Not exactly "in my hands"; but close enough.
1. Who are the authors/speakers published in this specific issue of the academic journal you've selected? How many different authors are published here? What do you know - or can you find out - about these people? How are the authors/speakers portrayed in the journal issue? Cite specific details from the journal issue in your answers.
Since most scientific journal articles are written by several scientists as part of a team, and since there are about a dozen articles in any one journal publication, there were dozens of authors in this issue. Researching all of the authors would take hours, so I will pick three from the first article I see listed in the issue.
The authors of the article, "Morphological evolution of a new volcanic islet sustained by compound lava flows" are Fukashi Maeno, Setsuya Nakada, and Takayuki Kaneko. All three of these scientists are researchers at the Earthquake Research Institute (part of the University of Tokyo).
Next to the name of Fukashi Maeno is an asterisk that is shown at the bottom of the page to be the researchers email address. I would assume from this addition that Fukashi Maeno is the lead researcher and author for this article.
2. Who is the intended audience for this particular journal issue? How can you tell? Are there any secondary audiences included here? Cite specific details from the journal issue in your answers.
The intended audience for this article is fellow geosciences researchers. I can tell because the article itself uses substantial amounts of geologic jargon, such as "Lava-flow morphology" and "emplacement dynamics of lava flows". I would say that there is not a secondary audience. Members of the general public that are interesting in science might have a difficult time understanding this article.
3. What is the context surrounding this particular journal issue? How does this affect the content of the journal? (See the bulleted questions on Student's Guide page 180 for specific questions about context). Cite specific details from the journal issue in your answers.
The context of this journal is the eruption of a volcano at Nishinoshima, Japan that is currently creating a new volcanic islet. This event is incredibly important in geology because researchers so rarely get to witness new islands being created through volcanic processes.
The context of this article directly affects the content. Most of the journal speaks of the "Morphological Evolution" of the islet. The evolution was measured using aerial observations and satellite images.
4. What is the overall message of the journal issue? How did you decide this? Cite specific details from the journal issue in your answers.
The journal concludes that, "The morphological evolution of lava flows at Nishinoshima is controlled primarily by lava effusion," and that the eruption is producing large amounts of lava (~2 × 105 m^3/day).
From this, I gather that the researchers were trying to send a message that the islet is growing and evolving rapidly due to an underwater eruption.
5. What purpose is the journal issue trying to achieve? Cite specific details from the journal issue in your answers.
The overall purpose of this article was to conduct a, "quantitative analysis of the eruption processes". In other words, the researchers wanted to communicate what exactly was going on with this eruption. They also wanted to explain how the islet may evolve and grow in the future.
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