmynhat70@ ** The paper was revised carefully on the basis of the report which was presented at 4th International Conference Interdisciplinary Research in Linguistics and Language Education, Hue City,
