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ReviewChemical science2025

A review of machine learning methods for imbalanced data challenges in chemistry.

Jian Jiang, Chunhuan Zhang, Lu Ke, Nicole Hayes, Yueying Zhu, Huahai Qiu, Bengong Zhang, Tianshou Zhou, Guo-Wei Wei

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Review in Chemical science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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9 authors.

Jian JiangResearch Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 P R. China jjiang@wtu.edu.cn.
Chunhuan ZhangResearch Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 P R. China jjiang@wtu.edu.cn.
Lu KeResearch Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 P R. China jjiang@wtu.edu.cn.
Nicole HayesDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan 48824 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1772-0306
Yueying ZhuResearch Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 P R. China jjiang@wtu.edu.cn.
Huahai QiuResearch Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 P R. China jjiang@wtu.edu.cn.
Bengong ZhangResearch Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University Wuhan 430200 P R. China jjiang@wtu.edu.cn.
Tianshou ZhouKey Laboratory of Computational Mathematics, Guangdong Province, School of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510006 P R. China.
Guo-Wei WeiDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan 48824 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8132-5998

Funding

AI-based platform for predicting emerging vaccine-escape variants and designing mutation-proof antibodiesR01AI164266 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Guowei Wei, YONG-HUI ZHENG · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
Discovery-Driven Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence for Biosciences and Drug DiscoveryR35GM148196 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Guowei Wei · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI164266NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM148196
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imbalanced data, where certain classes are significantly underrepresented in a dataset, is a widespread machine learning (ML) challenge across various fields of chemistry, yet it remains inadequately addressed. This data imbalance can lead to biased ML or deep learning (DL) models, which fail to accurately predict the underrepresented classes, thus limiting the robustness and applicability of these models. With the rapid advancement of ML and DL algorithms, several promising solutions to this issue have emerged, prompting the need for a comprehensive review of current methodologies. In this review, we examine the prominent ML approaches used to tackle the imbalanced data challenge in different areas of chemistry, including resampling techniques, data augmentation techniques, algorithmic approaches, and feature engineering strategies. Each of these methods is evaluated in the context of its application across various aspects of chemistry, such as drug discovery, materials science, cheminformatics, and catalysis. We also explore future directions for overcoming the imbalanced data challenge and emphasize data augmentation

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