Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Research, Papers and Researchers

01Research activity

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) research by ScholarsColab researchers

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Recent focus (2024 onwards): model, disease, learning, smart, secure.

02Researchers

PhD researchers working on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

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Muhammad SaleemAssistant Professor in Computer Science7 papers on this topic · 130 citationsFerdib-Al-IslamDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Northern University of Business and Technology…5 papers on this topic · 9 citationsSHINJI KAWAKURAKobe Univ.4 papers on this topic · 89 citationsDr. Shamneesh SharmaupGrad Education Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India3 papers on this topic · 113 citationsDr M.A.JABBARVARDHAMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING2 papers on this topic · 5 citationsTop 2% scientist · Artificial Intelligence & Image ProcessingAnayo Ikegwu ChukwuVeritas University Abuja1 paper on this topic · 121 citationsMMasood Ur RehmanUniversity of Glasgow1 paper on this topic · 35 citationsYogesh H. BhosaleCSMSS Chh. Shahu College of Engineering1 paper on this topic · 33 citationsRoseline Oluwaseun OgundokunRedeemer's University Ede, Osun State1 paper on this topic · 14 citationsWorku JimmaJimma University, Ethiopia1 paper on this topic · 9 citationsProf. Dr. Eduard BabulakNational Science Foundation1 paper on this topic · 6 citationsMohammad EtemadiPhD candidate1 paper on this topic · 4 citationsDr Senbagavalli MAssociate Professor, Alliance University, Bangalore, Karnataka1 paper on this topic · 2 citationsDr Abini M.AKMEA Engineering College1 paper on this topic · 2 citationsP. JayadharshiniKONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE1 paper on this topic · 1 citationsDr R A ThakurSymbiosis skills and Professional University Pune1 paper on this topic · 1 citationsMMohendra RoyPandit Deendayal Energy University1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsAPARNA KUMARINirma university1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsTop 2% scientist · Networking & TelecommunicationsDr. Arun Prakash AgarwalBennett University1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsDr. VishalLovely Professionalm University1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsSileshi Nibret ZelekeUniversity of BariLists Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) as a research areaS KUMAR REDDY MALLIDISri Vasavi Engineering CollegeLists Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) as a research area

03Papers

Research papers on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

1. Recent emerging techniques in explainable artificial intelligence to enhance the interpretable and understanding of AI models for human2025121 citationsNeural Processing LettersAnayo Ikegwu Chukwu
2. Integrating Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Smart Agriculture: Research Prospects for Decision Making and Improved Security202395 citationsSmart Agricultural TechnologyDr. Shamneesh Sharma
3. Identification and prediction of brain tumor using VGG-16 empowered with explainable artificial intelligence202361 citationsInternational Journal of Computational and Innovative SciencesMuhammad Saleem
4. Analyses of diverse agricultural worker data with explainable artificial intelligence: Xai based on shap, lime, and lightgbm202245 citationsEuropean Journal of Agriculture and Food SciencesSHINJI KAWAKURA
5. Adaptations of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) to agricultural data models with ELI5, PDPbox, and skater using diverse agricultural worker data202239 citationsEuropean Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningSHINJI KAWAKURA
6. Explainable CNN for brain tumor detection and classification through XAI based key features identification202535 citationsBrain InformaticsMasood Ur Rehman
7. Thoracic-net: Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) based few shots learning feature fusion technique for multi-classifying thoracic diseases using medical imaging202433 citationsMultimedia Tools and ApplicationsYogesh H. Bhosale
8. Smart buildings: Federated learning-driven secure, transparent and smart energy management system using XAI202526 citationsEnergy ReportsMuhammad Saleem
9. Secure and transparent mobility in smart cities: Revolutionizing AVNs to predict traffic congestion using MapReduce, Private Blockchain and XAI202421 citationsIEEE AccessMuhammad Saleem
10. Explainable artificial intelligence with scaling techniques to classify breast cancer images202314 citationsRoseline Oluwaseun Ogundokun
11. Explainable artificial intelligence into cyber-physical system architecture of smart cities: technologies, challenges, and opportunities202411 citationsJournal Of Electrical SystemsDr. Shamneesh Sharma
12. Smart vision transparency: Efficient ocular disease prediction model using explainable artificial intelligence202410 citationsSensorsMuhammad Saleem
13. A comprehensive evaluation of explainable Artificial Intelligence techniques in stroke diagnosis: A systematic review20239 citationsCogent EngineeringWorku Jimma
14. Integrating Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Smart Agriculture with Decision Making and Improved Security20237 citationsDr. Shamneesh Sharma
15. Developing a transparent anaemia prediction model empowered with explainable artificial intelligence20246 citationsIEEE AccessMuhammad Saleem
16. XAI Human-Machine collaboration applied to network security20246 citationsFrontiers in Computer ScienceProf. Dr. Eduard Babulak
17. Identification of COVID-19 from other upper respiratory tract infections using random undersampling and LIME-based XAI model20235 citationsFerdib-Al-Islam
18. Intelligent Heart Disease Prediction Using CatBoost Empowered with XAI20235 citationsInternational Journal of Computational and Innovative SciencesMuhammad Saleem
19. Demystifying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Human Resource Management (HRM): A Bibliometric Analysis of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)(2013-2023)20254 citationsMohammad Etemadi
20. Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for Managing Customer Needs in E-Commerce: A Systematic Review20243 citationsDr M.A.JABBAR
21. Visual analysis of agricultural workers using explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) on class activation map (CAM) with characteristic point data output from OpenCV-based …20233 citationsEuropean Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningSHINJI KAWAKURA
22. Transfer Learning-based Fine Tuned MobileNetV2 Model with Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Identifying Dental Diseases20243 citationsFerdib-Al-Islam
23. Demystifying applications of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) in e-commerce20242 citationsDr M.A.JABBAR
24. Suggestion for Aquaphotomics-Oriented Skin Data Analysis using Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Applications of SHAP, LIME, Lightgbm, ELI5, PDPbox, and Skater for Dataset …20252 citationsEuropean Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningSHINJI KAWAKURA
25. Revolutionizing road safety: an innovative approach to pothole detection and prevention using XAI and deep learning20252 citationsDr Senbagavalli M
26. Explainable artificial intelligence for detecting lung cancer20252 citationsDr Abini M.A
27. X-LeafNet: A Modified Xception Model for Identifying Tea Leaf Diseases with Explainable Artificial Intelligence20241 citationsFerdib-Al-Islam
28. Secure and interpretable lung cancer prediction model using mapreduce private blockchain federated learning and XAI20251 citationsScientific ReportsMuhammad Saleem
29. Transformative Healthcare: Industry 4.0 Integration of Distributed Deep Learning and XAI20251 citationsDistributed Deep Learning and Explainable AI (XAI) in IndustryP. Jayadharshini
30. Enhancing early-stage diabetes prediction with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)20251 citationsDr R A Thakur
31. Interpreting Survival Predictor Model for Glioblastoma Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence20250 citationsMohendra Roy
32. CosmoLite: Lightweight XAI-based Framework for Secure Next-Generation Space Sensor Networks20250 citationsAPARNA KUMARI
33. XMP‐Net: An XAI‐Based Modified Xception Model for Recognizing Monkeypox and Other Skin Diseases20260 citationsBioMed Research InternationalFerdib-Al-Islam
34. Research Article XMP-Net: An XAI-Based Modified Xception Model for Recognizing Monkeypox and Other Skin Diseases20260 citationsFerdib-Al-Islam
35. PSILO-XAI-ResDCN: Handwritten Character Recognition Using Optimized Explainable Residual Deep Learning Mechanism20250 citationsInternational Journal of Image and GraphicsDr. Arun Prakash Agarwal
36. ArteriaNet: A Meta-Ensemble Framework for Cardiovascular Disease Prediction using XAI0 citationsDr. Vishal

04Journals

Journals that publish Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) research

Where our researchers published their papers on this topic, with each journal’s indexing.

*Impact factor and quartile calculated from OpenAlex open data where available; official Journal Impact Factors are published by Clarivate. Indexing from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists. Find the right journal for your own paper →

05Top 2% scientists

World’s Top 2% scientists in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing

The Stanford/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists list ranks researchers by a composite citation indicator. Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing is the research subfield closest to Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in that list; 10,979 researchers from 94 countries are listed in it.

Source: Elsevier Data Repository, Ioannidis et al., 2026 edition, citations to the end of 2025 (career-long ranking). ScholarsColab is not affiliated with Stanford University or Elsevier, and the researchers listed are not ScholarsColab mentors unless marked so above.

06Related topics

Topics related to Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

Topics that share the most papers with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in our researchers’ work:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)1,196 papers · 404 researchers
• Smart Agriculture39 papers · 33 researchers
• Decision-making96 papers · 72 researchers
• Blockchain437 papers · 151 researchers
• Federated Learning (FL)112 papers · 65 researchers
• Brain Tumor113 papers · 64 researchers
• Agriculture252 papers · 133 researchers
• Cancer632 papers · 207 researchers
• Deep Learning (DL)968 papers · 331 researchers

07Questions

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