RETRACTED ARTICLE: The Nature of Creativity

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RETRACTION

We, the Publisher of Creativity Research Journal, have retracted the following article:

Robert J. Sternberg, The Nature of Creativity, Creativity Research Journal, Volume 18(1), 2006. DOI:10.1207/s15326934crj1801_10

The policy of Creativity Research Journal is to consider only original material. It has become known that this article contains a substantial amount of content previously published by the same author in Creativity and Development (Sternberg, R. J. (2003). The development of creativity as a decision-making process. Creativity and Development, 91–138); The General Factor of Intelligence: How General Is It? (Sternberg, R. J. (2002). Beyond g: The theory of successful intelligence. The general factor of intelligence: How general is it, 447–479); Wisdom, Intelligence, and Creativity Synthesized (Sternberg, R. J. (2003). Theory of Successful Intelligence. In Wisdom, intelligence, and creativity synthesized. Cambridge University Press); Choosing Students: Higher Education Admissions Tools for the 21st Century (Sternberg, R. J., & Rainbow Project Collaborators. (2005). Augmenting the SAT through assessments of analytical, practical, and creative skills. Choosing students: Higher education admissions tools for the 21st century, 159–176); and Theory Into Practice (Sternberg, R. J., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2004). Successful intelligence in the classroom. Theory into practice, 43(4), 274–280, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1207/s15430421tip4304_5)

The scientific content of the article was found to be valid by the editor and reviewers and is not in question. As the significant overlap with previously published material conflicts with our stated policy on originality, the article is hereby retracted and should not be cited.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.