| Dr | Ningqiang | Zhang | Hokkaido University | Japan | Chemistry | Catalysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Zhaowei | Zhang | Oil Crops Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | food safety and quality | Most Cited Article Award |
| Mr | Jinjun | Zhang | Hubei University of Economics | China | Business, Management and Accounting | corporate green innovation | Most Reader's Article Award |
| Prof | Caizhi | Zhang | College of mechanical and vehicle engineering; The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions; Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre; Chongqing University | China | Engineering | Fuel cell and fuel cell vehicle | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shuping | Zhang | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Remote Sensing of Hydrology | Most Reader's Article Award |
| Prof | Shichao | Zhang | GXNU | China | Decision Sciences | Big Data Mining | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Dayong | Zhang | Nanjing agricultural university | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant stress | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dan | Zhang | Henan Agricultural University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Soybean Quality and Stress Resistance | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Abdullah | Zeyad | Jazan university | Saudi Arabia | Engineering | concrete | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Chinedu | Zephaniah | Central Bank of Nigeria | Nigeria | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Development Finance | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dewang | Zeng | Southeast university | China | Energy | Chemical Looping | Best Researcher Awards |
| Ms | Baohong | Zeng | Oatly AB | Sweden | Chemistry | Analytical chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahira | Zeeshan | Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad | Pakistan | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | pharmaceutics, drug delivery system, nanocarriers | Best Paper Award |
| Mr | Tarik | ZARROUK | Université Mohammed Premier Oujda- Faculté Des Sciences | Morocco | Engineering | Machining-Honeycomb Structure | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Amira | Zarrouk | Faculty of Medicine of Sousse | Tunisia | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Aging | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Amir | Zarebkohan | Tabriz university of medical sciences | Iran | Medicine and Dentistry | Medical Nanotechnology | Best Paper Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Paula Andrea | Zapata Ramirez | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Chile | Materials Science | Polymer science, nanocomposites, food packaging, tissue engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Moneim | ZANNEN | Faculty of Sciences of Monastir | Tunisia | Materials Science | optoelectronic materials | Best Researcher 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 |