A Survey of Graph Neural Networks in Real world: Imbalance, Noise,
  Privacy and OOD Challenges
Wei Ju Siyu Yi Yifan Wang Zhiping Xiao Zhengyang Mao Hourun Li Yiyang Gu Yifang Qin Nan Yin Senzhang Wang Xinwang Liu Xiao Luo Philip S. Yu Ming Zhang
Graph-structured data exhibits universality and widespread applicability
across diverse domains, such as social network analysis, biochemistry,
financial fraud detection, and network security. Significant strides have been
made in leveraging Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to achieve remarkable success
in these areas. However, in real-world scenarios, the training environment for
models is often far from ideal, leading to substantial performance degradation
of GNN models due to various unfavorable factors, including imbalance in data
distribution, the presence of noise in erroneous data, privacy protection of
sensitive information, and generalization capability for out-of-distribution
(OOD) scenarios. To tackle these issues, substantial efforts have been devoted
to improving the performance of GNN models in practical real-world scenarios,
as well as enhancing their reliability and robustness. In this paper, we
present a comprehensive survey that systematically reviews existing GNN models,
focusing on solutions to the four mentioned real-world challenges including
imbalance, noise, privacy, and OOD in practical scenarios that many existing
reviews have not considered. Specifically, we first highlight the four key
challenges faced by existing GNNs, paving the way for our exploration of
real-world GNN models. Subsequently, we provide detailed discussions on these
four aspects, dissecting how these solutions contribute to enhancing the
reliability and robustness of GNN models. Last but not least, we outline
promising directions and offer future perspectives in the field.