| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Spring H. | Han | Kyoto University | Japan | Business, Management and Accounting | Marketing/Service Marketing | Best Paper Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Girma Gezimu | Gebre | Ritsumeikan University | Japan | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agricultural and Resources Economics | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Prof Dr | Hideyuki | Okano | Keio University School of Medicine | Japan | Neuroscience | Neurological Disease Modeling/Neurodegenerative Diseases | Best Paper Award | |
| Prof | Kinya | Tamaki | School of Business Administration | Japan | Business, Management and Accounting | business strategy and business model | Best Paper Award | |
| Prof | Chihiro | Watanabe | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Techno-economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Hiroshi | Sakiyama | Yamagata University | Japan | Chemistry | Coordination Chemistry | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Izumi | Noguchi | Research Institute of Energy, Environment and Geology, Hokkado Research Oganization | Japan | Environmental Science | Precipitation chemistry | Best Researcher Award | citationawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Tomohiro | Toki | University of the Ryukyus | Japan | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geochemistry | Industry Impact Award | citationawards.com |
| Prof. Dr | Marco | Vivarelli | Università Cattolica - Milano | Italy | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economics of Innovation | Best Paper Award | |
| Mr | Antonio | Bacciaglia | University of Bologna | Italy | Engineering | Industrial Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Andrea | Caputo | University of Trento & University of Lincoln | Italy | Business, Management and Accounting | Strategy & innovation | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Mara | Giua | Roma Tre University | Italy | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Economic Policy | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Dr | Francesca | De Canio | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy | Social Sciences | Marketing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | manuela | presutti | department of management- https://scienzeaziendali.unibo.it/it | Italy | Business, Management and Accounting | management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Maria Rosaria | Pappalardo | Università di Palermo | Italy | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Modelli Multicriteriali | Fast Cited Article Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Gianluca | ELIA | University of Salento | Italy | Engineering | Management Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Gianmarco | Bressanelli | Università degli Studi di Brescia | Italy | Business, Management and Accounting | Circular Economy | Fast Cited Article Award | |
| Prof | Angelo | Cavallo | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | Business, Management and Accounting | Innovation management | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Dr | Siamak | Hoseinzadeh | Senior Research Associate at Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | Engineering | Energy | Most Cited Article Award | |
| Dr | Elena | Villar | Catholic University of Milan | Italy | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Labour Economics | Best Researcher Award | |