| Dr | Lebea | Nthunya | Wits University | South Africa | Chemistry | Membrane Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Gulshan | Verma | INDIAN INTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JODHPUR | India | Engineering | MEMS, NANOCOMPOSITE BASED SENSOR, BIOSENSORS | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Lin | Wang | Shanghai Jiaotong University | China | Nursing and Health Professions | Mental Health | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof Dr | Jahanshir | tavakolizadeh | Gonabad University of Medical Sciences | Iran | Psychology | Mental Health | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Dr | Kelly | Oriakhi | University of Kentucky | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Metabolic diseases | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hanane | Hadj-Moussa | Babraham Institute | United Kingdom | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Metabolic rate depression / Ageing / Extreme Adaptations | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Imre | KISS | University Politehnica Timisoara | Romania | Engineering | Metal & Alloys, Compozites | Best Paper Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Zonglin | He | Taiyuan University of Science and Technology | China | Materials Science | Metal Plastic Forming | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof | Zhi | Sun | Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Chemical Engineering | Metal recycling | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Dr | Pravas | Behera | CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar | India | Engineering | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof | Carl | boehlert | michigan state university | United States | Materials Science | metallurgy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Amogelang | Bolokang | CSIR | South Africa | Materials Science | Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sung-Yong | Park | San Diego State University | United States | Engineering | Micro/Nano systems | Best Paper Award | |
| Mrs | Anju | Arora | Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa campus, New Delhi .110012, INDIA | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Microbial Biotechnology | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Ms | Jiaqian | Li | Tianjin University | China | Environmental Science | Microbial Ecology | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | ANAS | ABDULAZIZ | CSIR-NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, REGIONAL CENTRE KOCHI | India | Environmental Science | Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | HEND | Mohamed | KAUST | Saudi Arabia | Energy | microbial fuel cell | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mohamad Nasir | Mohamad Ibrahim | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Chemistry | Microbial fuel cell | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Massimiliano | Lucidi | Università degli Studi Roma Tre | Italy | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Microbiologia | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof Dr | Marco | Carneiro | Universidade Federal de Lavras | Brazil | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Microbiologia | Best Paper Award | |