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    Recent papers, 2026

    Papers first released in 2026. They are too new to rank against the rest, so they wait here and become eligible for the next edition. This shelf is updated between editions; the Top 500, the lifetime list and the domain pages are not.

    1. 1
      AI for science2026

      Advancing regulatory variant effect prediction with AlphaGenome

      412 citations · Crossref

    2. 2
      Machine learning foundations2026

      High-Accuracy Sampling for Diffusion Models and Log-Concave Distributions

      Fan Chen · 21 citations · Papers With Code

    3. 3
      Machine learning foundations2026

      The Flexibility Trap: Rethinking the Value of Arbitrary Order in Diffusion Language Models

      Zanlin Ni · 13 citations · Papers With Code

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