We are excited to invite you to delve into 10 highly cited papers from Mathematics (ISSN: 2227-7390) in Web of Science. Highly cited papers are papers that perform in the top 1% based on the number of citations received when compared to other papers published in the same field in the same year. We sincerely hope that these papers will spark innovative research across diverse branches of mathematics and applied mathematics.

1. “Recent Advances in Stochastic Gradient Descent in Deep Learning”
by Yingjie Tian, Yuqi Zhang and Haibin Zhang
Mathematics 2023, 11(3), 682; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11030682
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/3/682

2. “Dynamic Behavior Analysis and Synchronization of Memristor-Coupled Heterogeneous Discrete Neural Networks”
by Minglin Ma, Kangling Xiong, Zhijun Li and Yichuang Sun
Mathematics 2023, 11(2), 375; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11020375
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/2/375

3. “A Combined Model Based on Recurrent Neural Networks and Graph Convolutional Networks for Financial Time Series Forecasting”
by Ana Lazcano, Pedro Javier Herrera and Manuel Monge
Mathematics 2023, 11(1), 224; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11010224
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/1/224

4. “A Survey on Active Learning: State-of-the-Art, Practical Challenges and Research Directions”
by Alaa Tharwat and Wolfram Schenck
Mathematics 2023, 11(4), 820; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11040820
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/4/820

5. “A Mathematical Investigation of Hallucination and Creativity in GPT Models”
by Minhyeok Lee
Mathematics 2023, 11(10), 2320; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11102320
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/10/2320

6. “It’s All in the Embedding! Fake News Detection Using Document Embeddings”
by Ciprian-Octavian Truică and Elena-Simona Apostol
Mathematics 2023, 11(3), 508; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11030508
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/3/508

7. “Complex Fractional-Order LQIR for Inverted-Pendulum-Type Robotic Mechanisms: Design and Experimental Validation”
by Omer Saleem, Faisal Abbas and Jamshed Iqbal
Mathematics 2023, 11(4), 913; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11040913
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/4/913

8. “Numerical Investigation on a Diffuser-Augmented Horizontal Axis Tidal Stream Turbine with the Entropy Production Theory”
by Wei Zang, Yuan Zheng, Yuquan Zhang, Xiangfeng Lin, Yanwei Li and Emmanuel Fernandez-Rodriguez
Mathematics 2023, 11(1), 116; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11010116
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/1/116

9. “The Extrinsic Enriched Finite Element Method with Appropriate Enrichment Functions for the Helmholtz Equation”
by Yingbin Chai, Kangye Huang, Shangpan Wang, Zhichao Xiang and Guanjun Zhang
Mathematics 2023, 11(7), 1664; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11071664
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/7/1664

10. “The General Fractional Integrals and Derivatives on a Finite Interval”
by Mohammed Al-Refai and Yuri Luchko
Mathematics 2023, 11(4), 1031; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11041031
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/4/1031