| Assist Prof Dr | Zahid Irshad | Younas | NUST Business School | Pakistan | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Finance | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hossein | Yousofi Darani | Isfahan university of medical sciences | Iran | Immunology and Microbiology | Parasitology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fu Wing | Yu | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University College of Professional and Continuing Education | Hong Kong | Engineering | Energy, Buildings | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Haiyang | Yu | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | China | Energy | Petroleum and geology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiang | Yu | Huzhou Central Hospital | China | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Sustained and controlled release | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Jihui | Yuan | Toyohashi University of Technology | Japan | Engineering | Building Environment/Thermal Environment/Retro-reflective materials | Best Researcher Awards |
| Prof | ismail | yücel | Middle East Technical University | Turkey | Environmental Science | Climate and climate change | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Muhammad | Yudhi Rezaldi | National Research and Innovation Agency of Republic Indonesia | Indonesia | Computer Science | Modeling/3D animation/Disaster | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | YUEPENG | YUE | Nagoya University | Japan | Chemical Engineering | Membrane Separation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abdulmalik | Yusuf | Department of Economics; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria | Nigeria | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Development, Energy, Environmental, Climate Change and Agricultural Economics | Most Reader's Article Award |
| Dr | Amina | Yusuf Jega | Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto | Nigeria | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Daniela | Zaccarelli | Ecótonus Meio Ambiente e Arquitetura | Brazil | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Ecologia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zeshan | Zada | IOP, Chinese academy of sciences beijing | China | Materials Science | DFT | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hamdy | Zahran | National Research Centre | Egypt | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Biochemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Eman | Zahran | Mansoura University | Egypt | Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | Aquaculture, Diseases, and management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Syed Anees Haider | Zaidi | COMSATS University Islamabad-Pakistan | Pakistan | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Sustainable Development | Best Paper Award |
| Prof Dr | Zurina | Zainal Abidin | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Chemical Engineering | Biochemical Engineering | Most Reader's Article Award |
| Mr | Muhammad Syamsul Imran | Zaini | Universiti Malaysia Pahang | Malaysia | Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | Most Reader's Article Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mohd Rafein | ZAKARIA | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Khaled | Zakaria | Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute | Egypt | Chemistry | Environmental Science and Various corrosion problems and its inhibition | Best Paper Award |