Abstract
When this journal was founded in 1992 by Tudor Rickards and Susan Moger, there was no academic outlet available that addressed issues at the intersection of creativity and innovation. From zero to 1,163 records, from the new kid on the block to one of the leading journals in creativity and innovation management has been quite a journey, and we would like to reflect on the past 28 years and the intellectual and conceptual structure of Creativity and Innovation Management (CIM). Specifically, we highlight milestones and influential articles, identify how key journal characteristics evolved, outline the (co‐)authorship structure, and finally, map the thematic landscape of CIM by means of a text‐mining analysis. This study represents the first systematic and comprehensive assessment of the journal's published body of knowledge and helps to understand the journal's influence on the creativity and innovation management community. We conclude by discussing future topics and paths of the journal as well as limitations of our approach.
Highlights
In the very first editorial of this journal, its two founders, Susan Moger† and Tudor Rickards, argued that the management of creativity and innovation will be of “vital importance in the few decades of societal and industrial changes” (Moger & Rickards, 1992, p. 1)
Creativity and Innovation Management (CIM) has closely cooperated with the ‘Continuous Innovation Network’ (CINet) and the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management's (EIASM) ‘Innovation and Product Development Management’ (IPDM) conference series
To assess the conceptual and intellectual structure of works published in CIM, we employ bibliometric methods by the analytic procedure of science mapping, that is, the representation of structure and dynamics of scientific bodies of knowledge (Zupic & Čater, 2015)
Summary
In the very first editorial of this journal, its two founders, Susan Moger† and Tudor Rickards, argued that the management of creativity and innovation will be of “vital importance in the few decades of societal and industrial changes” (Moger & Rickards, 1992, p. 1). Independent journals (Clark & Wright, 2008), CIM built and maintained an engaged and diverse group of scholars and practitioners. CIM has closely cooperated with the ‘Continuous Innovation Network’ (CINet) and the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management's (EIASM) ‘Innovation and Product Development Management’ (IPDM) conference series. These engagements have resulted in several special issues from these conferences and a steady influx of young researchers from these communities. We visually analyse CIM's main concepts and conclude with a discussion of limitations and an outlook on future trends and areas for creativity and innovation management
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