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Serendipity In Creativity

Serendipity in Creativity is an academic construct that denotes the phenomenon whereby unexpected, chance-mediated discoveries or insights emerge during creative processes, distinguished by their reliance on unplanned encounters that, when contextualized by prior knowledge and cognitive flexibility, lead to novel and valuable outcomes.

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50

Authors

33

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2017–2026

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27

Creativity in science: chance, logic, genius, and zeitgeist

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 451 citations

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Discovery is never by chance

Paúl André, m.c. schraefel, Jaime Teevan et al. · 2009 · 158 citations

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Splendors and miseries of the brain: love, creativity, and the quest for human happiness

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 112 citations

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UsingCitation Classics to study the incidence of serendipity in scientific discovery

Juan Miguel Campanario · Scientometrics · 1996 · 72 citations

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Examining contributors to Vietnamese high school students’ digital creativity under the serendipity-mindsponge-3D knowledge management framework

Minh‐Hoang Nguyen, Ruining Jin, Giang Hoang et al. · Thinking Skills and Creativity · 2023 · 43 citations

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Authors

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  1. AP
    Alison Pease

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  2. AD
    António Días de Figueiredo

    University of Coimbra, Portugal

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  3. JM
    José Manuel Pinto Campos

    Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  4. SC
    Simon Colton

    Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  5. WR
    Wendy Ross

    London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 51 citations

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Institutions

33

  1. Polytechnic Institute of Viseu

    Viseu, Portugal

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  2. Aalto University

    Espoo, Finland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  3. University of Coimbra

    Coimbra, Portugal

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  4. Jönköping University

    Jönköping, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. Hanoi University

    Hanoi, Vietnam

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    129 citations

  6. London Metropolitan University

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  8. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 563 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 54 citations

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  3. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee)

    Repository · 1 publications · 19 citations

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  4. American Journal of Agricultural Economics

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  5. American Journal of Roentgenology

    AJR · 1 publications · 26 citations

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