# Text Classification on 20 Newsgroups by-date (test)

Source: [Text Classification on 20 Newsgroups by-date (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-classification-on-20-newsgroups-by-date-test>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:27:06.925Z

Evaluation of Text Classification performance on the test split of the 20 Newsgroups dataset (using the by-date split), measured using standard classification metrics such as Accuracy, Precision, Recall, and F1-score.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Text classification |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | 20 Newsgroups by-date (test) |
| Metric | Accuracy |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 12 of 12 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-classification-on-20-newsgroups-by-date-test.md?metric=Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Precision](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-classification-on-20-newsgroups-by-date-test.md?metric=Precision>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Recall](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-classification-on-20-newsgroups-by-date-test.md?metric=Recall>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [F1-score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-classification-on-20-newsgroups-by-date-test.md?metric=F1-score>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Accuracy | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| STC-Q | 87.3 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| Diversified Ensemble Neural Network (DEns) | 87.1 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| Neural Attentive Bag-of-Entities Model (NABOE) | 86.8 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| STC-Q | 86.4 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| TextEnt | 84.5 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| Cooperative Neural Networks (CoNN) | 83.7 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| Logistic Regression (LR) | 80.5 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| Support Vector Machine (SVM) | 78.8 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| Multinomial Naive Bayes (MNB) | 74.4 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| Random Forest (RF) | 73.9 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| Decision Tree (DT) | 54.9 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |
| K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) | 52.9 | Not recorded | 68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014 |

### STC-Q

Accuracy: 87.3. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fe002.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Implementation](<https://sparsetensorclassifier.org/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Hyper-parameter p":"1/3","Vectorization scheme":"None (direct on terms)","Hyper-parameter Tuning":"modified quantum probability amplitude"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Diversified Ensemble Neural Network (DEns)

Accuracy: 87.1. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fe001.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Hyper-parameter Tuning":"specifically tuned"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Neural Attentive Bag-of-Entities Model (NABOE)

Accuracy: 86.8. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdffe.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66541e209131cea0f831.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/wikipedia2vec/wikipedia2vec>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Hyper-parameter Tuning":"specifically tuned"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### STC-Q

Accuracy: 86.4. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdffd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Implementation](<https://sparsetensorclassifier.org/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Hyper-parameter p":"1/2","Vectorization scheme":"None (direct on terms)","Hyper-parameter Tuning":"standard configuration"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TextEnt

Accuracy: 84.5. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdfff.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa64681e209131cea047fc.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/studio-ousia/textent/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Hyper-parameter Tuning":"specifically tuned"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Cooperative Neural Networks (CoNN)

Accuracy: 83.7. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fe000.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa65d61e209131cea0c91d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Hyper-parameter Tuning":"specifically tuned"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Logistic Regression (LR)

Accuracy: 80.5. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdffc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa646e1e209131cea04ae5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Vectorization scheme":"Tf-Idf","Hyper-parameter Tuning":"default scikit-learn"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Support Vector Machine (SVM)

Accuracy: 78.8. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdffa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa646e1e209131cea04ae5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Vectorization scheme":"Tf-Idf","Hyper-parameter Tuning":"default scikit-learn"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Multinomial Naive Bayes (MNB)

Accuracy: 74.4. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdffb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa646e1e209131cea04ae5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Vectorization scheme":"Tf-Idf","Hyper-parameter Tuning":"default scikit-learn"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Random Forest (RF)

Accuracy: 73.9. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdff8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa646e1e209131cea04ae5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Vectorization scheme":"Tf-Idf","Hyper-parameter Tuning":"default scikit-learn"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Decision Tree (DT)

Accuracy: 54.9. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdff7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa646e1e209131cea04ae5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Vectorization scheme":"Tf-Idf","Hyper-parameter Tuning":"default scikit-learn"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN)

Accuracy: 52.9. Result ID: 698b98397a967eddb76fdff9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3f1e1e209131ce8eb014.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa646e1e209131cea04ae5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Vectorization scheme":"Tf-Idf","Hyper-parameter Tuning":"default scikit-learn"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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