| Mr. | Zihan | Li | College of information Science and Technology, Donghua University | China | Artificial Neural Networks | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Zienab | Ahmed | UAE University | United Arab Emirates | Biology and Life Sciences | Best Paper Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Zhun | Gong | Qingdao University | China | Psychology | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | zhiyuan | feng | Nanjing Normal University | China | Psychology | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Zhiyao | Zhang | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | China | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Zhenli | Lu | Changshu Institute of Technolgy | China | Social Robotics | Outstanding Scientist Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Zhaoyun | Liu | Department of Hematology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University | China | Health Professions | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Zeke | Ahern | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | Mathematics | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Zeeshan | khan | Bacha Khan University Charsadda | Pakistan | Mathematics | Most Cited Paper Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mrs. | Zainab | El Arbi | ISSEP-KS | Tunisia | Medicine and Health Sciences | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mrs. | Yuting | Liu | University of Texas at Austin | China | Psychology | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Yusuf Alper | KAPLAN | Osmaniye Korkut Ata Unv. | Turkey | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | 云飞 | 字 | Wuhan University of Technology | China | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Yue-Der | Lin | Feng Chia University/Department of Automatic Control Engineering | Taiwan | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yuchun | Wei | Shandong Cancer Hospital | China | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yuan | Sun | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | 彧 | 张 | 中国热带农业科学院南亚热带作物研究所 | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yu | Wang | Yu Wang, Reader, University of Salford | United Kingdom | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Yu | Shen | Nanjing Forestry University | China | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Younes | Hamed | University of Gafsa | Tunisia | Environmental Science | Outstanding Scientist Award | popularscientist.com |