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Creative Problem Solving

Creative Problem Solving is an innovation methodology that systematically integrates divergent thinking to generate multiple solution possibilities with convergent thinking to evaluate and implement the most viable solutions.

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The way we think: conceptual blending and the mind's hidden complexities

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 5.4K citations

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The associative basis of the creative process.

Sarnoff A. Mednick · Psychological Review · 1962 · 4.1K citations

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“Sticky Information” and the Locus of Problem Solving: Implications for Innovation

Eric von Hippel · Management Science · 1994 · 3.7K citations

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Beyond Big and Little: The Four C Model of Creativity

James C. Kaufman, Ronald A. Beghetto · Review of General Psychology · 2009 · 2.6K citations

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Blind variation and selective retentions in creative thought as in other knowledge processes.

Donald T. Campbell · Psychological Review · 1960 · 2.3K citations

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Authors

8.7K

  1. MD
    Michael D. Mumford

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    50 publications · 7K citations

    36

    h-index

  2. MA
    Mark A. Runco

    California State University, Fullerton, United States

    39 publications · 4K citations

    31

    h-index

  3. TL
    Todd Lubart

    Université Paris Cité, France

    30 publications · 4.6K citations

    26

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  4. RJ
    Robert J. Sternberg

    Yale University, United States

    28 publications · 4.3K citations

    24

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  5. RR
    Roni Reiter‐Palmon

    University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States

    26 publications · 3.2K citations

    21

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Institutions

2.4K

  1. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    56 publications

    5.6K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    25 h-index

    60 publications

    5K citations

  3. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    24 h-index

    106 publications

    6.6K citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    22 h-index

    43 publications

    5.6K citations

  5. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    21 h-index

    38 publications

    3K citations

  6. National Taiwan Normal University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    20 h-index

    52 publications

    2.9K citations

  7. University of Nebraska at Omaha

    Omaha, United States

    20 h-index

    33 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    20 h-index

    40 publications

    5.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Creativity Research Journal

    206 publications · 21.4K citations

    82

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  2. The Journal of Creative Behavior

    JCB · 205 publications · 13.7K citations

    63

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  3. Thinking Skills and Creativity

    100 publications · 5.2K citations

    46

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  4. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts

    52 publications · 4.7K citations

    36

    h-index

  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 55 publications · 14.6K citations

    35

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See also

Creative Problem Solving

Core Methods

Evaluation

Variants

Limitations