| Prof | Fred Ying | Ye | Nanjing University | China | Social Sciences | Library and information science | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Ziming | Ye | Glencore | Australia | Materials Science | Mineral Processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Shizhen | Yin | University of Virginia | United States | Engineering | Applied mechanics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Markos | Yohannes | Dilla University | Ethiopia | Other | Physical education and Sports science | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | YAO | Yongsheng | Chongqing Jiaotong University | China | Engineering | Pavement Engineering | Most Cited Article Award |
| Mr | Md. | Yousuf Ali | Daffodil International University | Bangladesh | Mathematics | Applied Mathematics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yang | Yu | The Hang Sang University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Business, Management and Accounting | Social media marketing; marketing communication;corporate social responsibility and business ethics | Best Paper Award |
| Prof Dr | Wenbing | Yu | Chongqing Jiaotong University | China | Engineering | Cold regions | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chang-He | Yu | Beijing university of Chinese medicine affiliated Dongzhimen hospital | China | Medicine and Dentistry | Complementary and alternative medicine | Most Reader's Article Award |
| Dr | Xianqiang | Yu | UCLA | United States | Medicine and Dentistry | Acute pancreatitis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bolin | Yu | Wuhan University | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Energy and Environmental Economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiaolei | Yuan | Aalto University | Finland | Engineering | sustainable built environments | Most Reader's Article Award |
| Ms | DING | YUAN | SHANXI UNIVERSITY | China | Social Sciences | Transformation of resource-based regions and governance | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Fatma | YURT | Ege University | Turkey | Materials Science | Biomaterials | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Hamit | Yurtseven | Baskent University | Turkey | Physics and Astronomy | Condensed Matter Physics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sadia | Zafar Bajwa | National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) Jhang Road P.O. Box 577, Faisalabad, Pakistan | Pakistan | Materials Science | Nanotechnology | Most Cited Article Award |
| Dr | Sadia | Zafar Bajwa | National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) Jhang Road P.O. Box 577, Faisalabad, Pakistan | Pakistan | Materials Science | Nanosensor | Best Review Article Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Nahla | Zakzouk | Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST), Alexandria , Egypt | Egypt | Engineering | Electrical and Control Engineering, Renewable energy, Power Electronics, Power Quality | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Carlos | Zambra | Universidad de Talca | Chile | Engineering | Simulación computacional | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Márcio Gilberto | Zangeronimo | Federal University of Lavras | Brazil | Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | Animal metabolism | Best Researcher Award |