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GNN-Based Item Indexing for LLM-Enhanced Recommendation

sigir26-044 · Full research paper · Senlin Mao, Ji Zhang, Peng Zhang, Ze Wang, Xiaoyao Zheng, Jia Wang
Graph-based User and Item Representa · 50% Generative Recommendation and Item T · 25% LLM-Derived Knowledge Infusion · 25%
Abstract

Large language models (LLMs) have transformed recommender systems through strong semantic understanding and generalization. However, the design of item identifiers remains a critical bottleneck that directly affects recommendation quality. Traditional metadata-based identifiers introduce length variability and semantic ambiguity, whereas existing collaborative indexing (CID) approaches often neglect item attributes, show limited cross-dataset generalizability, and incur high computational cost at scale. To address these limitations, we propose a Graph Neural Network (GNN)–based item indexing framework with three coordinated innovations. First, we construct attribute-enriched co-occurrence graphs and use a GNN encoder to fuse item features with collaborative signals, yielding semantically informed representations that work well for attribute-rich catalogs. Second, we replace recursive spectral clustering with hierarchical agglomerative clustering on GNN embeddings, enabling direct control of index length via tree depth and reducing hyperparameter tuning across datasets. Third, we exploit localized message passing rather than global eigendecomposition, which provides considerably better runtime efficiency and is amenable to mini-batch training, supporting online index updates as interactions evolve. Across five benchmarks, GID achieves strong average ranking performance, showing larger improvements on sparse and attribute-rich datasets while remaining competitive in dense settings. The framework is robust under both seen and unseen prompt templates, which supports practical LLM-based recommendation. On sequential recommendation, GID improves HR@10 by 7.9% on average over the strongest baseline in each dataset.

Assigned reviewers

#ReviewerMatchWhy (closest evidence publications in the taxonomy)
1 Xubin Ren
53
69 How Expressive are Graph Neural Networks in Recommendation? (2023) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
69 Disentangled Contrastive Collaborative Filtering (2023) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
65 LLMRec: Large Language Models with Graph Augmentation for Recommendation (2024) LLM-Derived Knowledge Infusion
2 Wei Wei 0027
53
74 LLMRec: Large Language Models with Graph Augmentation for Recommendation (2024) Graph Pretraining and Foundation Models
51 DiffMM: Multi-Modal Diffusion Model for Recommendation (2024) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
50 SSLRec: A Self-Supervised Learning Framework for Recommendation (2024) Recommendation Systems and Evaluation
3 Hyunsik Yoo
49
69 Directed Network Embedding with Virtual Negative Edges (2022) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
63 Disentangling Degree-related Biases and Interest for Out-of-Distribution Generalized Directed Network Embedding (2023) Graph Anomaly and Out-of-Distribution Detection
43 Capturing User Interests from Data Streams for Continual Sequential Recommendation (2026) Efficient and Long-Sequence Sequential Recommendation

Area chair

Area chairMatch
Qiaoyu Tan 46
Area-chair candidates (3)
Qiaoyu Tan assigned 467 papers
Weiming Liu 0005 458 papers
Maolin Wang 0001 4315 papers

Candidates from the panel ranked by match score

#ReviewerMatchLoadWhy
1 Xubin Ren assigned 53 3
69 How Expressive are Graph Neural Networks in Recommendation? (2023) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
69 Disentangled Contrastive Collaborative Filtering (2023) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
2 Wei Wei 0027 assigned 53 3
74 LLMRec: Large Language Models with Graph Augmentation for Recommendation (2024) Graph Pretraining and Foundation Models
51 DiffMM: Multi-Modal Diffusion Model for Recommendation (2024) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
3 Mengyuan Jing 52 3
69 Learning Shared Representations for Recommendation with Dynamic Heterogeneous Graph Convolutional Networks (2023) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
50 Interest-Aware Graph Contrastive Learning for Recommendation With Diffusion-Based Augmentation (2026) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
4 Yang Zhang 0072 52 3
59 A Bi-Step Grounding Paradigm for Large Language Models in Recommendation Systems (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
59 Decoding Matters: Addressing Amplification Bias and Homogeneity Issue in Recommendations for Large Language Models (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
5 Bowen Zheng 0005 51 3
59 Adapting Large Language Models by Integrating Collaborative Semantics for Recommendation (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
51 Autonomous Reasoning-Retrieval for Large Language Model Based Recommendation (2025) Reasoning-Intensive Retrieval and Ranking
6 Lianghao Xia 51 3
57 RecLM: Recommendation Instruction Tuning (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
49 Graph Masked Autoencoder for Sequential Recommendation (2023) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
7 Zhengyi Yang 0007 50 3
59 Large Language Model Can Interpret Latent Space of Sequential Recommender (2026) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
59 A Bi-Step Grounding Paradigm for Large Language Models in Recommendation Systems (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
8 Dongxiao He 50 3
63 LLM-FSGNN: LLM-Guided Feature-Structure Augmentation Graph Neural Network for Cold-Start Recommendation (2026) LLM-Derived Knowledge Infusion
63 Feature-Structure Adaptive Completion Graph Neural Network for Cold-start Recommendation (2025) LLM-Derived Knowledge Infusion
9 Bo Chen 0023 50 3
58 Efficient and Deployable Knowledge Infusion for Open-World Recommendations via Large Language Models (2026) Knowledge Infusion and Open-World Augmentation
58 Towards Open-World Recommendation with Knowledge Augmentation from Large Language Models (2024) Knowledge Infusion and Open-World Augmentation
10 Yi Zhang 0103 50 3
68 AdaGIN: Adaptive Graph Interaction Network for Click-Through Rate Prediction (2025) CTR and Conversion Rate Prediction
66 Revisiting Graph-based Recommender Systems from the Perspective of Variational Auto-Encoder (2023) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
11 Xurong Liang 50 3
64 Lightweight Embeddings with Graph Rewiring for Collaborative Filtering (2025) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
64 Lightweight Embeddings for Graph Collaborative Filtering (2024) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
12 Jing Zhu 0005 49 3
69 Node Proximity Is All You Need: Unified Structural and Positional Node and Graph Embedding (2021) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
69 CAPER: Coarsen, Align, Project, Refine - A General Multilevel Framework for Network Alignment (2022) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
13 Hyunsik Yoo assigned 49 3
69 Directed Network Embedding with Virtual Negative Edges (2022) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
63 Disentangling Degree-related Biases and Interest for Out-of-Distribution Generalized Directed Network Embedding (2023) Graph Anomaly and Out-of-Distribution Detection
14 Jizhi Zhang 48 3
59 A Bi-Step Grounding Paradigm for Large Language Models in Recommendation Systems (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
59 Learnable Item Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
15 Ke Wang 0038 48 3
47 Review-Enhanced Hierarchical Contrastive Learning for Recommendation (2024) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
47 Multi-aspect Graph Contrastive Learning for Review-enhanced Recommendation (2024) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
16 Chen Wang 0052 48 3
69 Graph-based Alignment and Uniformity for Recommendation (2023) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
48 Multi-task Item-attribute Graph Pre-training for Strict Cold-start Item Recommendation (2023) Graph Pretraining and Foundation Models
17 Xiaolong Liu 0012 47 3
69 Graph-based Alignment and Uniformity for Recommendation (2023) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
67 DGRec: Graph Neural Network for Recommendation with Diversified Embedding Generation (2023) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
18 Jiancan Wu 47 3
67 Graph convolution machine for context-aware recommender system (2022) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
47 Large Language Model Can Interpret Latent Space of Sequential Recommender (2026) Sequential and Session-based Recommendation
19 Chunyang Wang 0001 47 3
61 Learning Graph-based Disentangled Representations for Next POI Recommendation (2022) Sequential and Session-Based Graph Recommendation
49 Contrastive Multi-view Interest Learning for Cross-domain Sequential Recommendation (2024) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
20 Huifeng Guo 47 3
58 LLMTreeRec: Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models for Cold-Start Recommendations (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
57 SELF: Surrogate-light Feature Selection with Large Language Models in Deep Recommender Systems (2025) LLM-Derived Knowledge Infusion
22 Jieming Zhu 46 3
58 Efficient and Deployable Knowledge Infusion for Open-World Recommendations via Large Language Models (2026) Knowledge Infusion and Open-World Augmentation
57 Towards Open-World Recommendation with Knowledge Augmentation from Large Language Models (2024) Knowledge Infusion and Open-World Augmentation
23 Yongjing Hao 46 3
67 How Do Graph Signals Affect Recommendation: Unveiling the Mystery of Low and High-Frequency Graph Signals (2026) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
48 Learnable Model Augmentation Contrastive Learning for Sequential Recommendation (2024) Contrastive and Self-Supervised Sequential Recommendation
25 Jurek Leonhardt 45 3
69 Node Representation Learning for Directed Graphs (2019) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
41 Data Augmentation for Sample Efficient and Robust Document Ranking (2024) Ranking Distillation and Adaptation
26 Lingling Yi 45 3
65 PlatoGL: Effective and Scalable Deep Graph Learning System for Graph-enhanced Real-Time Recommendation (2022) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
58 TRAWL: External Knowledge-Enhanced Recommendation with LLM Assistance (2025) LLM-Derived Knowledge Infusion
27 Mingdai Yang 44 3
69 Graph-based Alignment and Uniformity for Recommendation (2023) Graph-based User and Item Representation Learning
55 AgentDR: Dynamic Recommendation with Implicit Item-Item Relations via LLM-based Agents (2026) Recommendation with Search and Ranking
28 Jianling Wang 44 3
57 Fresh Content Recommendation at Scale: A Multi-funnel Solution and the Potential of LLMs (2024) Efficiency and Deployment
47 Next-item Recommendation with Sequential Hypergraphs (2020) Sequential and Session-Based Graph Recommendation
29 Chongming Gao 44 3
57 DLCRec: A Novel Approach for Managing Diversity in LLM-Based Recommender Systems (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
57 MGFRec: Towards Reinforced Reasoning Recommendation with Multiple Groundings and Feedback (2026) Preference Alignment and Optimization
30 Yupeng Hou 44 3
46 Large Language Models are Zero-Shot Rankers for Recommender Systems (2024) Efficiency and Deployment
46 ActionPiece: Contextually Tokenizing Action Sequences for Generative Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
31 Wei Guo 0006 44 3
60 Intent-aware Multi-source Contrastive Alignment for Tag-enhanced Recommendation (2023) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
45 Can LLMs Outshine Conventional Recommenders? A Comparative Evaluation (2025) Efficiency and Deployment
32 Lantao Hu 43 3
51 MODEM: Decoupling User Behavior for Shared-Account Video Recommendations on Large Screen Devices (2024) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
49 Soft Contrastive Sequential Recommendation (2024) Contrastive and Self-Supervised Sequential Recommendation