| Mr. | عثمان | الحوشبي | جامعة عدن - كلية العلوم - قسم علوم الحياة | Yemen | Excellence in Plant Research | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Елена | Аверьянова | Алтайский государственный университет | Russia | Best Scholar Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Alan Mario | Zuffo | Universidade Estadual do Maranhão | Brazil | Breakthrough Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Xudong | Zhou | Hunan University of Chinese Medicine | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Chao | Zhou | Shandong Agricultural university | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Wen-Cheng | Zhou | The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Funian | Zhao | Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology of China Meteorological Administration | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Xiaoqiang | Zhao | Nanjing agricultural university | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Huamin | Zhao | Shanxi Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Junkang | Zhao | Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Laura | Zhanteliyeva | IRepublican state enterprise on the right of economic management “Institute of zoology” Committee of science of the Ministry of science and higher education of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Iran | | |
| Mr. | Qiang | Zhang | Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology of China Meteorological Administration | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Baocheng | Zhang | Moutai Institute | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Wenbin | Zhang | Kunming University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | dekui | zhang | The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Pei | Zhang | Henan Institute of Science and Technology | China | Excellence in Research Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hayati | Zengin | Faculty of Forestry | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Shoaib | Zawar | Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan | Pakistan | Innovations in Plant Physiology | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Pervez H. | Zaidi | CGIAR-International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) | India | Breakthroughs in Crop Science | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hoda | Zahran | SRTA City | Egypt | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jelena | Zagorska | Latvia university of Life Sciences and Technologies | Latvia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Kin Lam Ken | Yung | The Education University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yongqiang | Yuan | Key Laboratory ofKarst Georesources andEnvironment, Ministry ofEducation, College ofResources andEnvironmental Engineering, Guizhou University, | China | Excellence in Soil-Plant Relations | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Xue | Ying | Beijing Forestry University, School of Grassland Science | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jing | Yin | College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |