| Mr. | Neşe | YAMAN | Dicle University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Farm Structures and Irrigation | Turkey | | |
| Mr. | Xiaodong | Yan | Business School | China | Best Scholar Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | yingguo | yang | Fudan University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Mingming | Yang | China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Dazhi | Yang | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Zhongling | Yang | Henan University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Xiao | Yang | Shandong University | China | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Zuoren | Yang | Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Chunsheng | Yang | NCWU | China | | |
| Mr. | Nan | Yao | Sun Yat-sen University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Muhammad | Yasin | Gomal University | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Farukh | Yemutbayev | Civil Aviation Academy (Master’s Programme) / Joint Stock Company “Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan” | Kazakhstan | Best Scholar Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jing | Yin | College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Xue | Ying | Beijing Forestry University, School of Grassland Science | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Yongqiang | Yuan | Key Laboratory ofKarst Georesources andEnvironment, Ministry ofEducation, College ofResources andEnvironmental Engineering, Guizhou University, | China | Excellence in Soil-Plant Relations | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Kin Lam Ken | Yung | The Education University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Muhammad Mubashar | Zafar | University of Agriculture Faisalabad | Pakistan | Young Scientist Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Jelena | Zagorska | Latvia university of Life Sciences and Technologies | Latvia | Research Excellence Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hoda | Zahran | SRTA City | Egypt | Women Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Pervez H. | Zaidi | CGIAR-International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) | India | Breakthroughs in Crop Science | plantscientist.org |
| Mr | Shoaib | Zawar | Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan | Pakistan | Innovations in Plant Physiology | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hayati | Zengin | Faculty of Forestry | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| 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 |