Thinking Skills and Creativity

Aims & Scope

Thinking Skills and Creativity is a new journal providing a peer-reviewed forum for communication and debate for the community of researchers interested in teaching for thinking and creativity.

Papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches and may relate to any age level in a diversity of settings: formal and informal, education and work-based.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Creative learning environments in education—A systematic literature review

  Citation: 474

  Authors: Dan, Divya, Chris, Rebecca, Penny, Alan

• An integrated critical thinking framework for the 21st century

  Citation: 375

  Authors: Christopher P., Michael J., Ian

• STEAM in practice and research: An integrative literature review

  Citation: 359

  Authors: Elaine, Jen

• Educating for innovation

  Citation: 238

  Authors: R. Keith

• Design thinking: A creative approach to educational problems of practice

  Citation: 229

  Authors: Danah, Carmen, Rohit

• Assessing students’ critical thinking performance: Urging for measurements using multi-response format

  Citation: 224

  Authors: Kelly Y.L.

• Pedagogy for developing critical thinking in adolescents: Explicit instruction produces greatest gains

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Lisa M., Diane F.

• Learning environments that support student creativity: Developing the SCALE

  Citation: 204

  Authors: Carmen, Punya

• Theoretical foundations of design thinking – A constructivism learning approach to design thinking

  Citation: 187

  Authors: Mandaar, S. Vijayakumar

• Creative and playful learning: Learning through game co-creation and games in a playful learning environment

  Citation: 178

  Authors: Marjaana