The purpose of this study is to analyze research trends on educational creativity with an emphasis on the concept of creativity to utilize its implications in education. The research was conducted through mapping and bibliometric analysis of existing data in the "WOS" scientific database. The structure and information patterns provided in the field of creativity-related research and the interpretation of the relationship between keywords were extracted and analyzed using "VOSviewer" software. The research field and the statistical population included all articles available in the "WOS" database, among which 461 articles were retrieved as a statistical sample and examined in this study. The results showed that the number of articles related to creativity has been increasing from 1970 to 2024. The concept of creativity has been a subject of interest among researchers, with the majority of these documents in "WOS" (433 articles) being research papers. The United Kingdom ranked highest among the most cited countries, the journal "Thinking Skills and Creativity" was the most cited journal, and authors from the United Kingdom, China, and Australia had the most collaboration, respectively. The University of Bayreuth ranked highest in terms of article publication. Among the authors, Begner ranked highest, and the term "Creativity" was the most frequently used term in creativity-related sources. The word "Education" was the most frequently used term in interaction with creativity. In the last 8 years, China, the USA, and the UK have ranked 1 to 3 among emerging creativity countries.
Nazari R, Hoseini Dehshiri A. Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends on Creativity with Emphasis on the Concept of Creativity and Its Implications in Education. 3 2025; 1 (74) URL: http://isoedmag.ir/article-1-577-en.html