Deep learning · graph neural networks papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Deep learning · graph neural networks fell from 728 papers in 2023 to 326 in 2026, so interest is cooling.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Deep learning · graph neural networks work: 842 papers from 2023 to 2026, 51% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Datasets and Benchmarks: papers tagged with both rose from 9 in 2023 to 20 in 2026.
• Among the 11 topics under Deep Learning, it ranks #5 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Diffusion Models, is up 4.1x versus 0.4x here.

Representative papers

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• NeurIPS 2026A New Perspective on Target-Conditioned Structural Dynamics for Link Prediction in Dynamic Graphs
• ICML 2026A Graph Foundation Model with Cross-Modal Alignment and Modality-Aware Expert Fusion for Multi-Modal Graphs
• ICLR 2026Laplacian Kernelized Bandit
• CVPR 2026Gamba Mamba-based graph convolutional network with dynamic graph topology learning
• NeurIPS 2025Depth-Width Tradeoffs for Transformers on Graph Tasks
• ICML 2025A Cognac Shot To Forget Bad Memories: Corrective Unlearning for Graph Neural Networks
• ICLR 2025Factor Graph-based Interpretable Neural Networks
• CVPR 2025Coeff-Tuning: A Graph Filter Subspace View for Tuning Attention-Based Large Models
• NeurIPS 2024[Re] GNNInterpreter: A probabilistic generative model-level explanation for Graph Neural Networks
• ICML 2024A Graph is Worth $K$ Words: Euclideanizing Graph using Pure Transformer
• ICLR 2024A Graph is Worth 1-bit Spikes: When Graph Contrastive Learning Meets Spiking Neural Networks
• CVPR 2024Learning Structure-from-Motion with Graph Attention Networks
• NeurIPS 2023[Re] On Explainability of Graph Neural Networks via Subgraph Explorations
• ICML 2023A Gromov--Wasserstein Geometric View of Spectrum-Preserving Graph Coarsening
• ICLR 2023Anti-Symmetric DGN: a stable architecture for Deep Graph Networks
• CVPR 2023An Actor-Centric Causality Graph for Asynchronous Temporal Inference in Group Activity
• NeurIPS 2026A Topological Encoder Decoder Framework for Temporal Graph Learning
• ICML 2026A Graphop Analysis of Graph Neural Networks on Sparse Graphs: Generalization and Universal Approximation
• ICLR 2026GTool: Graph Enhanced Tool Planning with Large Language Model
• CVPR 2026GSNR Graph Smooth Null-Space Representation for Inverse Problems

All Deep learning · graph neural networks papers

1,648 papers, page 11 of 33

501. ICML 2025SBGD: Improving Graph Diffusion Generative Model via Stochastic Block Diffusion
502. ICML 2025Scalable Attribute-Missing Graph Clustering via Neighborhood Differentiation
503. ICML 2025Scalable Sobolev IPM for Probability Measures on a Graph
504. ICML 2025SCENIR: Visual Semantic Clarity through Unsupervised Scene Graph Retrieval
505. ICML 2025SHARP-Distill: A 68× Faster Recommender System with Hypergraph Neural Networks and Language Models
506. ICML 2025Signed Laplacians for Constrained Graph Clustering
507. ICML 2025Simple Path Structural Encoding for Graph Transformers
508. ICML 2025Smooth Interpolation for Improved Discrete Graph Generative Models
509. ICML 2025SPHINX: Structural Prediction using Hypergraph Inference Network
510. ICML 2025Stability and Generalization Capability of Subgraph Reasoning Models for Inductive Knowledge Graph Completion
511. ICML 2025Stable Fair Graph Representation Learning with Lipschitz Constraint
512. ICML 2025Structure Is All You Need: Structural Representation Learning on Hyper-Relational Knowledge Graphs
513. ICML 2025Supercharging Graph Transformers with Advective Diffusion
514. ICML 2025Telling Peer Direct Effects from Indirect Effects in Observational Network Data
515. ICML 2025Test-Time Graph Neural Dataset Search With Generative Projection
516. ICML 2025The Generalized Skew Spectrum of Graphs
517. ICML 2025The Price of Freedom: Exploring Expressivity and Runtime Tradeoffs in Equivariant Tensor Products
518. ICML 2025Thickness-aware E(3)-Equivariant 3D Mesh Neural Networks
519. ICML 2025TMetaNet: Topological Meta-Learning Framework for Dynamic Link Prediction
520. ICML 2025TopInG: Topologically Interpretable Graph Learning via Persistent Rationale Filtration
521. ICML 2025Topology-Aware Dynamic Reweighting for Distribution Shifts on Graph
522. ICML 2025TopoTune: A Framework for Generalized Combinatorial Complex Neural Networks
523. ICML 2025Toward Data-centric Directed Graph Learning: An Entropy-driven Approach
524. ICML 2025Towards characterizing the value of edge embeddings in Graph Neural Networks
525. ICML 2025Uncertainty Estimation for Heterophilic Graphs Through the Lens of Information Theory
526. ICML 2025Unifews: You Need Fewer Operations for Efficient Graph Neural Networks
527. ICML 2025Vision Graph Prompting via Semantic Low-Rank Decomposition
528. ICML 2025Weisfeiler and Leman Go Gambling: Why Expressive Lottery Tickets Win
529. ICML 2025What Makes a Good Feedforward Computational Graph?
530. ICML 2025When Do LLMs Help With Node Classification? A Comprehensive Analysis
531. ICML 2025WILTing Trees: Interpreting the Distance Between MPNN Embeddings
532. ICML 2025Zero-Shot Generalization of GNNs over Distinct Attribute Domains
533. NeurIPS 20253D-GSRD: 3D Molecular Graph Auto-Encoder with Selective Re-mask Decoding
534. NeurIPS 2025A Little Depth Goes a Long Way: The Expressive Power of Log-Depth Transformers
535. NeurIPS 2025Adjusted Count Quantification Learning on Graphs
536. NeurIPS 2025An Efficient Orlicz-Sobolev Approach for Transporting Unbalanced Measures on a Graph
537. NeurIPS 2025Association-Focused Path Aggregation for Graph Fraud Detection
538. NeurIPS 2025Coloring Learning for Heterophilic Graph Representation
539. NeurIPS 2025Copresheaf Topological Neural Networks: A Generalized Deep Learning Framework
540. NeurIPS 2025DCA: Graph-Guided Deep Embedding Clustering for Brain Atlases
541. NeurIPS 2025Depth-Width Tradeoffs for Transformers on Graph Tasks
542. NeurIPS 2025DGCBench: A Deep Graph Clustering Benchmark
543. NeurIPS 2025DiffLiG: Diffusion-enhanced Liquid Graph with Attention Propagation for Grid-to-Station Precipitation Correction
544. NeurIPS 2025Diffusion-Guided Graph Data Augmentation
545. NeurIPS 2025Distribution Learning Meets Graph Structure Sampling
546. NeurIPS 2025DualEqui: A Dual-Space Hierarchical Equivariant Network for Large Biomolecules
547. NeurIPS 2025Dynamic Configuration for Cutting Plane Separators via Reinforcement Learning on Incremental Graph
548. NeurIPS 2025Effects of Dropout on Performance in Long-range Graph Learning Tasks
549. NeurIPS 2025Enforcing convex constraints in Graph Neural Networks
550. NeurIPS 2025Enhancing Graph Classification Robustness with Singular Pooling

FAQ

How many Deep learning · graph neural networks papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?

1,648 in total: 728 in 2023, 297 in 2024, 297 in 2025, 326 in 2026.

How many Deep learning · graph neural networks papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 102 Deep learning · graph neural networks papers, versus 91 the year before.

How many Deep learning · graph neural networks papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 32 Deep learning · graph neural networks papers, versus 50 the year before.

How many Deep learning · graph neural networks papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 168 Deep learning · graph neural networks papers, versus 141 the year before.

How many Deep learning · graph neural networks papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 24 Deep learning · graph neural networks papers, versus 15 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Deep learning · graph neural networks papers?

NeurIPS, with 842 papers from 2023 to 2026.