| Dr | Karen | Bolaños | Universidad de Chile | Chile | Chemistry | Nanotecnología | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Paula Andrea | Zapata Ramirez | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Chile | Materials Science | Polymer science, nanocomposites, food packaging, tissue engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Diego | Nascimento | University of Atacama | Chile | Decision Sciences | Applied Statistics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Rene L | VIdal | Universidad MAyor | Chile | Neuroscience | enfermedades neurodegenerativas | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Mr | Miguel | Castillo Soto | Universidad de Chile (University of Chile) | Chile | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Incendios forestales | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Fernando | Rojas | Universidad de Valparaiso | Chile | Business, Management and Accounting | Investigacion de Operaciones | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Carlos | Maquieira | CENTRUM Graduate Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú, (Lima, Perú) | Chile | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Finanzas | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Juan Carlos | Ortega-Bravo | Center for Water Management and Technologies, University of The Frontier | Chile | Environmental Science | Water recovery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Flavio | De Barbieri | Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria | Chile | Materials Science | Mechanical Behavior of Materials | 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 | |
| Mr | Fabien | Muhirwa | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, UCAS | China | Environmental Science | Natural Resources Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shuping | Zhang | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Remote Sensing of Hydrology | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Mr | Qinglong | Cai | State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China | China | Materials Science | Electrical contact material | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Li | Tang | Fudan University | China | Social Sciences | science policy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ho | Kung-Cheng | Guangdong university of finance and economics | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Culture Finance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | SHAH | SAUD | Linyi University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | agronomy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | LinYing | Cao | Hunan Agricultural University | China | Environmental Science | Environmental Health and Toxicology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Wang | Dong | Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Crop cultivation and tillage | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | BELENGAR | Francis Mainkade | Central South University | China | Social Sciences | International Law | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Chen | Li | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Most Cited Article Award | |