| Dr | Yuan | Wei | Dongguan University of Technology | China | Chemical Engineering | Research on cellulose-based functional materials | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof | Yuanfu | Deng | South China University of Technology | China | Energy | Energy Storage | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Yuanyuan | Tian | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | Engineering | Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Yuanyuan | Zhou | Anhui University | China | Engineering | intelligent perception and information processing, performance evaluation and condition monitoring | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof | 岳宝 | 王 | Soochow University | China | Mathematics | Probability theory: limit theory and distribution theory | Best Paper Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yue | Ma | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | China | Engineering | Array signal processing, Communication | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Yun-qi | Jiang | Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University | China | Medicine and Dentistry | Orthopaedics, spine surgery | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Yunge | Zou | Chongqing University | China | Engineering | Battery life; Electrified transportation;control strategy | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof. Dr | Yuqing | Huo | Medical College of Georgia, Augusta Univ | United States | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | cardiovascular medicine research | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zahra | Ghasemi | University of Hormozgan | Iran | Environmental Science | Environmental pollution | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Zakria | Qadir | UNSW | Australia | Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Most Reader's Article Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Mrs | zeinab | chaghakaboodi | Razi university | Iran | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | KERMANSHAH | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Zhengjun | Yan（闫正军） | China Agriculture University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Carbon cycle | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Zhigang | Shang | Harbin Engineering University | China | Engineering | Air-sea cross-domain communication | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Zineb | Bounoua | Université Privée de Fès | Macau | Engineering | Génie Electrique et Energie | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |