| Dr | Panbo | Liu | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | Materials Science | electromagnetic wave absorption | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Prof | Wenchao | Zhang | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | China | Materials Science | Energetic materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Bruno THierry | Nyatchouba Nsangue | College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, P. R. China | China | Engineering | Ocean Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Zhi | Sun | Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Chemical Engineering | Metal recycling | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Dr | MILLICENT | APPIAH | Wuhan University of Technology/ Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology() | China | Materials Science | Temperature-stable/microwave dielectric ceramics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Xin | Cao | Nanjing Normal University | China | Chemistry | material chemistry | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Guangzhao | Qin | Hunan University | China | Materials Science | Computational Materials Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zahid | Hussain | Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economics/transport economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jingjing | Li | Hefei university of technology | China | Energy | green technology diffusion | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof | Jing | Zhao | Xi'an University of Technology | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Regional Development, Urbanization and Policy Analysis | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Hua-Jun | Fan | Sichuan University of Science and Engineering | China | Chemistry | Computational Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Jiao | Guo | College of Economic and Management, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China | Environmental Science | Energy and environmental management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mengge | Dong | Northeastern University | China | Physics and Astronomy | Nuclear radiation shielding | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Dr | Jie | Qi | Economic Crop Research Institute of Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Shandong Cotton Research Center) | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Crop Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Daotong | You | Jinan University | China | Materials Science | ferroelectric nanomaterials | Best Paper Award | |
| Prof | Albert | Tsang | Southern University of Science and Technology | China | Business, Management and Accounting | Finance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Wuyang | Huang | Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Science | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof Dr | Kaifeng | Wang | Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Environmental economics | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Mr | Yuqi | Wang | Northwestern University | China | Energy | Solid oxide fuel cell | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Mr | Yu | Meng | Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Materials Science | nanocarbon material | Most Cited Article Award | |