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The foundational work on continual learning, 1959 to 2026: methods, theory, benchmarks, surveys, and the neuroscience of memory. Updated weekly; some carry our notes.

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  1. 2026
    Towards class-incremental open-set scenarios for video-based action recognition.Yuanshuai Gou, Cheng-Cen Zhong, Xun GongNeural Networks
  2. 2026
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    ASMem: Anchor sparse memory for multi-domain knowledge editing of large language modelsGuanyu Zheng, Zhenyu Wang, Yang Zhao … Chengqing ZongNeural Networks
  4. 2026
    SD2-SNN: Self-distillation and structural decomposition framework for SNNs in continual learningZhenhao Xie, Xia Xiao, Hongsheng Zhang … Zhong JiNeural Networks
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    Dynamic expandable framework for incremental anomaly detectionYuxuan Tan, Hongxia Gao, Tongtong Liu, Xiaoqing WenNeural Networks
  9. 2026
    Towards continual low-light image enhancement through causal inferenceFan Ji, Hao Li, Jiangmeng Li … Fan-Jiang XuNeural Networks
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    Locally adaptive compensation for analytic class-incremental learningHaoyuan Chen, Nuobei Shi, Ling Chen, Raymond S. T. LeeNeural Networks
  14. 2026
    Key-Value Pair-Free Continual Learner via Task-Specific Prompt-PrototypeHaihua Luo, Xuming Ran, Zhengji Li … F. CongNeural Networks
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    Lifelong knowledge graph embedding via diffusion modelDeyu Chen, Caicai Guo, Qiyuan Li … Hong ZhuNeural Networks
  16. 2025
    Towards understanding memory buffer based continual learningGuodong Zheng, Peng Wang, Tao Sun, Li ShenNeural Networks
  17. 2025
    Dual-modality adaptation in vision-language models for continual learningJiayang Zeng, Wentao Zhang, Kanghao Chen … Ruixuan WangNeural Networks
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    CSCL: Bridging the plasticity-stability gap in continuous supervised contrastive learningYi Xiong, Li-Qi Xiang, Qianyue Cao … Xuehai ZhouNeural Networks
  21. 2025
    Continual learning: A systematic literature reviewQinwen Yang, Li-Yuan Wang, Joerg Wicker, Gillian DobbieNeural Networks
  22. 2025
    C3GAN: A brain-inspired memory consolidation for class-incremental learningLin Xiong, Tao Wang, Fuqing Zhang … Hailing XiongNeural Networks
  23. 2025
    Rethinking softmax in incremental learningZheng Zhai, Jiali Zhang, Haiyu Wang … Qiang SunNeural Networks
  24. 2025
    PKI: Prior knowledge-infused neural network for few-shot class-incremental learningKexin Bao, Fanzhao Lin, Zichen Wang … Shiming GeNeural Networks
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    Multiple semantic prompt for rehearsal-free continual learningJunwei Chen, Zhenyu Zhang, De-Peng Li, Zhi-Gang ZengNeural Networks
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    Prototypes as Anchors: Tackling Unseen Noise for online continual learningShao-Yuan Li, Yuxiang Zheng, Sheng-Jun Huang … Kang-Kan WangNeural Networks
  30. 2025
    Supervised contrastive learning with prototype distillation for data incremental learningSuorong Yang, Tianyue Zhang, Zhiming Xu … Jian ZhaoNeural Networks
  31. 2025
    Neuromimetic metaplasticity for adaptive continual learning without catastrophic forgettingSuhee Cho, Hyeonsu Lee, Seungdae Baek, Se-Bum PaikNeural Networks
  32. 2025
    Flashbacks to Harmonize Stability and Plasticity in Continual LearningLeila Mahmoodi, Peyman Moghadam, Munawar Hayat … Mehrtash HarandiNeural Networks
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  33. 2025
    Information-Theoretic Complementary Prompts for Improved Continual Text ClassificationDuzhen Zhang, Yong Ren, Chen-Xing Li … Tie-Lin ZhangNeural Networks
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    Prompt-Enhanced: Leveraging language representation for prompt continual learning.Wei Li, De-Zhi Li, Shitong Shao … Zhen LeiNeural Networks
  35. 2025
    DeepART: Deep gradient-free local learning with adaptive resonanceSasha A. Petrenko, Leonardo Enzo Brito da Silva, D. C. WunschNeural Networks
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    Exploration and exploitation in continual learningKiseong Hong, Hyundong Jin, Sungho Suh, Eunwoo KimNeural Networks
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    Broad learning system based on fractional order optimizationDan Zhang, Tong Zhang, Zhang Tao, C. L. Philip ChenNeural Networks
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    Generative Binary Memory: Pseudo-Replay Class-Incremental Learning on Binarized EmbeddingsYanis Basso-Bert, W. Guicquero, A. Molnos … Antoine DupretNeural Networks
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  41. 2025
    Using samples with label noise for robust continual learningHongyi Nie, Shiqi Fan, Yang Liu … Zhen WangNeural Networks
  42. 2025
    L3Net: Localized and Layered Reparameterization for incremental learningXuandi Luo, Huaidong Zhang, Yi Xie … Shengfeng HeNeural Networks
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    PVBF: A Framework for Mitigating Parameter Variation Imbalance in Online Continual LearningZe-Lin Tao, Hao Deng, Mingqing Liu … Shengjie ZhaoNeural Networks
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    DuPt: Rehearsal-based continual learning with dual promptsShengqin Jiang, Dao-Long Zhang, Fengna Cheng … Qingshan LiuNeural Networks
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    Dual prototypes for adaptive pre-trained model in class-incremental learningZhiming Xu, Suorong Yang, Baile Xu … Furao ShenNeural Networks
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    Similarity-based context aware continual learning for spiking neural networksBing Han, Feifei Zhao, Yang Li … Yi ZengNeural Networks
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About this index

We keep this list because we read the field and wanted one place to see it. It covers work on continual learning itself, in the core areas of machine learning, and leaves out papers that apply it inside another field, such as medical imaging or fault diagnosis. It is seeded from the community lists kept by ContinualAI and by Xialei Liu, then filled out from OpenAlex, and every week a script looks for new papers on OpenAlex and arXiv. A model reads each candidate and decides whether it belongs; a person reviews the additions before they go live. Authors and affiliations come from OpenAlex, so a recent preprint can lack its institutions for a week or two.

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