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 52 of 54
- NeurIPS 2026Self-Cleaning Diffusion Models
- NeurIPS 2026SemanticDialect: Semantic-Aware Mixed-Format Quantization for Video Diffusion Transformers
- NeurIPS 2026SemISP: Semantic-Consistent Diffusion for Cross-Camera RAW-to-sRGB Generation
- NeurIPS 2026SeoulMMOD: A Large-Scale Multimodal Origin-Destination Flow Benchmark
- NeurIPS 2026Show Me What You Don’t Know: Efficient Sampling from Invariant Sets for Model Validation
- NeurIPS 2026SierpinskiCam: Camera-Controlled Video Retaking with Sierpinski Triangle Pattern Cues
- NeurIPS 2026SIGMA: A Sigmoid-Gated Sampler for Test-Time Scaling in Diffusion Language Models
- NeurIPS 2026SiliciclasticReservoirs: A Million-Reservoir Dataset and Flow-Matching Foundation Model for 3D Siliciclastic Reservoir Generation
- NeurIPS 2026SimSD: Simple Speculative Decoding in Diffusion Language Models
- NeurIPS 2026Simulation-free Unbalanced Dynamic Optimal Transport with General Growth Penalty
- NeurIPS 2026Single Shot HDR Recovery via a Video Diffusion Prior
- NeurIPS 2026SkipSR: Faster Super-Resolution with Token Skipping
- NeurIPS 2026Smoothed Score Queries and the Complexity of Sampling
- NeurIPS 2026Space Group Conditional Flow Matching
- NeurIPS 2026Sparse Biological Features Reveal Early Functional Commitment in Diffusion Protein Language Models
- NeurIPS 2026Sparse blind deconvolution via thresholded Wirtinger flow
- NeurIPS 2026Sparsely Supervised Diffusion
- NeurIPS 2026Spatially-Grounded Long Video Generation with Self Geometry Forcing
- NeurIPS 2026Spectral Adaptive Repositioning for Flow-Based Single-Cell Perturbation Modeling
- NeurIPS 2026Spectral Progressive Diffusion for Efficient Image and Video Generation
- NeurIPS 2026Splatting the Invisible: Geometry and Appearance Scene Completion from Sparse Views
- NeurIPS 2026SplineFlow: Flow Matching for Dynamical Systems with B-Spline Interpolants
- NeurIPS 2026ST-DiffEye: Diffusion-based Continuous Gaze Generation via Joint Scanpath-Trajectory Modeling
- NeurIPS 2026Stability and Diversity of Networked Self-Consuming Generative Ecosystems
- NeurIPS 2026StableAvatar: Ultra-Long Audio-Driven Avatar Video Generation
- NeurIPS 2026StaDy: Factorizing the World into Static and Dynamic via Likelihood Matching
- NeurIPS 2026StainNFT: Curriculum-Gated Multi-Reward Post-Training for Pathology-Faithful Virtual Staining
- NeurIPS 2026State Augmented Flows
- NeurIPS 2026Stay Fair! Ensuring Group Fairness in Diffusion Models Across Guidance Scales
- NeurIPS 2026SteerVTE: Seamless Video Text Editing with Style and Glyph Control
- NeurIPS 2026Stein Transport for Generative Modeling
- NeurIPS 2026Step-dLLM: Adaptive Step-aware Sparse Attention for Efficient Diffusion LLM Inference
- NeurIPS 2026Sticky Jump Diffusions: A Unifying Framework for Discrete, Continuous, and Hybrid Diffusion
- NeurIPS 2026Stitched Value Model for Diffusion Alignment
- NeurIPS 2026StitchEdit: Stitching Depth Priors into Image Editors via Per-Layer Gradient Probing
- NeurIPS 2026Stochastic Heat Diffusion Models
- NeurIPS 2026Stochastic Interpolants via Conditional Dependent Coupling
- NeurIPS 2026Structure-Semantic Co-optimized Latent Diffusion Model for Fast Visual Anagram Synthesis
- NeurIPS 2026Structured Coupling for Flow Matching
- NeurIPS 2026Structured Masked Diffusion for Joint Multiuser Decoding
- NeurIPS 2026StyleRoute: Diffusion Style Transfer via Regional Routing and Conflict-aware Projection
- NeurIPS 2026Support Before Frequency in Discrete Diffusion
- NeurIPS 2026Systematic Hazard Sampling: Minimal-Variance Inference for Discrete Diffusion and Flow Models
- NeurIPS 2026TailDiff: Elicitable Tail-Guided Diffusion for Risk-Sensitive Generation
- NeurIPS 2026Taming Generative Co-Folding Prior for Molecular Docking with Diffusion Bridge
- NeurIPS 2026Targeted Review for AI-Assisted Biodiversity Surveys: Active Continuous-Score Occupancy Modeling
- NeurIPS 2026TaxaAdapter: Scaling Fine-grained Species Image Generation To the Tree of Life
- NeurIPS 2026Temperature-Regulated Stochastic Sampling for Diffusion-Based High-Quality Molecular Generation
- NeurIPS 2026Tempered Guided Diffusion
- NeurIPS 2026Temporal Alignment Guidance: On-manifold Sampling in Diffusion Models
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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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