| Dr | Omotosho | Ademola | Central Universit of Technology South Africa | South Africa | Business, Management and Accounting | Entrepreneurship | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Simphiwe Gift | Nkuna | Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | Energy | Waste to energy | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Dr | Turnwait | Michael | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Social Sciences | Sociology/Demography/Population Health | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Juneyoung | Park | Hanyang University | South Korea | Engineering | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ji Hoon | Jeong | Department of Pharmacology College of Medicine Chung-Ang University | South Korea | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Neuroscience | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | JiSun | Choi | College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University | South Korea | Nursing and Health Professions | Health Services Research | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Kyung-MIn | Kim | Costal Agriculture Research Institute/Kyungpook National University | South Korea | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Breeding and Genetics | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | TAUSEEF | AHMED | Changwon National University | South Korea | Engineering | Surface Engineering/High Temperature Application | Best Paper Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof | Wonhee | Lee | Sejong University | South Korea | Materials Science | Photocatalytic films | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Doosam | Song | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea | Engineering | Building Science | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Jeongseog | Oh | Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) | South Korea | Energy | Aluminum water splitting | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof. Dr | Yoo-Seok | Yoon | Seoul National University Bundnag Hospital | South Korea | Medicine and Dentistry | Surgery/Pancreatic diease | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Tae Geol | Lee | Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science | South Korea | Environmental Science | Nano safety assessment | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof | Dong Kyun | Min | Korea University of Technology and Education | South Korea | Engineering | mechatronics engineering | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Young | Ko | YK Consuting | South Korea | Chemical Engineering | Material Science, Machanics/Physics, Consumer Products | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof | Il-Cho | Park | Mokpo National Maritime University | South Korea | Engineering | Materials Engineering | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | REDDI SEKHAR REDDY | POTHALA | Pusan National University | South Korea | Engineering | Semiconductor Engineering Major | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Song-Ho | Byeon | Department of Applied Chemistry/Kyung Hee University | South Korea | Chemistry | Inorganic Chemistry/Solid State Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sankar | Das | Yeungnam University | South Korea | Environmental Science | materials science | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Prof | Hyoung-il | Kim | Yonsei University | South Korea | Engineering | Environmental engineering | Best Researcher Award | |