| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Yin Leng | Kua | Xiamen University Malaysia | Malaysia | Chemical Engineering | Women Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Yiguo | Chen | Guangdong University of Finance & Economics | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Prof. | Yifei | ZHANG | Hebei University | China | Engineering | Best Academic Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | yibo | zhao | The second hospital of Shanxi Medical University | China | Medicine and Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yi | Liu | Management School, Hangzhou Dianzi University | China | Business, Management and Accounting | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yi | Yang | Beijing Normal University | China | Chemical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yi | He | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Yeqing | Dong | Tianjin Anding Hospital | China | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Yengkhom | Disco Singh | DEPARTMENT OF POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY, CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY, PASIGHAT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH-791102 | India | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Yenal | Yağmur | Siirt University | Turkey | Business, Management and Accounting | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yavor | Sofronov | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | Engineering | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr | Yavar | Vaziritabar | Institute of Agronomy & Crop Physiology | Germany | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award | |
| 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. | yasemin | demirhan | Izmir Institure of Technology | Turkey | Physics and Astronomy | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | yanshu | ji | Nanjing University | China | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Ms. | Yanli | Zhou | Kunming Institute of Botany | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr. | Yanis | Gamarra | TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich | Germany | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 |