Image classification benchmarks

6 papers in the last 7 days · 7 of its 7 datasets mentioned

Labelled image collections used to train and compare image classifiers.

Key findings

Datasets in the category “Image classification benchmarks” were mentioned in 60 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #3 of the 58 data categories mentioned.
The most-mentioned were ImageNet (31), CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100 (29), MNIST / Fashion-MNIST (22), Fine-grained benchmarks (CUB-200, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers) (5) and SVHN (5).
By journal category: AI (58), Finance (1) and Management (1).
Most of them appeared in Pattern Recognition (10), Neural Networks (10) and Neural Computing and Applications (8).

Datasets

Datasets in this category · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
Dataset	Papers	Last 7 days	Names searched for
ImageNet	31	5	ImageNet, ILSVRC
CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100	29	1	CIFAR, CIFAR10, CIFAR100
MNIST / Fashion-MNIST	22	1	MNIST
Fine-grained benchmarks (CUB-200, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers)	5	1	CUB-200, Caltech-UCSD Birds, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers, Oxford-IIIT Pet, FGVC-Aircraft
SVHN	5	0	SVHN, Street View House Numbers
Caltech-101 / 256	4	0	Caltech-101, Caltech-256, Caltech101, Caltech256
Domain adaptation benchmarks (Office-31, Office-Home, VisDA, DomainNet)	4	1	Office-31, Office-Home, OfficeHome, VisDA, DomainNet

Papers mentioning these datasets, newest first. Newest 50 of 60 papers; all of them are in /data/papers.json.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations	Datasets mentioned
2026-10-23	From pixels to profits: trading arbitrage portfolios based on image representations	Financial markets and portfolio management	Niklas Paluszkiewicz	Universität Ulm	ImageNet
2026-10-22	Zero-Shot Domain Generalization via Domain Prompt Learning	International Journal of Computer Vision	Shiming Chen, Shuhuang Chen, Salman Khan et al.	Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence; Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Australian National University; …	ImageNet, Domain adaptation benchmarks (Office-31, Office-Home, VisDA, DomainNet)
2026-10-21	InfoDisent: Explainability of image classification models by information disentanglement	Knowledge-Based Systems	Łukasz Struski, Dawid Rymarczyk, Jacek Tabor		ImageNet
2026-10-20	Boosting the understanding ability of diffusion model with masked image modeling	Pattern Recognition	Jianning Pei, Yingchao Feng, Hanbo Bi et al.	Chinese Academy of Sciences; Aerospace Information Research Institute; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	ImageNet
2026-10-20	Weighted UnLearning from Experience for Improved Spurious Correlation Robustness	Machine Learning	Jeff Mitchell, Jesus; id_orcid 0000-0002-9574-4138 Martinez-del-Rincon, Niall McLaughlin	Queen's University Belfast	ImageNet, Fine-grained benchmarks (CUB-200, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers)
2026-10-20	Central description length (CDL) clustering validation index	Artificial Intelligence	Mahdi Shamsi, Soosan Beheshti	McGill University	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-19	KeyMorph: Learning parameter-efficient network activation for deep steganography	Pattern Recognition	Fanye Kong, Yu Zheng, Lei Chen et al.	Tsinghua University	ImageNet
2026-10-17	CorrCLIPv2: Harnessing Unlabeled Images for Open-Vocabulary Semantic Segmentation	International Journal of Computer Vision	D H Zhang, Fagui Liu, Quan Tang et al.	South China University of Technology; Peng Cheng Laboratory	ImageNet, Fine-grained benchmarks (CUB-200, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers)
2026-10-17	Language modeling on tabular data: a survey of foundations, techniques and evolution	Artificial Intelligence Review	Yucheng Ruan, Xiang Lan, Jingying Ma et al.	National University of Singapore; Institute of Data Science	MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-16	NISNet: Efficient native dense prediction via symmetric boundary-preserving coupling–decoupling	Expert Systems with Applications	Fengjun WU, Kafeng Wang, Xinai Xu et al.	Nanchang Normal University; Jiangxi Normal University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; …	ImageNet
2026-10-16	CDCLAP: Efficient distillation framework for zero-shot audio event classification	Neural Networks	Fei Chen, Hui Xue, Pengfei Fang	Southeast University	ImageNet
2026-10-15	Frequency–spatial dual-domain imperceptible watermarking for robust image datasets copyright protection	Information Processing & Management	Xiaojie Du, Yedi Chen, Kai Ma et al.	Guizhou Normal University	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST, Caltech-101 / 256
2026-10-14	A transferable adversarial attack method via Loss Surface Guided Gradient Optimization	Knowledge-Based Systems	Chuan Ye, Xiaoqing Yang, Yunhan Li et al.	Southwest Petroleum University; Sichuan University; Huzhou College	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100
2026-10-14	Mitigating domain shift in federated learning via intra- and inter-domain prototypes	Pattern Recognition	Huy Q. Le, Ye Lin Tun, Yu Qiao et al.	Kyung Hee University; University of Da Nang; Viện Khoa học và Công nghệ số	Domain adaptation benchmarks (Office-31, Office-Home, VisDA, DomainNet)
2026-10-14	Dynamic gain neuromodulation attenuates stability gaps during continual joint training	Neural Networks	Alejandro Rodriguez-Garcia, Anindya Ghosh, Srikanth Ramaswamy	Newcastle University	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-13	Bootstrap Wasserstein alignment for stable feature attribution in low-data regimes	Knowledge-Based Systems	Mujahidul Islam, Priya Dubey		MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-13	Dual-prompt semantic decoupling and transfer for long-tailed recognition	Neural Networks	Xiaohua Chen, Yue Wang, Yanbiao Ma	Communication University of China; Xidian University; Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence; …	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100
2026-10-12	AS-DQCNN: Angle superposition-augmented decreasing quantum convolutional neural network for image classification	Neural Networks	Yanyan Feng, Yan Li, Jie Li et al.	Central South University of Forestry and Technology; Central South University	MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-10	Variational graph-based semi-supervised learning	Pattern Recognition	Sebastian Salwig, Till Kahlke, Jörg Lücke	Universität Innsbruck	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-09	Semantic-Clustered Multimodal Prompt Tuning for long-tailed visual recognition	Knowledge-Based Systems	Binlong Dong, Yuge Xu	South China University of Technology	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100
2026-10-09	Test-time optimization for domain adaptive open vocabulary segmentation	Neural Networks	Ulindu De Silva, Didula Samaraweera, Sasini Wanigathunga et al.	University of Moratuwa; Stony Brook University; Khalifa University of Science and Technology	ImageNet, Fine-grained benchmarks (CUB-200, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers)
2026-10-08	Learning transferable noise recognizers from training dynamics for robust classification	Pattern Recognition	Mengyang Li, Shu Zhou, Jue Lv et al.	Tianjin Normal University	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100
2026-10-08	Rank and data adaptive low-rank adaptation for 2-bit quantization-aware fine-tuning of ViT	Pattern Recognition	Yuning Yang, Guowei Peng, Xiurui Xie et al.	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	ImageNet
2026-10-07	CGNC: Confidence-Guided Neighbor Consensus for semi-supervised learning	Knowledge-Based Systems	Ahmed Abbas Jaber, Mengzi Tang, Zhishu Shen et al.	Wuhan University of Technology	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, SVHN
2026-10-07	When algorithms cannot be fair: constitutive and contingent discrimination and the limits of less-discriminatory alternatives	AI & Society	Alfredo Di Giorgio	University of Salento	ImageNet
2026-10-05	A dual-time-scale cooperative memory mechanism for spiking neural networks	Neural Networks	Junxiu Liu, Zhaoxin Zhang, Qiang Fu et al.	Guangxi Normal University	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-03	Enhancing local robustness with Hölder regularization	Neural Networks	Haiyan Li, Dazhi Zhao	Southwest Petroleum University	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-03	Uncertainty quantification for trustworthy deep learning: Methods and measures	Neural Networks	H. Martin Gillis, Thomas P. Trappenberg	Dalhousie University	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, SVHN
2026-10-01	Light-weight Transformer Layers and prediction consistency loss for Source-Free unsupervised Domain Adaptation	Pattern Recognition	Yeeun Kim, Gyemin Lee	Seoul National University of Science and Technology	Domain adaptation benchmarks (Office-31, Office-Home, VisDA, DomainNet)
2026-10-01	COSMOS: continuous subspace manifold operating system learning as gauge dynamics on the Grassmannian	Neural Computing and Applications	Lucas Battú		CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-01	SteRGAN: An Improvised Framework based on Generative Adversarial Network for Image Steganography	Neural Computing and Applications	Yatendra Sharma, Gopa Bhaumik	National Institute of Technology Sikkim; National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur	ImageNet
2026-10-01	DFedSVRG: Decentralized Federated Learning with Stochastic Variance Reduced Gradient	Expert Systems with Applications	Jialong Huang, Jianhua Hu, Qinglun Li et al.	University of Shanghai for Science and Technology; National University of Defense Technology; Shanghai Institute of Computing Technology	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100
2026-10-01	A Lagrangian-Inspired Force-Based Loss for Deep Metric Learning	Neural Networks	Byung Do Cheon, Jeongmin Yu, Jung-Eun Kim et al.	Yonsei University	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, Fine-grained benchmarks (CUB-200, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers)
2026-10-01	OADPC-HSSA: Observation-Aware Dynamic Privacy Control for Federated Learning with Hierarchical Shuffling and Secure Aggregation	Expert Systems with Applications	Jianli Xie, Zishan Wu, Bing Bu et al.	Lanzhou Jiaotong University; Beijing Jiaotong University	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST, SVHN
2026-10-01	Increment Vector Transformation for Class Incremental Learning	Pattern Recognition	Zihuan Qiu, Yi Xu, Fanman Meng et al.	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100
2026-10-01	Pre-trained Initialization and Memory-Enhanced Correction for Source-Free Universal Domain Adaptation	Expert Systems with Applications	Jianhui Yuan, Shuai Lü, Xinyu Zhang et al.	Jilin University; Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University	Domain adaptation benchmarks (Office-31, Office-Home, VisDA, DomainNet)
2026-10-01	Privacy protection of multi-source data combined with homomorphic encryption within a federated learning framework	Neural Computing and Applications	Shuhui Wang, Xiaochen Jia	Shandong University of Art and Design; Shandong University	MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-01	RECE Loss: A Reward-Enhanced Cross Entropy Loss Function for Learning with Noisy Labels	Neural Computing and Applications	Thi Thu Huong Nguyen, Duy Tung Nguyen, Thanh Tung Nguyen et al.	Thuyloi University; CMC University; Hanoi University of Science and Technology; …	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-01	RLAX: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Framework for Explaining Anomalous Data	Machine Learning	Simone Amirato, Fabrizio Angiulli, Fabio Fassetti	University of Calabria	MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-01	FedGPA: a multi-level aggregation framework for federated learning with collaborative optimization of generalization and personalization	Applied Intelligence	Zigang Chen, Haichong Jiang, Deyang Xie et al.	Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST, SVHN
2026-10-01	Class-based many-objective neural architecture search for deep classifiers	Neural Computing and Applications	Guy Mardiks, Adham Salih, Amiram Moshaiov	Tel Aviv University; Braude College of Engineering Karmiel	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST, Caltech-101 / 256
2026-10-01	Investigations on model compression techniques for convolutional neural networks under noise and hardware constraints	Neural Computing and Applications	Ambati Sai Vikas, Narravula Mukesh, Mallisetty Rathna Kumar et al.	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST
2026-10-01	AdaEA++: Enhanced Adaptive Model Ensemble Adversarial Attack for Boosting Adversarial Transferability	International Journal of Computer Vision	Bin Chen, Jia-Li Yin, Bo‐Hao Chen et al.	Minjiang University; Fujian Business University; Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Network and Information Security; …	ImageNet
2026-10-01	Fix Your Downsampling ASAP! Aliasing and Sinc Artifact Free Pooling in the Fourier Domain	International Journal of Computer Vision	Julia Grabinski, Steffen Jung, Janis Keuper et al.	Technische Hochschule Mannheim; University of Mannheim; Technische Universität Darmstadt; …	ImageNet, CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100
2026-10-01	DPAS-Net: dynamic prototype alignment and separation network for incomplete data multi-view clustering	Applied Intelligence	Yufeng Sun, Changming Zhu	Shanghai Maritime University	Caltech-101 / 256
2026-10-01	Collaborative encryption-based machine learning model training method and data protection software system construction	Neural Computing and Applications	Dianqing Bao, Wen Su		CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100
2026-10-01	Diffusion-inspired prototypical network for few-shot fine-grained classification	Applied Intelligence	Jia Min Lim, Kian Ming Lim, Pey Yun Goh et al.	Multimedia University; University of Nottingham Ningbo China	Fine-grained benchmarks (CUB-200, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers)
2026-10-01	A comprehensive survey on multimodal sentiment analysis: Approaches, challenges and open issues	International Journal of Information Management	Fatemeh Hemmatian, Arash Sabbaghi, Mohammad Karim Sohrabi	Islamic Azad University Semnan	ImageNet
2026-10-01	ANNE: adaptive neuron network expansion for 2D medical image segmentation	Applied Intelligence	Abel A. Reyes, Sidike Paheding	Michigan Technological University; Fairfield University	ImageNet
2026-10-01	On Kernel Eigen-Alignments of KRR: Reconstruction and Generalization	Machine Learning	Yang Liu, Ernest Fokoue, Richard Lange et al.	Rochester Institute of Technology	CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100, MNIST / Fashion-MNIST

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Image classification benchmarks. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/image-classification-benchmarks

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  title = {Image classification benchmarks},
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  urldate = {2026-10-26},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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