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Creativity in Education and Neuroscience

Creativity in Education and Neuroscience is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to creativity, including cognitive processes, neuroscience, psychology, education, problem solving, personality traits, cultural influence, and brain activity. The papers explore the nature of creativity, its relationship to intelligence and personality, the impact of cultural experiences on creativity, and the cognitive processes underlying creative thinking.

  • Creativity
  • Innovation
  • Cognitive Processes
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Education
  • Problem Solving
  • Personality Traits
  • Cultural Influence
  • Brain Activity
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+31%
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Which countries lead Creativity in Education and Neuroscience research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 864 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 864 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 416 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 271 works
  5. 5 Germany 267 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 212 works
  7. 7 Australia 208 works
  8. 8 Brazil 186 works
  9. 9 Spain 182 works
  10. 10 India 181 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 31.0%China: 21.4%United Kingdom: 10.3%Indonesia: 6.7%6 others listed: 30.6%31%largest
United States1,254 · 31.0%China864 · 21.4%United Kingdom416 · 10.3%Indonesia271 · 6.7%6 others listed1,236 · 30.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Creativity in Education and Neuroscience research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Creativity in Education and Neuroscience research, followed by Pennsylvania State University and Aalborg University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing Normal University China 33 works
  2. 2 Pennsylvania State University United States 31 works
  3. 3 Aalborg University Denmark 25 works
  4. 4 Arizona State University United States 20 works
  5. 5 Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 20 works
  6. 6 Purdue University West Lafayette United States 19 works
  7. 7 Cornell University United States 18 works
  8. 8 Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 18 works
  9. 9 University College London United Kingdom 17 works
  10. 10 Dublin City University Ireland 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Creativity in Education and Neuroscience?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Creativity in Education and Neuroscience include H.J. Eysenck, Richard E. Mayer and Robert J. Sternberg.

  1. 1 H.J. Eysenck 5.7k citations
  2. 2 Richard E. Mayer 4.7k citations
  3. 3 Robert J. Sternberg 4.4k citations
  4. 4 Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 4.1k citations
  5. 5 Howard Gardner 3.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Creativity in Education and Neuroscience research done?

The largest centres of Creativity in Education and Neuroscience research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aalborg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 154 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 110 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 72 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 63 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 57 works
  6. 6 Melbourne Australia 57 works
  7. 7 Taipei Taiwan 55 works
  8. 8 New York United States 52 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 50 works
  10. 10 Paris France 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AalborgDK · 25.6 works6.2×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Creativity in Education and Neuroscience than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Creativity in Education and Neuroscience?

Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, Aalto University and University of Nebraska at Omaha score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 31.75%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Education University of Hong Kong: 18, 51.6%Aalto University: 16, 30.9%University of Nebraska at Omaha: 13, 29.4%University of South Australia: 14, 39.0%University of North Texas: 15, 31.8%Auckland University of Technology: 15, 17.2%National Taiwan Normal University: 16, 32.7%University of Graz: 14, 38.1%Dublin City University: 16, 21.4%Beijing Normal University: 33, 25.4%Education University…University of South …Aalto UniversityUniversity of Nebras…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 69.651.6%17.6×18 +9.9%
2Aalto University Finland 62.730.9%7.7×16 +169.3%
3University of Nebraska at Omaha United States 62.429.4%23.6×13 +336.3%
4University of South Australia Australia 61.439.0%9.4×14 +66.7%
5University of North Texas United States 61.231.8%8.3×15 +264.8%
6Auckland University of Technology New Zealand 61.017.2%11.8×15 +187.2%
7National Taiwan Normal University Taiwan 58.132.7%20.3×16 +33.3%
8University of Graz Austria 56.238.1%11.7×14 -18.0%
9Dublin City University Ireland 56.021.4%14.3×16 +36.8%
10Beijing Normal University China 54.125.4%6.8×33 +5.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Creativity in Education and Neuroscience research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Creativity in Education and Neuroscience.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.