Denoising diffusion model
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Generative model that learns to remove noise step by step; the basis of current image generators.
LaTeX: \mathcal{L} = E_{t, x_0, \epsilon}\Big[\left\lVert \epsilon - \epsilon_\theta\big(\sqrt{\bar\alpha_t}\, x_0 + \sqrt{1 - \bar\alpha_t}\, \epsilon,\ t\big) \right\rVert^2\Big]
Key findings
- Denoising diffusion model was mentioned in 18 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #47 of the 104 equations and models mentioned.
- By journal category: AI (16), Economics (1) and Management (1).
- Most of them appeared in International Journal of Computer Vision (4), Neural Networks (3) and Expert Systems with Applications (3).
- Often mentioned together with Scaled dot-product attention (Transformer) (9), Convolutional neural network (CNN) (6) and Generative adversarial network (GAN) (6).
- Datasets named in the same papers: OR-Library (3), ImageNet (3) and CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100 (2).
- From Apr 2024 to Sep 2026, 175 archived papers mentioned Denoising diffusion model in their title, abstract or keywords, most of them in Jul 2025 (16).
Mentions over 30 months
| Trend | Apr 24–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 30 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 106 | 37 | 175 |
| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | Multimodal continual federated learning for human activity recognition: Trends and challenges | Applied Intelligence | André L. S. Conde, Rodolfo I. Meneguette, Robson E. De Grande et al. | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp); Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science; Brock University |
| 2026-10-20 | Test-Time Computing for Referring Multimodal Large Language Models | International Journal of Computer Vision | Mingrui Wu, Hao Chen, Jiayi Ji et al. | Xiamen University; Tsinghua University; Nankai University |
| 2026-10-17 | Tech Mining with LLMs: Unveiling Trends from Corporate Websites | Computational Economics | Xavier Martínez-Barbero, Ana Pastor-Merino, Josep Domènech | Universitat Politècnica de València |
| 2026-10-15 | PhyDiff: Physics-guided latent diffusion model for sparse-view CT projection interpolation | Neural Networks | Shuo Duan, Xing Wu, Yimin Zhu et al. | Shanghai University; Shanghai University of Engineering Science; Hong Kong Baptist University; … |
| 2026-10-14 | Echo-DM: Ultrasound marker removal via conditional latent diffusion and region-aware fusion | Neural Networks | Zhiwei Wang, Tao Huang, Wentao Jiang et al. | Wuhan University; Central Hospital of Wuhan; Hubei University of Technology |
| 2026-10-10 | ConsistDiff: Training-free reinforcement learning for semantically consistent text-to-image generation | Neural Networks | Junwei Wang, Kaibing Zhang, Pengfang Li et al. | Xi'an Polytechnic University; Northwestern Polytechnical University; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) |
| 2026-10-09 | Edit-Your-Interest: Efficient video editing via Feature Most-Similar Propagation | Pattern Recognition | Yi Zuo, Zitao Wang, Lingling Li et al. | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China; Xidian University |
| 2026-10-02 | Time-frequency decomposition with latent diffusion for non-stationary multivariate time-series anomaly detection | Expert Systems with Applications | Min Wang, Zhihao Liang, Jianqun Cui et al. | Central China Normal University |
| 2026-10-01 | CDGAT: A conditioned diffusion-based graph attention network for spatio-temporal prediction | Neural Computing and Applications | Angelo Casolaro, Massimiliano Giordano Orsini, Vincenzo Capone et al. | Parthenope University of Naples |
| 2026-10-01 | Fix Your Downsampling ASAP! Aliasing and Sinc Artifact Free Pooling in the Fourier Domain | International Journal of Computer Vision | Julia Grabinski, Steffen Jung, Janis Keuper et al. | Technische Hochschule Mannheim; University of Mannheim; Technische Universität Darmstadt; … |
| 2026-10-01 | AiDRG: Diffusion-based digital rubbing synthesis via shading inversion and attention-guided optimization sampling | Expert Systems with Applications | Yunxiang Wang, Mingyuan Ge, Guang Wu et al. | Chongqing University; Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology; University of Wollongong |
| 2026-10-01 | DecoupDiff: Spatially decoupled denoising diffusion model for industrial anomaly detection | Expert Systems with Applications | Liwei Wang, Jinhai Liu, Fengyuan Zuo et al. | Northeastern University |
| 2026-10-01 | A comprehensive survey on multimodal sentiment analysis: Approaches, challenges and open issues | International Journal of Information Management | Fatemeh Hemmatian, Arash Sabbaghi, Mohammad Karim Sohrabi | Islamic Azad University Semnan |
| 2026-10-01 | Efficient Test-Time Prompt Tuning for Vision-Language Models | International Journal of Computer Vision | Yuhan Zhu, Guozhen Zhang, Xu Chen et al. | Nanjing University; Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory |
| 2026-10-01 | Privacy Leakage on DNNs: A Survey of Model Inversion Attacks and Defenses | International Journal of Computer Vision | Hao Fang, Yixiang Qiu, Hongyao Yu et al. | Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School; Tsinghua University; Harbin Institute of Technology; … |
| 2026-09-30 | P2Mark: Plug-and-play parameter-level watermarking for neural speech generation | Artificial Intelligence | Yong Sheng Ren, Jiangyan Yi, Tao Wang et al. | Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Automation; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; … |
| 2026-09-29 | Drift-aware denoising-uniform step optimization for fast diffusion sampling | Pattern Recognition | Yuhang He, Wenbin Lu, Junnan Xu et al. | Zhejiang University of Technology |
| 2026-09-28 | Regional climate risk assessment from climate models using probabilistic machine learning | Nature Machine Intelligence | Zhong Yi Wan, Ignacio Lopez‐Gomez, Robert W. Carver et al. | Google (United States); California Institute of Technology; General Motors (United States); … |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Denoising diffusion model. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/equations/denoising-diffusion-model
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