| Dr | NORAZRIENA | YUSOFF | UNIVERSITI MALAYA | Malaysia | Other | PHOTONICS AND MATERIAL SCIENCE | Women Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Tao | Yun | Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | Molecular Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | ERHAN | YUMUK | Ghent University | Belgium | Engineering | Control Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Gyanajeet | Yumnam | Manipur University | India | Social Sciences | Library and Information Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Z. Tugce | Yuksel | Arti Proje | Turkey | Engineering | Coastal and Harbour Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | ÖZGÜR | YÜKSEKDAĞ | HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ | Turkey | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Carbonic Anhydrase IX | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kong | Yue | Nanjing Tech University | China | Materials Science | No.30 Puzhu Road (S), Nanjing, China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Zhengfu | Yue | Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Soil virus ecology | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mr | Mehmet Ali | Yucel | Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University | Turkey | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Pharmaceutical chemistry | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Haiying | Yuan | Beijing University of Technology | China | Engineering | Electronic engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ziliang | Yuan | Chongqing University of Education | China | Chemistry | Catalyst | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Shuzhi | Yuan | Institute of plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Engineering | VVUQ of plasma diagnostic systems in a tokamak | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Wei | Yuan | School of Transportation, Southeast University | China | Engineering | Geotechnical engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Xinxin | Yu | University of Seville | Spain | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Baohua | Yu | Lingnan University | China | Other | Education | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Xiang | Yu | Ludong University | China | Environmental Science | Environmental remote sensing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Zhaoju | Yu | Xiamen University | China | Materials Science | Ceramics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | yuanfeng | yu | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | Materials Science | Fracture mechanics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Hengwei | Yu | Sichuan Agricultural University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Animal Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Fengbo | Yu | Nanchang University | China | Environmental Science | Organic solid waste recycling | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |