Deep learning · graph neural networks papers, 2023–2026
Deep learning area: graph_neural_networks
Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 1,648 papers are tagged with this topic.
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.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 489 | 68 | 148 | 23 | 728 |
| 2024 | 160 | 51 | 76 | 10 | 297 |
| 2025 | 91 | 50 | 141 | 15 | 297 |
| 2026 | 102 | 32 | 168 | 24 | 326 |
Representative papers
Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up
- 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
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- ICLR 2024Graph Parsing Networks
- ICLR 2024Graph Transformers on EHRs: Better Representation Improves Downstream Performance
- ICLR 2024GraphChef: Decision-Tree Recipes to Explain Graph Neural Networks
- ICLR 2024GraphPulse: Topological representations for temporal graph property prediction
- ICLR 2024GTMGC: Using Graph Transformer to Predict Molecule’s Ground-State Conformation
- ICLR 2024HiGen: Hierarchical Graph Generative Networks
- ICLR 2024Hybrid Directional Graph Neural Network for Molecules
- ICLR 2024iGraphMix: Input Graph Mixup Method for Node Classification
- ICLR 2024InstructScene: Instruction-Driven 3D Indoor Scene Synthesis with Semantic Graph Prior
- ICLR 2024Learning Adaptive Multiresolution Transforms via Meta-Framelet-based Graph Convolutional Network
- ICLR 2024Learning to solve Class-Constrained Bin Packing Problems via Encoder-Decoder Model
- ICLR 2024Local Graph Clustering with Noisy Labels
- ICLR 2024Locality-Aware Graph Rewiring in GNNs
- ICLR 2024MMD Graph Kernel: Effective Metric Learning for Graphs via Maximum Mean Discrepancy
- ICLR 2024Neural Snowflakes: Universal Latent Graph Inference via Trainable Latent Geometries
- ICLR 2024One For All: Towards Training One Graph Model For All Classification Tasks
- ICLR 2024Orbit-Equivariant Graph Neural Networks
- ICLR 2024PolyGCL: GRAPH CONTRASTIVE LEARNING via Learnable Spectral Polynomial Filters
- ICLR 2024Polynormer: Polynomial-Expressive Graph Transformer in Linear Time
- ICLR 2024PRES: Toward Scalable Memory-Based Dynamic Graph Neural Networks
- ICLR 2024Rethinking the Benefits of Steerable Features in 3D Equivariant Graph Neural Networks
- ICLR 2024Rethinking the Power of Graph Canonization in Graph Representation Learning with Stability
- ICLR 2024Robust Angular Synchronization via Directed Graph Neural Networks
- ICLR 2024SEGNO: Generalizing Equivariant Graph Neural Networks with Physical Inductive Biases
- ICLR 2024StructComp: Substituting propagation with Structural Compression in Training Graph Contrastive Learning
- ICLR 2024TEDDY: Trimming Edges with Degree-based Discrimination Strategy
- ICLR 2024Temporal Generalization Estimation in Evolving Graphs
- ICLR 2024Towards Robust Fidelity for Evaluating Explainability of Graph Neural Networks
- ICLR 2024Tractable Probabilistic Graph Representation Learning with Graph-Induced Sum-Product Networks
- ICLR 2024Training Graph Transformers via Curriculum-Enhanced Attention Distillation
- ICLR 2024Uncertainty-aware Graph-based Hyperspectral Image Classification
- ICLR 2024Unleashing the Potential of Fractional Calculus in Graph Neural Networks with FROND
- ICLR 2024Variance-enlarged Poisson Learning for Graph-based Semi-Supervised Learning with Extremely Sparse Labeled Data
- ICLR 2024VCR-Graphormer: A Mini-batch Graph Transformer via Virtual Connections
- ICML 2024A Graph is Worth $K$ Words: Euclideanizing Graph using Pure Transformer
- ICML 2024A Near-Linear Time Approximation Algorithm for Beyond-Worst-Case Graph Clustering
- ICML 2024An Efficient Maximal Ancestral Graph Listing Algorithm
- ICML 2024CKGConv: General Graph Convolution with Continuous Kernels
- ICML 2024Class-Imbalanced Graph Learning without Class Rebalancing
- ICML 2024Collective Certified Robustness against Graph Injection Attacks
- ICML 2024Community-Invariant Graph Contrastive Learning
- ICML 2024Comparing Graph Transformers via Positional Encodings
- ICML 2024Cooperative Graph Neural Networks
- ICML 2024Disentangled Graph Self-supervised Learning for Out-of-Distribution Generalization
- ICML 2024Editing Partially Observable Networks via Graph Diffusion Models
- ICML 2024Effective Federated Graph Matching
- ICML 2024Empowering Graph Invariance Learning with Deep Spurious Infomax
- ICML 2024Enhancing Size Generalization in Graph Neural Networks through Disentangled Representation Learning
- ICML 2024EquiPocket: an E(3)-Equivariant Geometric Graph Neural Network for Ligand Binding Site Prediction
- ICML 2024Explaining Graph Neural Networks via Structure-aware Interaction Index
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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.
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