| Dr | Teodor | Kalpakchiev | Uni Leeds | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Sito-obong | Udofia | Hartpury University | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Nanxi | Li | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | | |
| Mr. | Shafeeq | Rahman | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Eric | Machisi | UAE Ministry of Education | United Arab Emirates | | |
| Dr | Viktor | Husak | Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University | Ukraine | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Clare | Mukankusi | Alliance of Bioversity International and International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Uganda | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Shafiq | Tumusiime | University of Science and Technology of China | Uganda | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Nadire Pelin | BAHADIRLI | Hatay Mustafa Kemal University | Turkey | Editorial Board Member | |
| Prof | OSMAN | TUGAY | Selçuk Üniversitesi | Turkey | Editorial Board Member | |
| Dr | Serdar | TOPRAK | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Seda | Arslan | Süleyman Demirel University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Birsen | Cevher-Keskin | The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hakan | Kibar | Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hakan | Kibar | Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University | Turkey | | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hayati | Zengin | Faculty of Forestry | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Şenol | Çelik | Bingöl University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Azime | Gökçe | Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Merve | Keskin | Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University | Turkey | | |
| Mr. | Neslihan | BAL | Gazi University | Turkey | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Neşe | YAMAN | Dicle University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Farm Structures and Irrigation | Turkey | | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | İzzet | Özhamamcı | Ardahan University Engineering Faculty Food Engineering Department | Turkey | | |
| Mr | İzzet | Özhamamcı | Ardahan University | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Tuğba | Eroğlu | Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University | Turkey | | |
| Dr | Mohammad Ali | Sabbaghi | Dokuz Eylul University | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |