A descriptive study of comparative articles in the Visual Arts magazine (ex-fine arts) from 2011 to 2017.

Today, in most scientific disciplines, the issue of examining the results of scientific research in certain periods is almost normal, unfortunately, this is not very important among the scientific productions of the branch of art. Comparative studies of art is a new branch and, at the same time, welcomed by researchers in the field of visual arts. Being young of this type of research in this field has led to no specific categories for it. In order to develop and organize the process of research in the field of comparative art studies, it is necessary to quantitatively study and evaluate in this regard. One of the most useful activities in this field is the evaluation of research published in the scientific and research publications of this field. The Visual Arts (formerly fine arts) is one of the senior scientific journals in the field of art and in particular, the field of visual arts that is still in operation. A review of the comparative articles published in this journal can provide an overview of the scientific activities of this field. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the scientific essay situation in the field of comparative studies for better planning of future research in this area. The main question is that "How is the status and trend of the subject of scientific-research articles in the field of comparative studies of art published in scientific publications; here is an example of the case of the journal of visual arts? and what are the results?" The answer to this question can provide mid-term and long-term perspectives to policy makers and researchers in the field of comparative studies. The research method is quantitative and descriptive-analytic. Comparative articles are categorized in terms of nature and method in five groups: Chronological, Slice, Thematic, form, and interdisciplinary. The data collection is done using text and pictorial resources. The statistical population of the present study is all articles published in the Journal of Visual Arts from 2011 to 2017. Based on the statistical population, 244 articles published in 7 periods and 28 issues of this publication over 7 years, 173 articles were categorized into comparative study papers.  The present study demonstrates the cooperation and interaction of the associate professors and undergraduate students, associate professors and Ph.D. students.  The results of this study indicate that the subject matter of such articles is a growing trend and has a certain degree of stability. The subject matter of such articles is a growing trend with some degree of stability. Out of 173 comparative studies papers, 23 items are Chronological papers and 23 items Slice articles, 54articles are subject-based reviews, 65 papers have been reviewed for form and 8 are interdisciplinary studies .Most of the comparative articles in this publication have been shaping form and role matching. The least of these were interdisciplinary articles. The study suggests that interdisciplinary research is Less noticeable and, at the same time, widespread, and suggests researchers suggesting more interdisciplinary articles