Many authors often receive notifications while typing sentences on their computers and checking grammar using the review and spelling checking menu. These notifications usually appear when sentences are in the passive voice, prompting the authors to consider rewriting them in the active voice. In the abstract of research journal articles, some authors also question whether they should stick to using active sentences. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of passive verbal in abstract research articles (RAS) by the international journal authors, with the sample through purposive technique. It is assumed that all the articles, having been published, underwent blind review, ensuring the publishable scientifically in their status as research articles. The data for analysis were collected from 20 of research articles that met specific criteria, such as being published in international journals. The results indicate that the authors use passive verbal mostly in Move 3 (methodology) and Move 4 (results of the research). Another evidence, the more passive verbal used the more efficient the abstract is. It is advisable to use passive verbal for writing research article abstract for making it efficient