| Dr | Kakhuangailiu | Gangmei | ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Gibbon Innocent Tirivanhu | Masukwedza | University of Sussex | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof | Anil | Sharma | Sri Sri University | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Csilla | Stenger-Kovács | University of Pannonia | Hungary | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | Martha | Sheepo | University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jing | Yin | College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Rishi | Kumar | ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Sirsa | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Ting | Tang | Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Roshan Babu | Adhikari | Third Pole Conservancy | Nepal | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Christine | Daly | University of Calgary | Canada | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Ms | María del Pilar | Martinez | Universität Bonn-Institut für Zelluläre & Molekulare Botanik (IZMB) | Germany | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mrs | Adetola | Adewale | Institute of Drug Research and Development, S. E Bogoro Research Centre, Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Wei | Liu | Hebei university | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Abhishek | Walia | CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur. HP | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | jingjing | Liu | Hubei University of Chinese Medicine | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Amelie | Saunier | IMBE | France | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jun | Hu | Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Zhumei | Ren | Shanxi University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hakan | Kibar | Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | HAFTAY GEBREYESUS | GEBREZIHER | Adigrat University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Rafał | Studnicki | Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny | Poland | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Clare | Mukankusi | Alliance of Bioversity International and International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Uganda | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Amit | Kumar | CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | José Cruz | Jiménez-Galindo | Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias | Mexico | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Bright | IGERE | Delta State University | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |