Unlocking the Power of Creative Thinking: A bibliometric analysis of the 21st Century

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of the creative thinking publication from the Scopus database from 2011-2021. This study reports the results using standard bibliometric indicators: (1) the current state of publication of creative thinking, (2) topic areas in creative thinking, (3) keyword analysis, (4) most productive authors, and (5) geographical contribution of publication. The researchers used VOSviewer, a programme for building and displaying bibliometric networks, which they obtained via the Scopus database and Harzing's Publish-or-Perish analysis to carry out this study. The results provide insightful information on the current level of creative thinking, including existing trends and changes.   Keywords: Creative Thinking; Creativity; Higher education; 21st Century eISSN 2514-7528 ©2022. The Authors. Published for AMER & cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour StudiesCollege of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v7i22.414