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| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yavor | Sofronov | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | Engineering | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yating | Zhang | Jiangnan University | China | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Yashbir | Singh | Mayo clinic, Rochester | United States | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | yanshu | ji | Nanjing University | China | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Yang | Yu | Jiangsu University | China | Robotics and Automation | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Ms. | yang | minmin | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | Engineering | Best Paper Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Yanan | Dai | Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University | China | Decision Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | 焱 | 张 | 清华大学 | China | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Yalin | Gong | School of Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | China | Business, Management and Accounting | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | 亚会 | 郭 | 华中师范大学 | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Xuan | FENG | EDHEC Business School | France | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Xu | jiancheng | First Hospital of Jilin University | China | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Xinyu | Wang | sanofi Japan | Japan | Decision Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Xinbing | Sui | Hangzhou Normal University | China | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Xifeng | Xie | School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University | China | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Xiaoli | Zhao | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | China | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Xiaokang | Chen | Xinjiang university | China | Agricultural Science and Innovation | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Xiaogang | Chen | Westlake University | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
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