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Debunking the Myths of Influence Maximization: An In-Depth Benchmarking Study

Summary: Benchmarks IM methods under identical conditions via a unified platform, enabling apples-to-apples comparisons. Finds deficiencies, debunks IM myths, and shows no universally dominant technique; performance depends on the metric. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
5290
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
2017
Pagerank
0.00011010086
Overall Rank
1,652 | 88.51%
DOI
10.1145/3035981.3035924

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1,801 Online Processing Algorithms for Influence Maximization 2018 SIGMOD 0.00010510943
2,486 Efficient Algorithms for Budgeted Influence Maximization on Massive Social Networks 2020 VLDB 8.6741469e-05
2,664 Influence Maximization Revisited: Efficient Reverse Reachable Set Generation with Bound Tightened 2020 SIGMOD 8.3512717e-05
4,292 CHASSIS: Conformity Meets Online Information Diffusion 2020 SIGMOD 6.2885419e-05
6,158 The Solution Distribution of Influence Maximization: A High-level Experimental Study on Three Algorithmic Approaches 2020 SIGMOD 5.1800945e-05
6,179 Efficient Approximation Algorithms for Adaptive Seed Minimization 2019 SIGMOD 5.1691599e-05
7,396 Collective Influence Maximization for Multiple Competing Products with an Awareness-to-Influence Model 2021 VLDB 4.7419296e-05
8,003 Analysis of Influence Contribution in Social Advertising 2022 VLDB 4.6085729e-05
8,741 Efficient Approximation Algorithms for Minimum Cost Seed Selection with Probabilistic Coverage Guarantee 2024 SIGMOD 4.456315e-05
8,807 Efficient and Effective Algorithms for Revenue Maximization in Social Advertising 2021 SIGMOD 4.4455759e-05
9,097 Managing Conflicting Interests of Stakeholders in Influencer Marketing 2023 SIGMOD 4.3967784e-05
9,099 Minimum Vertex Augmentation 2021 VLDB 4.3967784e-05
11,005 Influence Maximization via Vertex Countering 2024 VLDB 4.1945683e-05
11,072 A Benchmark Study of Deep-RL Methods for Maximum Coverage Problems over Graphs 2024 VLDB 4.1945683e-05
11,080 Fast and Space-Efficient Parallel Algorithms for Influence Maximization 2024 VLDB 4.1945683e-05
11,139 Host Profit Maximization: Leveraging Performance Incentives and User Flexibility 2024 VLDB 4.1945683e-05
11,469 Graph Iso/Auto-morphism: A Divide-&-Conquer Approach 2021 SIGMOD 4.1945683e-05
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
90 A Data-Based Approach to Social Influence Maximization 2012 VLDB 0.00052068982
180 Influence Maximization: Near-Optimal Time Complexity Meets Practical Efficiency 2014 SIGMOD 0.00037135181
337 Influence Maximization in Near-Linear Time: A Martingale Approach 2015 SIGMOD 0.00027011645
436 Stop-and-Stare: Optimal Sampling Algorithms for Viral Marketing in Billion-scale Networks 2016 SIGMOD 0.00023259324
2,220 Holistic Influence Maximization: Combining Scalability and Efficiency with Opinion-Aware Models 2016 SIGMOD 9.2622402e-05
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