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Creativity Research Journal

Routledge · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1532-6934

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.186

H-Indexi

140

SNIPi

1.309

Total Worksi

1,733

Total Citationsi

90,961

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Creativity Research Journal publishes research on how people decide whether or not to classify a given person as being creative. It examines the relationship between prototypically creative acts and the likelihood of an actor being deemed creative.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,733

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-6934

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.2k

2019

1.4k

2020

817

2021

1.2k

2022

2023

617

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, EducationalPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyPsychology (miscellaneous)Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Creativity in Education and NeuroscienceDesign Education and PracticeEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessNeuroscience, Education and Cognitive FunctionArt Education and DevelopmentAesthetic Perception and AnalysisMind wandering and attentionMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsVisual and Cognitive Learning ProcessesDiverse Music Education Insights

Frequently asked questions about Creativity Research Journal

Is Creativity Research Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Creativity Research Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Creativity Research Journal?

Creativity Research Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.29.

Is Creativity Research Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Creativity Research Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.