| Dr | Hongbo | Yao | Taiyuan University of Technology | China | Engineering | Mining Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 | |
| Dr | H.C. | Yee | NASA Ames Research Center | United States | Other | Interdisciplinary modeling and simulation techniques to improve the predictability and reliability simulations of compressible turbulence with shock waves | Best Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| Prof. Dr | Oguzhan | Yilmaz | Gazi University | Turkey | Engineering | Additive Manufacturing | Best Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| Mr | Shizhen | Yin | University of Virginia | United States | Engineering | Applied mechanics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Meiqun | Yin | China University of Political Science and Law | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | AI and Economic Research | Best Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| Dr | Rui | Yingxu | Zhejiang normal university | China | Engineering | Transportation planning and management | Best Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| Dr | Markos | Yohannes | Dilla University | Ethiopia | Other | Physical education and Sports science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | YAO | Yongsheng | Chongqing Jiaotong University | | Engineering | Pavement Engineering | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Dr | Ayesha | Younis | Tianjin University | China | Computer Science | Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis (Brain Tumor Classification) | Young Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| Mr | Md. | Yousuf Ali | Daffodil International University | Bangladesh | Mathematics | Applied Mathematics | Best Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| 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 | |
| Mr | 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 | citationawards.com |
| Dr | Min | Yu | Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology | China | Dentistry | Dental sleep medicine | Best Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| Ms | DING | YUAN | SHANXI UNIVERSITY | China | Social Sciences | Transformation of resource-based regions and governance | Best Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| Dr | Xiaolei | Yuan | Aalto University | Finland | Engineering | sustainable built environments | Most Reader's Article Award | |