Topic Editors

Prof. Dr. Huijia Li
School of Statistics and Data Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Dr. Jun Hu
School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolian University, Hohhot 010021, China
Dr. Weichen Zhao
School of Statistics and Data Science, LPMC & KLMDASR, Nankai University, Tianjin 300074, China
Prof. Dr. Jie Cao
School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

Graph Neural Networks and Learning Systems

Abstract submission deadline
30 November 2025
Manuscript submission deadline
31 January 2026
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Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

Learning with graph-structured data, such as molecular, social, biological, and financial networks, requires effective representations of their graph structure. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in graph neural network (GNN) approaches for representation learning of graphs. GNNs typically follow a recursive neighborhood aggregation scheme, where each node aggregates feature vectors of its neighbors to compute its new features. Empirically, GNNs have achieved state-of-the-art performance in many tasks such as learning system function, node classification, link prediction, and graph classification.

The Topic “Graph Neural Networks and Learning Systems” aims to attract cutting-edge research in this fascinating domain. Historically, GNNs have yielded groundbreaking progress in tackling real-world challenges, from anomaly detection to recommender systems, traffic forecasting, disease control, and drug discovery. Despite their rapid emergence and success, the field faces challenges in areas such as fundamental theory and models, algorithms and methods, supporting tools and platforms, and real-world applications. As GNNs have enormous potential applications, this topic is both exciting and controversial. Please join us in creating a diverse collection of articles, and we look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Huijia Li
Dr. Jun Hu
Dr. Weichen Zhao
Prof. Dr. Jie Cao
Topic Editors

Keywords

  • graph neural networks
  • learning systems
  • deep learning
  • large language models
  • higher-order networks
  • artificial intelligence

Participating Journals

Journal Name Impact Factor CiteScore Launched Year First Decision (median) APC
Computers
computers
2.6 5.4 2012 15.5 Days CHF 1800 Submit
Information
information
2.4 6.9 2010 16.4 Days CHF 1600 Submit
AI
ai
3.1 7.2 2020 18.9 Days CHF 1600 Submit
Electronics
electronics
2.6 5.3 2012 16.4 Days CHF 2400 Submit
Technologies
technologies
4.2 6.7 2013 21.1 Days CHF 1600 Submit
Big Data and Cognitive Computing
BDCC
3.7 7.1 2017 25.3 Days CHF 1800 Submit

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