What Makes Creative Research (CR) Different from Creativity in Research (CiR)

Abstract

Instead of writing something on how to make a systematic and scientific research paper with a creative method, I would rather intend to explain in this paper what makes research creative in three ways. Firstly, in English, creating something means making something new, especially inventing something (Walter, 2004). The act of creation ultimately belongs to God because, according to religions, only He can create out of nothing. Similarly, As an adjective, creative means producing or using original ideas. The important connotation found in words that emerged from ‘create’ is ‘producing positive results’, which is the research outcomes toward social development and change. Therefore, every systematic research should be evaluated against its contribution to social change and development. In other words, every study must mention social and practical implications and theoretical ones.