Published Papers in High-Impact Journals

Title Author(s) Publication Date Journal DOI
Identifying plastic materials in post-consumer food containers and packaging waste using terahertz spectroscopy and machine learning Kazuaki Okubo, Gaku Manago, Tadao Tanabe, Jeongsoo Yu, Xiaoyue Liu, Tetsuo Sasaki April 2025 Waste Management DOI
High variability phonetic training (HVPT): A meta-analysis of L2 perceptual training studies Takumi Uchihara, Michael Karas, Ron I. Thomson June 4, 2025 Studies in Second Language Acquisition 1-34 DOI
The neural correlates of nominal classification rule learning and their individual differences Diego Elisandro Dardon, Haining Cui, Motoaki Sugiura, Hyeonjeong Jeong October 24, 2025 Brain and Language, 271 105654 DOI
An evaluation of the effectiveness of CO2 reduction for the carbon neutral and circular economy of e-commerce in China Zhuojiao Yu, Jeongsoo Yu, Xiaoyue Liu, Kazuaki Okubo October 2025 Environment, development and sustainability, 1-22 DOI
Kamakura Buddhism as Japanese Reformation: Hara Katsurō’s Modern Historiographical Project Orion Klautau December 24, 2025 Religion, 56:2, 255-277 DOI
Actual situation analysis of energy poverty issues among nomadic herders in Mongolia Xiaoyue Liu, Jeongsoo Yu, Bayasgalan Dugarjav, Kazuaki Okubo, Turmandakh Bat-Orgil, Shuoyao Wang December 2025 Energy for Sustainable Development, 89 101867 DOI
Self-assessment of second language comprehensibility: The roles of peer-assessment and metacognition Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovic February 12, 2026 Applied Psycholinguistics, 47, e2 DOI
Promoting recycling efficiency through the use of sub-terahertz waves for proper wood identification Dai Otsuka, Yui Miyazaki, Mizue Kato, Hitoshi Hamasaki, Jeongsoo Yu, Xiaoyue Liu, Tadao Tanabe February 2026 Sustainability, 18(4), 2088 DOI
From holy prince to legal ancestor: Shōtoku in Japan’s modern constitutional imagination Orion Klautau February 2026 Japan Forum, DOI
Cumulative Testing for Learning Spoken Vocabulary Ryo Maie, Takumi Uchihara March 8, 2026 TESOL Quarterly DOI
Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shuhei Kadota, Mayumi Kajiura, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Koji Kazai, Mariko Kawasaki, Yoko Nakano, Naoya Hase March 12, 2026 Language Learning, 1-32 DOI
The neural correlates of mid- and end-clause silent pauses in L1 and L2 speech Andrea Révész, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shungo Suzuki, Haining Cui, Shunsui Matsuura, Kazuya Saito, Motoaki Sugiura March 30, 2026 Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1-12 DOI
The neural correlates of pausing behaviours in L2 writing Andrea Révész, Hyeonjeong Jeong, Yuyong Liu, Tsubasa Otsuki, Xin Rong, Ting Zeng, Makoto Takahashi, Motoaki Sugiura April 8, 2026 Journal of Second Language Writing Volume 72, 101303 DOI
The hidden environmental footprint of fashion’s smallest parts Mithun Kumar Biswas, Ibtesum Alam Preeti, Tasnuva Rashid Rimzhim, Wen Li, Saniyat Islam, Karabi Farhana Biswas, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Jeongsoo Yu, Xiaoyue Liu, Mohammad Sujauddin June 2026 Sustainable Horizons 18, 100179 DOI
Task engagement and comprehensibility development in video-mediated intercultural exchanges: A longitudinal study Yuka Akiyama, Sachiko Nakamura, Takumi Uchihara, Kazuya Saito April 10, 2026 Foreign Language Annals DOI
Beyond form–meaning: Investigating the potential and limits of captioned video in building declarative and automatized vocabulary knowledge Kazuya Saito, Xinran Fan, Ana Pellicer-Sánchez, and Takumi Uchihara April 11, 2026 Language Teaching Research DOI

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