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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- ICML 2024Simulation of Graph Algorithms with Looped Transformers
- ICML 2024SLOG: An Inductive Spectral Graph Neural Network Beyond Polynomial Filter
- ICML 2024Structure Your Data: Towards Semantic Graph Counterfactuals
- ICML 2024Surprisingly Strong Performance Prediction with Neural Graph Features
- ICML 2024The Expressive Power of Path-Based Graph Neural Networks
- ICML 2024Triplet Interaction Improves Graph Transformers: Accurate Molecular Graph Learning with Triplet Graph Transformers
- ICML 2024Understanding Heterophily for Graph Neural Networks
- ICML 2024Unraveling the Impact of Heterophilic Structures on Graph Positive-Unlabeled Learning
- ICML 2024Unsupervised Episode Generation for Graph Meta-learning
- ICML 2024VisionGraph: Leveraging Large Multimodal Models for Graph Theory Problems in Visual Context
- NeurIPS 2024[Re] GNNInterpreter: A probabilistic generative model-level explanation for Graph Neural Networks
- NeurIPS 2024[Re] Reproducibility Study of “Explaining Temporal Graph Models Through an Explorer-Navigator Framework"
- NeurIPS 2024A Canonicalization Perspective on Invariant and Equivariant Learning
- NeurIPS 2024A Flexible, Equivariant Framework for Subgraph GNNs via Graph Products and Graph Coarsening
- NeurIPS 2024A Foundation Model for Zero-shot Logical Query Reasoning
- NeurIPS 2024A Motion-aware Spatio-temporal Graph for Video Salient Object Ranking
- NeurIPS 2024A Prompt-Based Knowledge Graph Foundation Model for Universal In-Context Reasoning
- NeurIPS 2024A Topology-aware Graph Coarsening Framework for Continual Graph Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Accelerating Non-Maximum Suppression: A Graph Theory Perspective
- NeurIPS 2024Almost Surely Asymptotically Constant Graph Neural Networks
- NeurIPS 2024An Efficient Memory Module for Graph Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning
- NeurIPS 2024An End-To-End Graph Attention Network Hashing for Cross-Modal Retrieval
- NeurIPS 2024Analysis of Corrected Graph Convolutions
- NeurIPS 2024Any2Graph: Deep End-To-End Supervised Graph Prediction With An Optimal Transport Loss
- NeurIPS 2024ARC: A Generalist Graph Anomaly Detector with In-Context Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Are Graph Neural Networks Optimal Approximation Algorithms?
- NeurIPS 2024Are High-Degree Representations Really Unnecessary in Equivariant Graph Neural Networks?
- NeurIPS 2024Are Your Models Still Fair? Fairness Attacks on Graph Neural Networks via Node Injections
- NeurIPS 2024Beyond Redundancy: Information-aware Unsupervised Multiplex Graph Structure Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Boosting Graph Pooling with Persistent Homology
- NeurIPS 2024Can Graph Learning Improve Planning in LLM-based Agents?
- NeurIPS 2024Can Graph Neural Networks Expose Training Data Properties? An Efficient Risk Assessment Approach
- NeurIPS 2024Challenges of Generating Structurally Diverse Graphs
- NeurIPS 2024Cluster-wise Graph Transformer with Dual-granularity Kernelized Attention
- NeurIPS 2024Clustering then Propagation: Select Better Anchors for Knowledge Graph Embedding
- NeurIPS 2024Continuous Partitioning for Graph-Based Semi-Supervised Learning
- NeurIPS 2024Continuous Product Graph Neural Networks
- NeurIPS 2024DECRL: A Deep Evolutionary Clustering Jointed Temporal Knowledge Graph Representation Learning Approach
- NeurIPS 2024Deep Equilibrium Algorithmic Reasoning
- NeurIPS 2024Deep Graph Mating
- NeurIPS 2024Deep Graph Neural Networks via Posteriori-Sampling-based Node-Adaptative Residual Module
- NeurIPS 2024Deep Homomorphism Networks
- NeurIPS 2024DFA-GNN: Forward Learning of Graph Neural Networks by Direct Feedback Alignment
- NeurIPS 2024DiGRAF: Diffeomorphic Graph-Adaptive Activation Function
- NeurIPS 2024DisenGCD: A Meta Multigraph-assisted Disentangled Graph Learning Framework for Cognitive Diagnosis
- NeurIPS 2024Dissecting the Failure of Invariant Learning on Graphs
- NeurIPS 2024Distributed-Order Fractional Graph Operating Network
- NeurIPS 2024DropEdge not Foolproof: Effective Augmentation Method for Signed Graph Neural Networks
- NeurIPS 2024Dynamic Rescaling for Training GNNs
- NeurIPS 2024Efficient Graph Matching for Correlated Stochastic Block Models
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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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