| Assist Prof Dr | Veera Reddy | Yatham | IISER-TVM | India | Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Naveed | Yasin | Canadian University Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Business, Management and Accounting | Entrepreneurship | Excellence in Innovation | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Achalu | Yarimo | Ambo University | Ethiopia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Natural Resource Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | melis | yarar | ETH Zürich | Turkey | Chemical Engineering | Catalysis | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Adem | Yar | Bingol University | Turkey | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Liu | Yaobin | Nan Chang University | China | Environmental Science | environmental governance;Regional Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | ZhiMing | Yao | Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Computer Science | Sensing technology and intelligent system | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Betül | Yanık Özger | Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University | Turkey | Social Sciences | Early Child Education | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Islem | Yangui | Higher Institute of Agronomy of Chott Mariem | Tunisia | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Forest Pathology | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Kun | Yang | Central Michigan University | United States | Business, Management and Accounting | International Business | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | jianlei | Yang | Dezhou university | China | Chemical Engineering | bioplastics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yingju | Yang | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Energy | CO2 utilization | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Youjun | Yang | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | Neuroscience | Cognitive function | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Jingfan | Yang | Purdue University | United States | Materials Science | Metal and Alloy/Structural alloys/Additively manufacturing, environmentally-assisted cracking and radiation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Hyun | Yang | Korea Maritime & Ocean University | South Korea | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Maritime and Ocean | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Liu | Yang | Xi'an University of Architecutre and Technology | China | Engineering | Green Building | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | fan | yang | King's College London | United Kingdom | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Cardiovascular science and medicine | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Jiawei | Yang | Donghua University | China | Decision Sciences | Data Envelopment Analysis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jingyi | Yang | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Engineering | Deployable structures | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | WEI | YANG | Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Petroleum Geology | Best Researcher Award | |