Rhetorical Analysis of Academic Journal

I found a bunch of academic journals at the University of Arizona Library's website. However, all of them were online copies. The only non-online copies I found were from like the 1990s. They seemed to be a tad bit too outdated for this project.

IEEE Access

1. Authors and Speakers
There was a total of 16 primary authors:

• Derek Abbott
• Alexander Wong
• Omid Kavehei
• Ajay Kumas
• Damith C. Ranasinghe
• David A. Clausi
• Hussein Al Osman
• Said F. Al-Sarawi
• Amioy Kumar
• Christian Scharfenberger
• Yansong Gao
• Nicola Lanuale
• Enrico Capobianco
• Duccio Schiavon
• Audrey G. Chung
• Mohamed A. Eid

 One important thing to note is that all of theses authors are from all over the world. For example, Amioy Kumar is from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. Nicola Lanuale, on the other hand, is from the Science and Technology Park of Venice, Italy. The authors mostly use a neutral technical language, but due occasionally refer to themselves in first person. They use word such as we and us.

2. Intended Audience
The intended audience is other researchers and professionals in the IEEE field, which includes electrical and computer engineers. The language is technical and therefore requires the reader to have some knowledge on the topic. It is not an introductory piece for just anyone to read to inform themselves on a topic.

3. The Context
This is an academic journal from IEEE. I have been saying that a lot and I should probably elaborate. The IEEE stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. It is a professional association for professionals in the electrical and computer field. IEEE Access recently launched in 2013 as an open access online journal that has skyrocketed in popularity since its launch. What sets IEEE Access apart from the rest is its paper peer review system.

4. Overall Message
The message of the journals various from volume to volume and publication to publication. For example, this journal has 5 different messages. The message of "Smart Cities, Big Data, and Communities: Reasoning from the Viewpoint of Attractors" is how to define what a smart city is and what it need to contain to achieve this classification.

The message of another section of this journal, "Emerging Physical Unclonable Functions with Nanotechnology" is that there is an issue with Physical Unclonable Functions that must be addressed.

5. The Purpose
The purpose of this journal, I think, is pretty much stated in the first page of it. In the first page, as pictured above, it states that the journal is: 
      "A multidisciplinary, applications-oriented, all-electronic archival journal continuously presenting the results of original research or development across all of IEEE's fields of interest."