Digital creativity: Research themes and framework

•We analysis and review of 3591 digital creativity related publications.•Twenty leading research themes and a digital-creativity research framework are identified.•Central, popular and peripheral studies in digital creativity research are also indicated.•A discussion of the future of digital creativity research is also provided.

Digital creativity is defined as the creativity manifested in all forms that are driven by digital technologies. Due to its novelty and interdisciplinary nature, the scope, perspective, and main research themes of digital creativity study are still unclear to date. Therefore, we utilized the intellectual structure technique developed by the information scientist to help clarify the scope and themes of this research domain. We analyzed 3591 relevant literatures and tentatively identified major research themes to facilitate the comprehension and study of digital creativity. The resulting framework summarizes the progress in digital creativity research and provides future research directions.