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% the tick is no change
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 United States 1.3k works
- 2 China 864 works
- 3 United Kingdom 416 works
- 4 Indonesia 271 works
- 5 Germany 267 works
- 6 Türkiye 212 works
- 7 Australia 208 works
- 8 Brazil 186 works
- 9 Spain 182 works
- 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.
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 Beijing Normal University China 33 works
- 2 Pennsylvania State University United States 31 works
- 3 Aalborg University Denmark 25 works
- 4 Arizona State University United States 20 works
- 5 Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 20 works
- 6 Purdue University West Lafayette United States 19 works
- 7 Cornell University United States 18 works
- 8 Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 18 works
- 9 University College London United Kingdom 17 works
- 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 H.J. Eysenck 5.7k citations
- 2 Richard E. Mayer 4.7k citations
- 3 Robert J. Sternberg 4.4k citations
- 4 Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 4.1k citations
- 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
Where it is the local speciality
- AalborgDK · 25.6 works6.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Creativity in Education and Neuroscience than the world average.
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 69.6 | 51.6% | 17.6× | 18 | +9.9% |
| 2 | Aalto University Finland | 62.7 | 30.9% | 7.7× | 16 | +169.3% |
| 3 | University of Nebraska at Omaha United States | 62.4 | 29.4% | 23.6× | 13 | +336.3% |
| 4 | University of South Australia Australia | 61.4 | 39.0% | 9.4× | 14 | +66.7% |
| 5 | University of North Texas United States | 61.2 | 31.8% | 8.3× | 15 | +264.8% |
| 6 | Auckland University of Technology New Zealand | 61.0 | 17.2% | 11.8× | 15 | +187.2% |
| 7 | National Taiwan Normal University Taiwan | 58.1 | 32.7% | 20.3× | 16 | +33.3% |
| 8 | University of Graz Austria | 56.2 | 38.1% | 11.7× | 14 | -18.0% |
| 9 | Dublin City University Ireland | 56.0 | 21.4% | 14.3× | 16 | +36.8% |
| 10 | Beijing Normal University China | 54.1 | 25.4% | 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.
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.