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title: "“graph neural networks”: 40 recent papers (last 30 days)"
description: "The keyword “graph neural networks” appeared in 40 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #5 of 12,658 keywords."
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# Papers on “graph neural networks”

- 1 papers in the last 7 days

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## Key findings

- The keyword “graph neural networks” appeared in 40 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #5 of 12,658 keywords.
- Most of them appeared in Pattern Recognition (13), Expert Systems with Applications (7) and Applied Intelligence (4).
- Leading institutions: Chongqing Normal University (3), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2) and Northwestern Polytechnical University (2).
- Countries: China (34), Spain (2) and Italy (2).
- Often studied together with “graph representation learning” (5), “adversarial attacks” (3) and “knowledge distillation” (3).

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | [VOGUE: Sequence-adaptive online graph tracking with virtual long-term memory](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115166) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Yuhao Wei, Shoudong Han, Wenbo Zheng et al. | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-19 | [MASIG: Multi-view augmentation for graph representation learning on structurally imbalanced graphs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134763) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Bingqian Xue, Mingxia Zhao, S. H. Zhang et al. | China Agricultural University; Shanxi Science and Technology Department; Taiyuan University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-17 | [TNIA: Target-aware transformer-based node injection attacks on graph neural networks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134772) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Qiongshan Pan, Peng Bao | Beijing Jiaotong University |
| 2026-10-17 | [CasHyper: Modeling multi-factor interactions and asymmetric influence in cascade prediction via hypercomplex algebra](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105239) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | Yansong Wang, Qisen Chai, Junjie Huang et al. | Southwest University; Chongqing Normal University |
| 2026-10-17 | [IFCRec: interest-feature dual calibration for graph recommendation](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-026-07531-4) | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | Zhenzhen Huang, Weiran Li, Shuo Xiao et al. | China University of Mining and Technology |
| 2026-10-16 | [DGKT: Dual Graph Kernel Transformer for graph classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115145) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Lixiang Xu, Weixin Yu, Zezhou Wang et al. | Hefei University; Hefei Institute of Technology; Beijing Normal University; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [Learnable eigenfunctions for graph rewiring: Balancing local community structure and global connectivity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134736) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Waqar Ali, Ahmed Begga, Sebastiano Vascon et al. | Ca' Foscari University of Venice; ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences; University of Alicante; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [Toward class-imbalanced node classification by Causality-Inspired Invariant Representation Disentanglement](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117205) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Xinxin Liu, Jie Cao, Hong Zhao | Minnan Normal University; Hefei University of Technology; Fuzhou University |
| 2026-10-14 | [DiSTA: A distributional semantic graph framework for multi-level information fusion in traffic forecasting](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104874) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | Yuanzhang Zhao, Xingfeng Lv, Qianqian Ren | Heilongjiang University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Towards robust Graph Neural Networks: A comprehensive strategy against graph and label noise](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105223) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | Jie Chen, Fei Zhu | Soochow University |
| 2026-10-14 | [A multi-scale semantic perception network with multi-relational text graphs for text classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134741) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Chongxu Hu, Xiaoyan Gongye, Zhe Liu et al. | Qufu Normal University |
| 2026-10-14 | [A biophysically-inspired framework with spatiotemporal graph diffusion for EEG-based mental workload assessment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134730) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Hui Rong Xiao, Bo Wang, Hengrui Ma et al. | Wuhan University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Topology-aware dynamic co-evolution for robust graph learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109736) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Tingting Zhang, Shuxia Lu, Mengru Wang et al. | Hebei University; Tsinghua University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Domain-adversarial anatomical graph networks for cross-user human activity recognition](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104876) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | Xiaozhou Ye, Kevin I‐Kai Wang | University of Auckland |
| 2026-10-09 | [Decoupled reverse Kullback–Leibler: Rethinking knowledge distillation loss for bridging GNNs and MLPs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115090) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Shaokai Xu, Muyang Li, Qiyan Huang et al. | Qingdao University of Science and Technology; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research |
| 2026-10-08 | [A novel graph-based patient embedding method for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease from microRNA expression data](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10618-026-01275-y) | [Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/data-mining-and-knowledge-discovery.md) | Veronica Buttaro, Antonio Pellicani, Gianvito Pio et al. | University of Bari Aldo Moro; Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'Informatica; National Research Council; … |
| 2026-10-08 | [HAPO: Hierarchical affinity aware propagation for unsupervised graph anomaly detection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115062) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Huahua Ding, Chaofan Dai, Haohao Zhou et al. | National University of Defense Technology |
| 2026-10-08 | [Beyond topology-driven graph convolution: Node patch convolutional network for node representation learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115100) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Jinsong Chen, TONG Mingwen, Hao Fan et al. | Guangxi Normal University; Central China Normal University; Wuhan University; … |
| 2026-10-05 | [IGA: isomorphism-aware graph alignment for robust unsupervised anchor link prediction](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10618-026-01277-w) | [Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/data-mining-and-knowledge-discovery.md) | Qiming Yang, Wei Wei, Ruizhi Zhang et al. | Beihang University; Hengshui University; State Key Laboratory of Software Development Environment; … |
| 2026-10-03 | [An intelligent cybersecurity framework for banking systems: integrating neural networks, large language models, and federated learning for anti-money laundering and fraud detection](https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-026-01015-0) | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | Tanvir Sajid, Sajida Hafeez | National Textile University |
| 2026-10-02 | [Graph Transformers and Graph Neural Networks are good teachers for each other](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115010) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Yunfan Liu, Lirong Wu, Zihan Liu et al. | Westlake University |
| 2026-10-01 | [Unknown-aware graph consistent domain adaptation network for open-set node classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115208) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Ruoxian Song, Wenju Yang, Guangqi Wen et al. | Northeastern University; Shandong Normal University; Peking University; … |
| 2026-10-01 | [Multi-View Contrastive Graph Convolutional Networks with Adaptive Fusion for semi-supervised classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115211) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Huaichun Xiao, Fadi Dornaika, Jingjun Bi et al. | University of the Basque Country; Ikerbasque; North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power; … |
| 2026-10-01 | [A generic framework for Graph Neural Networks against adversarial attacks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115178) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Qian Tao, Da Xiang, Yanchao Zhang et al. | South China University of Technology |
| 2026-10-01 | [stPMVG: A graph contrastive learning framework with adaptive graph augmentation and false negative debiasing for spatial domain identification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134846) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Haohao Zheng, Qintong Lyu, Xiaoshu Zhu et al. | Guilin University of Electronic Technology; City University of Hong Kong |
| 2026-10-01 | [Rebuilding to remember: Reconstruction-driven regularization for information-preserving in clustering graph pooling](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115135) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Wenju Hou, Jie Hong, Jialin Liu et al. | Jilin University; Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University; Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2026-10-01 | [UAAD: A Unified Anomaly-Aware Defense Against Diverse Backdoor Attacks on Graph Neural Networks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134754) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Jianan Su, Zhiying Li, Shan Zhu et al. | Jinan University; Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University |
| 2026-10-01 | [MCC-ED: a multi-module collaborative framework for event detection via contextual interaction, closed-loop graph fusion, and event contrastive learning](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-026-07527-0) | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | Xinyu He, Yijin Zhu | Liaoning Normal University |
| 2026-10-01 | [CL3AN-GNN: curriculum-driven for incremental feature disentanglement with multi-phase attention for class-imbalanced node classification](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-026-12579-x) | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | Abdul Joseph Fofanah, David Chen, Lian Wen et al. | Griffith University; Chang'an University; Njala University |
| 2026-10-01 | [SURGE: Structural Perturbation Response Field Guided Residual Distillation for Graph Unlearning](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10994-026-07176-x) | [Machine Learning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/machine-learning.md) | Chaofan Shen, Min Wang, Jing Zhang | Southeast University |
| 2026-10-01 | [Rethinking heterogeneous graph representation learning via relational subset selection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117060) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Kun Tian, Jiaying Luo, Chao Li et al. | Fudan University; Johns Hopkins University; China Mobile (China) |
| 2026-10-01 | [Addressing spatial indistinguishability in spatiotemporal prediction via optimal transport-guided masking](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115059) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Guangyu Wang, Jiawei Tong | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics; University of Liverpool |
| 2026-09-30 | [DMR-GNN: Differential multi-relational graph neural network for scalable multi-view learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117128) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Jiexin Yu, Zhengnan Chen, Jun Yan et al. | Fuzhou University; China United Network Communications Group (China) |
| 2026-09-30 | [NMPPI: multi-scale relationship structure with effective pre-training for protein-protein interactions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-026-07339-2) | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | Yan Kang, Hu Yuan, Wang XinChao et al. | Yunnan University; Southeast University; Southeast University |
| 2026-09-30 | [Enhancing protein–ligand pose prediction via dual-branch deep learning with docking-oriented multi-component loss and iterative refinement](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-026-07475-9) | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | Md Khorshed Alam, Julia Rahman, M. A. Hakim Newton et al. | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology; University of Newcastle Australia; … |
| 2026-09-29 | [SVG-Mamba: An efficient local-to-global sparse voxel graph mamba for event stream recognition](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117117) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Weibin Feng, Xiaoping Wang, Xin Zhan et al. | Huazhong University of Science and Technology; New York University Abu Dhabi |
| 2026-09-29 | [A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for dynamic supply–demand matching under time variant supply chain topology](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.112415) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | Xiaobin Li, Chengteng Dong, Pei Jiang et al. | Chongqing University; Macau University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-09-29 | [Decoding spatial domains and heterogeneities of complex tissues by multimodal deep learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115004) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Yajie Meng, Zheng Chen, Guoyong Zhang et al. | Wuhan Textile University; Hainan University; Wuhan University of Science and Technology; … |
| 2026-09-29 | [Multi-source Heterogeneous Data Fusion with Graph-Aware Dual Contrastive Learning for drug–drug interaction prediction](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115024) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Yajie Meng, Zhenghang Gong, Zhuang Zhang et al. | Wuhan Textile University; Hainan University; Chongqing Normal University; … |
| 2026-09-28 | [Joint Representation Learning for Expert Discovery](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10994-026-07166-z) | [Machine Learning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/machine-learning.md) | Roohollah Etemadi, Morteza Zihayat, Kuan Feng et al. | Toronto Metropolitan University; IBM (Canada); University of Guelph; … |