| 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 |
| Prof | Bing | Hou | College of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum at Beijing | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | hydraulic fracturing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Marco | Ligi | Istituto di Scienze Marine - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | Italy | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Marine Geology and Geophysics | Best Paper Award | |
| Prof | Alexander | Makeev | Moscow State University | Russia | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Палеопочвоведение | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Mohamed | Khalifa | Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies | Libya | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Applied Geology - specialty areas: petroleum geology, with special emphasis on seismic/sequence stratigraphic analysis, reservoir characterization and sedimentary basin analysis. | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | BERNARD | ADIAFFI | University Félix Houphouët-Boigny | Côte d'Ivoire | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Hydrogeology/Geochemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Nabil | Al-Areeq | Thamar University | Yemen | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geology/Petroleum Geology/Sedimentology/Hydrogeology and Water Quality | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Shuping | Zhang | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Remote Sensing of Hydrology | Most Reader's Article Award | |