v0.2

Author: GKalliatakis

README.md

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 <h1 align="center">🌊 Diffusion Lighthouse</h1>
 
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-  A curated, dataset-first, peer-reviewed index of diffusion-model research.
+  A curated, dataset-first map of diffusion research — peer-reviewed first, with rare canonical preprint exceptions.
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-**Diffusion Lighthouse** helps researchers, students, and practitioners orient themselves in a rapidly expanding diffusion-model literature by highlighting **peer-reviewed, conceptually meaningful work**, guided by **editorial judgment and citation context**.
+**Diffusion Lighthouse** helps researchers, students, and practitioners orient themselves in fast-moving diffusion literature by highlighting work with **lasting conceptual signal**, grounded in **datasets**, with **explicit editorial judgment**.
 
 > Like a lighthouse, this project does not chart every wave —  
 > it helps you navigate toward the most important signals.
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 👉 **https://GKalliatakis.github.io/diffusion-lighthouse/**
 
-The website is the **single source of truth** for the paper index.
+The website is the **canonical index**.
 
-It supports:
-- search, filtering, and sorting
-- citation snapshots (“Cited by X”)
-- paper-level details and relations
-- explicit editorial annotations
-- enforcement of the peer-review condition
-
-If it’s not on the website, it’s **not included**.
-
----
-
-## 🧭 Editorial principles (short version)
-
-Diffusion Lighthouse is:
-
-- **Peer-reviewed-first**  
-  Only papers accepted at major conferences or journals are eligible.  
-  arXiv-only, under-review, or workshop-only papers are excluded.
-
-- **Dataset-first**  
-  Papers are contextualized by the data distributions and modalities they model —  
-  not organized primarily by benchmarks or leaderboards.
-
-- **Idea-centric, not benchmark-centric**  
-  Conceptual clarity, methodological insight, and long-term relevance matter more than marginal metric gains.
-
-- **Editorially curated**  
-  Inclusion is deliberate, documented, and revisable — not automatic.
-
-The full inclusion bar is documented on the website:
-👉 **/editorial-policy**
-
----
-
-## 📊 Citation counts
-
-- Citation numbers come from **Google Scholar**
-- They are:
-  - best-effort snapshots
-  - not real-time
-  - sometimes merged across versions
-- Citation counts provide **context**, not authority
-
-Lighthouse prioritizes **clarity and transparency** over scraping completeness.
+If it’s not on the website, it’s not included.
 
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 ## 🗂️ Repository structure
 
-```
-data/
-  papers.yaml        # Human-curated source of truth
-public/data/
-  papers.json        # Build artifact consumed by the website
-scripts/
-  update_citations.py
-  validation/        # (peer-review & schema checks)
-site/
-  index.html
-  app.js
-  style.css          # GitHub Pages site
-```
-
-- Paper metadata is **human-curated**
-- Citation counts are **machine-updated**
-- The website is generated from the data, not the README
-
----
-
-## 🤝 Contributing
-
-Contributions are welcome — with an emphasis on **signal over exhaustiveness**.
-
-You can help by:
-- adding missing **peer-reviewed diffusion papers**
-- improving dataset, method, or concept tags
-- fixing venues, years, or canonical links (DOI / proceedings)
-- reporting citation inconsistencies
-
-See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) for:
-- required fields
-- the peer-review enforcement rule
-- editorial acceptance criteria
-
-> Inclusion is selective by design.
-
----
-
-## ⚠️ Disclaimer
-
-- Diffusion Lighthouse does **not** claim authority over what *should* matter
-- Citations are an imperfect proxy for impact
-- Inclusion ≠ endorsement
-
-This project is a **navigation aid**, not a leaderboard or a gatekeeper.
+This repository powers the website. The README intentionally does **not** duplicate the paper list.
 
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 ## 📜 License
 
 MIT License.
-
----
-
-## 🧠 Updating citation snapshots locally
-
-```bash
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-python scripts/update_citations.py
-```
-
-Citation updates do not automatically imply inclusion —  
-editorial review still applies.