Rhetorical Moves in Research Article Abstracts in the Education Discipline across Accreditation: Does Sinta Accreditation Matter?

Abstract

Although research article abstracts in Indonesian journals have received many scholarly attention, studies in this area have limited focus on education discipline, more particularly comparing those in different Sinta accreditation status. By understanding this gap, this study intends to investigate whether across Sinta accreditation status influence their rhetorical moves in three groups of data: group A (Sinta 1 and Sinta 2), group B (Sinta 3 and Sinta 4), and group C (Sinta 5 and Sinta 6). Data in this study were 30 abstracts, taken 10 research article abstracts from each group. The analysis used genre analytical approach and reporting the results qualitatively. The results showed more similarities and fewer differences between groups. Four of the five rhetorical moves occurred consistently across all accreditation levels, whereas only Move 1 (Situating the Research) showed substantial variation, appearing in 70% of Sinta 1–4 but only 10% of Sinta 5–6 abstracts. These findings may contribute to extend earlier genre studies in research article abstracts in Indonesian context and contribute more understanding for novice authors for writing practices. Besides, the findings can draw implication for training research abstract writings.