| Dr. | Sayuri | Wijekoon | Macquarie University | Australia | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Morteza | Hazbei | Concordia University | Canada | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Fang | Chen | Beijing Normal University | China | Social Sciences | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Anna | Sfard | The University of Haifa | Israel | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Wei Lun | Wong | Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia | Malaysia | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Wei-Lin | Chen | National Sun Yat-sen University | Taiwan | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms. | Dita | | University of Ostrava | Czech Republic | Social Sciences | Young Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Mehmetali | Kasim | Nigde Omer Halisdemir Universitesi | Turkey | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Mohammad Reza | Anani Sarab | Shahid Beheshti University | Iran | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Ana M. | González Ramos | IESA (CSIC) | Spain | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms. | Belen | Cueto-Martin | Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte, Granada | Spain | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Distinction Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Veli | Duyan | Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Social Work | Turkey | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Kanellos | Toudas | Agricultural University of Athens | Greece | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Rajnish | Saryal | Panjab University | India | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | yanshu | ji | Nanjing University | China | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Guilian | Liu | Capital normal University | China | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms. | Sizhe | Wu | University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | China | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Patrik | Schulcz | Esade Business School | Spain | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Estifanos Balew | Liyew | Samara university | Ethiopia | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Mahboubeh | Khodaparast | Department of Sport Management, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran | Iran | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |