| Mr | Yunlin | Chen | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Business, Management and Accounting | Supply chain management and logistics | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Yunqi | Zhang | University of Auckland | New Zealand | Engineering | Signal processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yunyoung | Nam | Soonchunhyang University | South Korea | Computer Science | biomedical engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yupeng | Niu | Baidu | China | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | bioinformatics | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yuqiang | Yang | Guangdong Ocean University | China | Physics and Astronomy | Fibre Optic Sensor Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yusuf Alper | Kaplan | Osmaniye Korkut Ata University | Turkey | Engineering | Renewable energy, Power systems, Energy forecasting | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zaal | Kokaia | Lund University | Sweden | Neuroscience | Stem Cells | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zahoor | Ahmad | University of Central Punjab, Constituent Punjab College Bahawalpur, Pakistan | Pakistan | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Plant Physiology/ Plant Sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | zahra | esfandiari | isfahan university of medical sciences | Iran | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | food safety and risk analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Żaneta | Polkowska | Gdansk University of Technology | Poland | Environmental Science | environmental chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Zdenka | Kwoczynski | UJEP/ORLEN UniCRE | Czech Republic | Environmental Science | Analytical chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zelalem yekoye | Alemayehu | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Environmental Science | climate change | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zhaodong | Yang | Shanxi Normal University | China | Business, Management and Accounting | Corporate Governance | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhengfang | WANG | Shandong University | China | Computer Science | Structural healthy monitoring | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhenqiang | Wang | Oregon State University | United States | Engineering | Civil Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zhenyu | Guo | BGRIMM Technology Group | China | Materials Science | energy-containing material/nano-material manufacture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zhi-gang | Zheng | School of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology | China | Materials Science | soft matter, optical materials, liquid crystals | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhifang | Liu | Beijing Institute of Technology | China | Materials Science | 2D materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhijun | Zheng | Minjiang University | China | Business, Management and Accounting | platform operation; supply chain management | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | ZHUO | ZHANG | Macau University of Science and Technology | Macau | Environmental Science | Sustainability development | Best Researcher Award |