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
489 papers, page 1 of 10
- NeurIPS 2023[Re] $\mathcal{G}$-Mixup: Graph Data Augmentation for Graph Classification
- NeurIPS 2023[Re] End-to-end Algorithm Synthesis with Recurrent Networks: Logical Extrapolation Without Overthinking
- NeurIPS 2023[Re] On Explainability of Graph Neural Networks via Subgraph Explorations
- NeurIPS 2023[Re] Variational Neural Cellular Automata
- NeurIPS 2023A Bayesian Take on Gaussian Process Networks
- NeurIPS 2023A Deep Instance Generative Framework for MILP Solvers Under Limited Data Availability
- NeurIPS 2023A Dual-Stream Neural Network Explains the Functional Segregation of Dorsal and Ventral Visual Pathways in Human Brains
- NeurIPS 2023A fast heuristic to optimize time-space tradeoff for large models
- NeurIPS 2023A Fractional Graph Laplacian Approach to Oversmoothing
- NeurIPS 2023A General Framework for Equivariant Neural Networks on Reductive Lie Groups
- NeurIPS 2023A General Theory of Correct, Incorrect, and Extrinsic Equivariance
- NeurIPS 2023A Graph-Theoretic Framework for Understanding Open-World Semi-Supervised Learning
- NeurIPS 2023A graphon-signal analysis of graph neural networks
- NeurIPS 2023A Metadata-Driven Approach to Understand Graph Neural Networks
- NeurIPS 2023A Neural Collapse Perspective on Feature Evolution in Graph Neural Networks
- NeurIPS 2023A new perspective on building efficient and expressive 3D equivariant graph neural networks
- NeurIPS 2023A polar prediction model for learning to represent visual transformations
- NeurIPS 2023A Recurrent Neural Circuit Mechanism of Temporal-scaling Equivariant Representation
- NeurIPS 2023A Scalable Neural Network for DSIC Affine Maximizer Auction Design
- NeurIPS 2023A Sublinear-Time Spectral Clustering Oracle with Improved Preprocessing Time
- NeurIPS 2023A Theory of Link Prediction via Relational Weisfeiler-Leman on Knowledge Graphs
- NeurIPS 2023Accelerated On-Device Forward Neural Network Training with Module-Wise Descending Asynchronism
- NeurIPS 2023Accelerated Training via Incrementally Growing Neural Networks using Variance Transfer and Learning Rate Adaptation
- NeurIPS 2023Accelerating Molecular Graph Neural Networks via Knowledge Distillation
- NeurIPS 2023Accurate Interpolation for Scattered Data through Hierarchical Residual Refinement
- NeurIPS 2023Active Learning-Based Species Range Estimation
- NeurIPS 2023Active Negative Loss Functions for Learning with Noisy Labels
- NeurIPS 2023Adapting Neural Link Predictors for Data-Efficient Complex Query Answering
- NeurIPS 2023Adaptive Topological Feature via Persistent Homology: Filtration Learning for Point Clouds
- NeurIPS 2023Adaptive Uncertainty Estimation via High-Dimensional Testing on Latent Representations
- NeurIPS 2023Adversarial Robustness in Graph Neural Networks: A Hamiltonian Approach
- NeurIPS 2023Adversarial Training for Graph Neural Networks: Pitfalls, Solutions, and New Directions
- NeurIPS 2023Affinity-Aware Graph Networks
- NeurIPS 2023AI for Interpretable Chemistry: Predicting Radical Mechanistic Pathways via Contrastive Learning
- NeurIPS 2023Aiming towards the minimizers: fast convergence of SGD for overparametrized problems
- NeurIPS 2023AMAG: Additive, Multiplicative and Adaptive Graph Neural Network For Forecasting Neuron Activity
- NeurIPS 2023An Empirical Study Towards Prompt-Tuning for Graph Contrastive Pre-Training in Recommendations
- NeurIPS 2023An Inductive Bias for Tabular Deep Learning
- NeurIPS 2023An Information Theory Perspective on Variance-Invariance-Covariance Regularization
- NeurIPS 2023Analysis of Variance of Multiple Causal Networks
- NeurIPS 2023Analyzing Generalization of Neural Networks through Loss Path Kernels
- NeurIPS 2023Anchor Data Augmentation
- NeurIPS 2023Approximately Equivariant Graph Networks
- NeurIPS 2023Approximation-Generalization Trade-offs under (Approximate) Group Equivariance
- NeurIPS 2023Architecture Matters: Uncovering Implicit Mechanisms in Graph Contrastive Learning
- NeurIPS 2023Are aligned neural networks adversarially aligned?
- NeurIPS 2023Are GATs Out of Balance?
- NeurIPS 2023ARTree: A Deep Autoregressive Model for Phylogenetic Inference
- NeurIPS 2023ASPEN: Breaking Operator Barriers for Efficient Parallelization of Deep Neural Networks
- NeurIPS 2023Asymmetric Certified Robustness via Feature-Convex Neural Networks
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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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