Эффективное введение к обзору предметного поля: от теоретической модели к практическому применению

Despite the number of internationally recognized recommendations for the efficient conducting of scoping reviews, the writing of their introductions remains conceptually and methodologically undeveloped, which leads to fragmentation of argumentation, decreases the persuasiveness of the text, and limits interdisciplinarity. This study aims to develop recommendations for the effective design of introductions to scoping reviews, highlighting the genre-specific features that distinguish them from introductions to original empirical studies. The analysis is based on a corpus of 40 introductions published in first-quartile Scopus-indexed journals in the field of education. The procedure of genre-rhetorical analysis was used with recording the moves and steps of the introduction, their functions, possible focuses, and typical errors. The reliability of the annotation was ensured by independent marking by two experts with subsequent checking of inter-rater agreement (Cohen’s Kappa). The conceptual support was provided by international guidelines for conducting reviews (Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis; PRISMA-ScR), as well as studies on genre analysis of academic discourse and knowledge mapping. The three-move structure of the introduction to scoping reviews was reconstructed by the authors and further developed by specifying the functions of each step and possible variants of their implementation. The resulting model is considered in a multi-aspect perspective: as a tool for academic writing instructors, as a guide for editorial and peer review practice, and as methodological support for authors. The proposed structure of the introduction to the scoping review can serve as a teaching tool for students and novice researchers and support editors and reviewers in assessing manuscripts.