| Dr | Jackson | Ishara | Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA) | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Sandra | Hervías-Parejo | IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC) | Spain | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Bilgo | Etienne | Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé | Burkina Faso | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Shoukui | Hu | Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Wenbo | Guo | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Azam | Seifi | Istanbul Technical University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Saad Abd-Elkader | Ata | National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Zhiyuan | Fang | Jilin University | China | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Marcelo | Mattar | New York University | United States | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Caswell | Munyai | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Elena | Allegritti | University of L'Aquila | Italy | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Nallamohamed | Hajarabeevi | B.S.A. Crescent Institute of Science and Technology | India | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Suchi | Srivastava | CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow | India | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Bao | Xie | Hefei University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Chengguo | Liu | Changzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Fernanda | Grande Kugeratski | MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Haruna | Ibrahim | Department of Chemical Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna. | Nigeria | Best Research Article Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Yonghui | Sun | Henan Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Himani | Karki | Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India | India | Best Researcher Award | newscientists.net |
| Dr | Carol | López de Dicastillo | Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) | Spain | Best Industrial Research Award | newscientists.net |