| Assoc Prof Dr | Mehdi | Abid | Jouf University | Tunisia | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | energy | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Bashir Adelowo | Wahab | Nigerian institute of social and economic research (NISER,), ibadan | Nigeria | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | International Economics, Resource Economics, Health and Public Sector Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Chinedu | Zephaniah | Central Bank of Nigeria | Nigeria | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Development Finance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zhuangyi | Zhou | University of New South Wales | Australia | Engineering | Photovoltaics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Zakaria | Firano | Université mohammed V rabat | Morocco | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Price and bubbles with hedonic modeling | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Hyoung-il | Kim | Yonsei University | South Korea | Engineering | Environmental engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ali | Chebil | INRGREF | Tunisia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Economie rurale | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Liton | Chandra Voumik | Noakhali Science and Technology University | Bangladesh | Environmental Science | environmental economics; climate change | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Negussie | Siyum | Sirinka Agricultural research center | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agricultural economics | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Dr | Amanuel | Berhanu | Jimma University | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Food Security | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Edmund Ntom | Udemba | Istanbul Gelisim University, Turkey | Turkey | Energy | Energy and environment, International economics | Best Paper Award | |
| Mr | Saurabh | Patil | College of Engineering Pune | India | Engineering | CFD | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Md Hafiz | Iqbal | Government Edward College | Bangladesh | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Non-market valuation and Impact analysis | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof | Ashenafi Haile | Gebeye | Hawassa University | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Horticulture | Best Paper Award | |
| Mr | Kenneth | Kigundu | Chuka University | Kenya | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Environment and Natural Resource Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yuqi | Wang | Northwestern University | China | Energy | Solid oxide fuel cell | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Mr | Ketemaw | Wonde | Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Rural Development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Gedefaw | Wubet | Debre Tabor University | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agricultural economics, Value chain Management and Food Marketing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Alenka Lena | Klopcic | Pikanai Consultancy | Slovenia | Energy | Energy markets development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Charaf eddine | Moussir | Ibn Tofail University - Kenitra | Morocco | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economic development | Most Reader's Article Award | |