| Prof Dr | Romeo-Victor | IONESCU | Dunarea de Jos University, Galati | Romania | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Regional sustainable development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Siti Marsila | Mhd Ruslan | Universiti Malaysia Terengganu | Malaysia | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Maritime Economics/ Energy Economics/ Investment | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Rossanto Dwi | Handoyo | Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya Indonesia | Indonesia | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | International trade, financial market | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Fisayo | Fagbemi | Economic Policy Analysis Center (EPAC), Agodi, Ibadan, Nigeria | Nigeria | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Climate change and agricultural economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Chukwuemeka | Onyimadu | UN Women | Nigeria | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Public Financing for Climate Change | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof Dr | Mihaela | Simionescu | Romanian Academy | Romania | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | ecological economics | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Dr | Khanh | Ho | Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry | Vietnam | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Agribusiness | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof | Mohammed | Omran | Graduate School of Business, Arab Academy for Science and Technology | Egypt | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Financial Economics | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Uttam | Paudel | Tribhuvan University | Nepal | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Health and Environmental Economics | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Isaac | Ankrah | Ghana Communication Technology University | Ghana | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Energy Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Jungsuk | Kim | Sejong univ. | South Korea | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economic growth | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Patrick | Augustin | McGill University | Canada | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Insider Trading and Derivatives | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Elvis | Achuo | University of Dschang | Cameroon | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Environmental economics, Energy economics, Resource economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Irfan | Civcir | Ankara University | Turkey | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economic Growth | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Waqar | Khalid | Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus | Cyprus | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Energy Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Annamalai | Jegan | Department of Economics, Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Post-graduate Studies and Research (Autonomous), Puducherry, India | India | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economics of Education, labour Economics and Development Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Eddison | Walters | WGBR Global Business Resources Inc | United States | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | economics | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Francisco | Venegas-Martínez | Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México | Mexico | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economía Financiera | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Yen-Chien | Chen | National Taipei University/ Economics | Taiwan | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Labor Economics, Family Economics/ Gender issues, intergenerational mobility, child abuse/ Data Analysis | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Milad | Burki | Sirte Oil Company, Libya | Libya | Energy | Oil industry/Oil Exploration/N. Africa | Best Researcher Award | |