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

533 papers, page 6 of 11

251. ICML 2025Learnable Spatial-Temporal Positional Encoding for Link Prediction
252. ICML 2025Learning Latent Graph Structures and their Uncertainty
253. ICML 2025Less is More: Federated Graph Learning with Alleviating Topology Heterogeneity from A Causal Perspective
254. ICML 2025LLM Enhancers for GNNs: An Analysis from the Perspective of Causal Mechanism Identification
255. ICML 2025Mitigating Over-Squashing in Graph Neural Networks by Spectrum-Preserving Sparsification
256. ICML 2025ML$^2$-GCL: Manifold Learning Inspired Lightweight Graph Contrastive Learning
257. ICML 2025Multi-Domain Graph Foundation Models: Robust Knowledge Transfer via Topology Alignment
258. ICML 2025Multi-View Graph Clustering via Node-Guided Contrastive Encoding
259. ICML 2025N2GON: Neural Networks for Graph-of-Net with Position Awareness
260. ICML 2025No Metric to Rule Them All: Toward Principled Evaluations of Graph-Learning Datasets
261. ICML 2025Nonparametric Teaching for Graph Property Learners
262. ICML 2025On Measuring Long-Range Interactions in Graph Neural Networks
263. ICML 2025Open Your Eyes: Vision Enhances Message Passing Neural Networks in Link Prediction
264. ICML 2025Outlier-Aware Post-Training Quantization for Discrete Graph Diffusion Models
265. ICML 2025PieClam: A Universal Graph Autoencoder Based on Overlapping Inclusive and Exclusive Communities
266. ICML 2025Position: Graph Matching Systems Deserve Better Benchmarks
267. ICML 2025Position: Spectral GNNs Rely Less on Graph Fourier Basis than Conceived
268. ICML 2025Positional Encoding meets Persistent Homology on Graphs
269. ICML 2025Primal-Dual Neural Algorithmic Reasoning
270. ICML 2025Primphormer: Efficient Graph Transformers with Primal Representations
271. ICML 2025Propagate and Inject: Revisiting Propagation-Based Feature Imputation for Graphs with Partially Observed Features
272. ICML 2025Pruning for GNNs: Lower Complexity with Comparable Expressiveness
273. ICML 2025Redundancy Undermines the Trustworthiness of Self-Interpretable GNNs
274. ICML 2025RelGNN: Composite Message Passing for Relational Deep Learning
275. ICML 2025ResearchTown: Simulator of Human Research Community
276. ICML 2025Rethinking Time Encoding via Learnable Transformation Functions
277. ICML 2025Rhomboid Tiling for Geometric Graph Deep Learning
278. ICML 2025SBGD: Improving Graph Diffusion Generative Model via Stochastic Block Diffusion
279. ICML 2025Scalable Attribute-Missing Graph Clustering via Neighborhood Differentiation
280. ICML 2025Scalable Sobolev IPM for Probability Measures on a Graph
281. ICML 2025SCENIR: Visual Semantic Clarity through Unsupervised Scene Graph Retrieval
282. ICML 2025SHARP-Distill: A 68× Faster Recommender System with Hypergraph Neural Networks and Language Models
283. ICML 2025Signed Laplacians for Constrained Graph Clustering
284. ICML 2025Simple Path Structural Encoding for Graph Transformers
285. ICML 2025Smooth Interpolation for Improved Discrete Graph Generative Models
286. ICML 2025SPHINX: Structural Prediction using Hypergraph Inference Network
287. ICML 2025Stability and Generalization Capability of Subgraph Reasoning Models for Inductive Knowledge Graph Completion
288. ICML 2025Stable Fair Graph Representation Learning with Lipschitz Constraint
289. ICML 2025Structure Is All You Need: Structural Representation Learning on Hyper-Relational Knowledge Graphs
290. ICML 2025Supercharging Graph Transformers with Advective Diffusion
291. ICML 2025Telling Peer Direct Effects from Indirect Effects in Observational Network Data
292. ICML 2025Test-Time Graph Neural Dataset Search With Generative Projection
293. ICML 2025The Generalized Skew Spectrum of Graphs
294. ICML 2025The Price of Freedom: Exploring Expressivity and Runtime Tradeoffs in Equivariant Tensor Products
295. ICML 2025Thickness-aware E(3)-Equivariant 3D Mesh Neural Networks
296. ICML 2025TMetaNet: Topological Meta-Learning Framework for Dynamic Link Prediction
297. ICML 2025TopInG: Topologically Interpretable Graph Learning via Persistent Rationale Filtration
298. ICML 2025Topology-Aware Dynamic Reweighting for Distribution Shifts on Graph
299. ICML 2025TopoTune: A Framework for Generalized Combinatorial Complex Neural Networks
300. ICML 2025Toward Data-centric Directed Graph Learning: An Entropy-driven Approach

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.