Living systematic review
Parameter-efficient fine-tuning (LoRA family)
Adapting large models by training a small number of added/low-rank parameters instead of full weights.
721 papers · 1,563 critique receipts · 6,581 benchmark results · updated Jun 18, 2026
Most-superseded baselines
Ranked by how many distinct papers critique or beat each method. These are the standard baselines newer work routinely measures against.
- 1LoRA· LoRALoRA: Low-Rank Adaptation of Large Language Models
194 papers critique it · 201 beat it on benchmarks
- 2AdaLoRA· LoRAAdaLoRA: Adaptive Budget Allocation for Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning
29 papers critique it · 54 beat it on benchmarks
- 3DoRA· LoRADoRA: Weight-Decomposed Low-Rank Adaptation
16 papers critique it · 66 beat it on benchmarks
- 4PiSSA· LoRAPiSSA: Principal Singular Values and Singular Vectors Adaptation of Large Language Models
14 papers critique it · 30 beat it on benchmarks
- 5BitFit· LoRABitFit: Simple Parameter-efficient Fine-tuning for Transformer-based Masked Language-models
7 papers critique it · 28 beat it on benchmarks
- 6Adapter· LoRAAdapters: A Unified Library for Parameter-Efficient and Modular Transfer Learning
10 papers critique it · 23 beat it on benchmarks
- 8MoELoRA· LoRAMoELoRA: Contrastive Learning Guided Mixture of Experts on Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning for Large Language Models
11 papers critique it · 10 beat it on benchmarks
- 9QLoRA· LoRAQLoRA: Efficient Finetuning of Quantized LLMs
5 papers critique it · 14 beat it on benchmarks
- 10Prefix-Tuning· LoRAPrefix-Tuning: Optimizing Continuous Prompts for Generation
7 papers critique it · 8 beat it on benchmarks
- 12LoRA+· LoRALoRA: Low-Rank Adaptation of Large Language Models
2 papers critique it · 12 beat it on benchmarks
Sub-problems
Methods that compete on the same benchmarks cluster into distinct sub-problems.
CNN · 30 methods
CNN · AIDE · Effort · LFT · frequency-based detectors · domain-specific fine-tuning
MC Dropout · 18 methods
MC Dropout · SNGP · Laplace-LoRA · SWAG-LoRA · Batch-Ensemble · SWAG
LISA · 19 methods
LISA · Cascade R-CNN · greedy layer selection (kaplun2023less) · LIFT · raw gradient norm · Sequential adapters
TimeSformer · 17 methods
TimeSformer · SAFE · MTLoRA · ORAA-net · SVFormer (Rizvi et al. 2024) · ZSC-CO
The frontier
Recent methods not yet superseded in the knowledge base.
- Small Data, Big NoiseSmall Data, Big Noise: Adversarial Training for Robust Parameter-Efficient Fine-TuningJun 9, 2026
- Jun 9, 2026
- Shift-Dependent AsymmetryShift-Dependent Asymmetry: Orthogonal Inverse Low-Rank Adaptation for Federated Medical SegmentationJun 7, 2026
- TLA-ProverTLA-Prover: Verifiable TLA+ Specification Synthesis via Preference-Optimized Low-Rank AdaptationJun 4, 2026
- G2LoRAG2LoRA: Gradient Orthogonal Low-Rank Adaptation Framework for Graph Continual Learning on Text-Attributed GraphsJun 1, 2026
- GPTQ-intrinsic LoRAGPTQ-intrinsic LoRA: A Near-optimal Algorithm for Low-precision Quantization with Low-rank AdaptationMay 31, 2026
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- May 27, 2026
- CoDyRATake Only What You Need: Rank Minimization as an Implicit Forgetting Regularizer in Continual LearningMay 27, 2026
- May 26, 2026