Diffusion Models papers, 2023–2026
Diffusion, flow matching, and score-based generative modeling
Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 6,900 papers are tagged with this topic.
Key findings
- Diffusion Models went from 660 papers in 2023 to 2,691 in 2026, roughly 4.1x in three years.
- NeurIPS publishes the most Diffusion Models work: 2,202 papers from 2023 to 2026, 32% of the four-venue total.
- The fastest-growing overlap is with Applications · chemistry physics and earth sciences: papers tagged with both rose from 14 in 2023 to 163 in 2026.
- Among the 11 topics under Deep Learning, it ranks #1 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Deep learning · foundation models, is up 2.5x versus 4.1x here.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 327 | 86 | 109 | 138 | 660 |
| 2024 | 520 | 260 | 195 | 496 | 1,471 |
| 2025 | 694 | 487 | 346 | 551 | 2,078 |
| 2026 | 661 | 694 | 728 | 608 | 2,691 |
Representative papers
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- NeurIPS 2026$\mathbf{D^{3}S^{2}}$: Diffusion-Guided Dataset Distillation for Semantic Segmentation
- ICML 2026“Do Diffusion Models Dream of Electric Planes?” Discrete and Continuous Simulation-Based Inference for Aircraft Design
- ICLR 2026$\alpha$-DPO: Robust Preference Alignment for Diffusion Models via $\alpha$ Divergence
- CVPR 20262ndMatch Finetuning Pruned Diffusion Models via Second-Order Jacobian Matching
- NeurIPS 2025$\text{S}^2$Q-VDiT: Accurate Quantized Video Diffusion Transformer with Salient Data and Sparse Token Distillation
- ICML 2025A First-order Generative Bilevel Optimization Framework for Diffusion Models
- ICLR 2025$\text{I}^2\text{AM}$: Interpreting Image-to-Image Latent Diffusion Models via Bi-Attribution Maps
- CVPR 20253DEnhancer: Consistent Multi-View Diffusion for 3D Enhancement
- NeurIPS 2024$\text{Di}^2\text{Pose}$: Discrete Diffusion Model for Occluded 3D Human Pose Estimation
- ICML 2024A Dense Reward View on Aligning Text-to-Image Diffusion with Preference
- ICLR 2024$\infty$-Diff: Infinite Resolution Diffusion with Subsampled Mollified States
- CVPR 2024D^4: Dataset Distillation via Disentangled Diffusion Model
- NeurIPS 20233D molecule generation by denoising voxel grids
- ICML 2023A Critical Revisit of Adversarial Robustness in 3D Point Cloud Recognition with Diffusion-Driven Purification
- ICLR 2023(Certified!!) Adversarial Robustness for Free!
- CVPR 20233D Neural Field Generation Using Triplane Diffusion
- NeurIPS 2026$\text{PartConcepts}$: A Unified Mechanism for Fine-Grained Part Localization and Generation
- ICML 2026$\sigma$: Sigmoid Modulation for Ultra High Resolution Diffusion
- ICLR 2026$\textit{MADFormer}$: Mixed Autoregressive and Diffusion Transformers for Continuous Image Generation
- CVPR 20263D-LATTE Latent Space 3D Editing from Textual Instructions
All Diffusion Models papers
2,690 papers, page 5 of 54
- CVPR 2026FlowDIS Language-Guided Dichotomous Image Segmentation with Flow Matching
- CVPR 2026FlowFM Advancing Dark Optical Flow Estimation with Flow Matching
- CVPR 2026FlowHijack A Dynamics-Aware Backdoor Attack on Flow-Matching Vision-Language-Action Models
- CVPR 2026FlowPalm Optical Flow Driven Non-Rigid Deformation for Geometrically Diverse Palmprint
- CVPR 2026FlowSteer Guiding Few-Step Image Synthesis with Authentic Trajectories
- CVPR 2026FMPose3D monocular 3D pose estimation via flow matching
- CVPR 2026Focal-General Diffusion Model with Semantic Consistent Guidance for Sign Language
- CVPR 2026FoleyDesigner Immersive Stereo Foley Generation with Precise Spatio-Temporal Alignment for
- CVPR 2026Forensic-Friendly Image Manipulation via Controllable Latent Diffusion
- CVPR 2026FRAMER Frequency-Aligned Self-Distillation with Adaptive Modulation Leveraging Diffusion Priors for
- CVPR 2026Free-Lunch Long Video Generation via Layer-Adaptive O.O.D Correction
- CVPR 2026Frequency-Aware Flow Matching for High-Quality Image Generation
- CVPR 2026From 2D Alignment to 3D Plausibility Unifying Heterogeneous 2D Priors
- CVPR 2026From Events to Clarity The Event-Guided Diffusion Framework for Dehazing
- CVPR 2026From Sketch to Fresco Efficient Diffusion Transformer with Progressive Resolution
- CVPR 2026Functional Mean Flow in Hilbert Space
- CVPR 2026FUSER Feed-Forward Multiview 3D Registration Transformer and SE3N Diffusion Refinement
- CVPR 2026Fusion in Your Way Aligning Image Fusion with Heterogeneous Demands
- CVPR 2026Gated Condition Injection without Multimodal Attention Towards Controllable Linear-Attention Transformers
- CVPR 2026GaussianGrow Geometry-aware Gaussian Growing from 3D Point Clouds with Text
- CVPR 2026GDPO-SR Group Direct Preference Optimization for One-Step Generative Image Super-Resolution
- CVPR 2026GDRO Group-level Reward Post-training Suitable for Diffusion Models
- CVPR 2026Gen3R 3D Scene Generation Meets Feed-Forward Reconstruction
- CVPR 2026GenErase Generalizable and Semantically-Aware Concept Erasure in Diffusion Models
- CVPR 2026Generating Humanless Environment Walkthroughs from Egocentric Walking Tour Videos
- CVPR 2026Generative Diffusion Priors for 3D Mapping of the Dark Universe
- CVPR 2026Generative Modeling of Weights Generalization or Memorization
- CVPR 2026Generative Neural Video Compression via Video Diffusion Prior
- CVPR 2026Generative Point Tracking and Forecasting
- CVPR 2026GenieDrive Towards Physics-Aware Driving World Model with 4D Occupancy Guided
- CVPR 2026GeniNav Generative Model Driven Image-Goal Navigation via Imagination-Guided Consistency Flow
- CVPR 2026GenMatter Perceiving Physical Objects with Generative Matter Models
- CVPR 2026GenTract Generative Global Tractography
- CVPR 2026Geo2 Geometry-Guided Cross-view Geo-Localization and Image Synthesis
- CVPR 2026GeodesicNVS Probability Density Geodesic Flow Matching for Novel View Synthesis
- CVPR 2026GeoDiff4D Geometry-Aware Diffusion for 4D Head Avatar Reconstruction
- CVPR 2026GeoRelight Learning Joint Geometrical Relighting and Reconstruction with Flexible Multi-Modal
- CVPR 2026GeoRK2 Geometry-Guided Runge-Kutta Integration for Diffusion Transformer Acceleration
- CVPR 2026Goal-Driven Reward by Video Diffusion Models for Reinforcement Learning
- CVPR 2026gQIR Generative Quanta Image Reconstruction
- CVPR 2026GraspGen-X Cross-Embodiment 6-DOF Diffusion-based Grasping
- CVPR 2026GraspLDP Towards Generalizable Grasping Policy via Latent Diffusion
- CVPR 2026GrOCE Graph-Guided Online Concept Erasure for Text-to-Image Diffusion Models
- CVPR 2026Grounded Latents for Entity-Centric 4D Scene Generation
- CVPR 2026Group Diffusion Enhancing Image Generation by Unlocking Cross-Sample Collaboration
- CVPR 2026GROW Watermark Generation with Progressive Guidance for Diffusion Models
- CVPR 2026GRPO-Guard Mitigating Implicit Over-Optimization in Flow Matching via Regulated Clipping
- CVPR 2026GuideFlow Constraint-Guided Flow Matching for Planning in End-to-End Autonomous Driving
- CVPR 2026Guiding a Diffusion Model by Swapping Its Tokens
- CVPR 2026Guiding a Diffusion Transformer with the Internal Dynamics of Itself
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FAQ
- How many Diffusion Models papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?
- 6,900 in total: 660 in 2023, 1,471 in 2024, 2,078 in 2025, 2,691 in 2026.
- How many Diffusion Models papers are at NeurIPS 2026?
- NeurIPS 2026 has 661 Diffusion Models papers, versus 694 the year before.
- How many Diffusion Models papers are at ICLR 2026?
- ICLR 2026 has 694 Diffusion Models papers, versus 487 the year before.
- How many Diffusion Models papers are at ICML 2026?
- ICML 2026 has 728 Diffusion Models papers, versus 346 the year before.
- How many Diffusion Models papers are at CVPR 2026?
- CVPR 2026 has 608 Diffusion Models papers, versus 551 the year before.
- Which conference publishes the most Diffusion Models papers?
- NeurIPS, with 2,202 papers from 2023 to 2026.
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