Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction | Highly Cited Papers in 2025 (I)

1. “Advancing AI Interpretability in Medical Imaging: A Comparative Analysis of Pixel-Level Interpretability and Grad-CAM Models”
by Mohammad Ennab and Hamid Mcheick
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7010012
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/1/12

2. “Customer Churn Prediction: A Systematic Review of Recent Advances, Trends, and Challenges in Machine Learning and Deep Learning”
by Mehdi Imani, Majid Joudaki, Ali Beikmohammadi and Hamid Reza Arabnia
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(3), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7030105
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/3/105

3. “Exploring the Intersection of Machine Learning and Big Data: A Survey”
by Elias Dritsas and Maria Trigka
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7010013
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/1/13

4. “Investigating the Performance of Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Domain-Specific Fine-Tuning for the Development of AI-Driven Knowledge-Based Systems”
by Róbert Lakatos, Péter Pollner, András Hajdu and Tamás Joó
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7010015
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/1/15

5. “Knowledge Graphs and Their Reciprocal Relationship with Large Language Models”
by Ramandeep Singh Dehal, Mehak Sharma and Enayat Rajabi
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(2), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7020038
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/2/38

6. “A Review of Large Language Models for Automated Test Case Generation”
by Arda Celik and Qusay H. Mahmoud
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(3), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7030097
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/3/97

7. “A Hybrid Gradient Boosting and Neural Network Model for Predicting Urban Happiness: Integrating Ensemble Learning with Deep Representation for Enhanced Accuracy”
by Gregorius Airlangga and Alan Liu
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7010004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/1/4

8. “Enhancing Performance of Credit Card Model by Utilizing LSTM Networks and XGBoost Algorithms”
by Kianeh Kandi and Antonio García-Dopico
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7010020
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/1/20

9. “AI Advances in ICU with an Emphasis on Sepsis Prediction: An Overview”
by Charithea Stylianides, Andria Nicolaou, Waqar Aziz Sulaiman, Christina-Athanasia Alexandropoulou, Ilias Panagiotopoulos, Konstantina Karathanasopoulou, George Dimitrakopoulos, Styliani Kleanthous, Eleni Politi, Dimitris Ntalaperas et al.
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7010006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/1/6

10. “Comparative Analysis of Perturbation Techniques in LIME for Intrusion Detection Enhancement”
by Mantas Bacevicius, Agne Paulauskaite-Taraseviciene, Gintare Zokaityte, Lukas Kersys and Agne Moleikaityte
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 2025, 7(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/make7010021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4990/7/1/21