| Mr | Bao | Yuan | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jan | Yperman | UHasselt | Belgium | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | ha | yousefi | Kookmin University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Muhammad | Younus | Ural Federal University, Russia | Russia | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Lizhao | You | Xiamen University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Arebu Hussen | Yimer | Mekdela Amba University, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Darkhan | Yerezhep | Satbayev University | Kazakhstan | Distinguished Scientist Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Duen-Yian | Yeh | Guangdong-Taiwan College of Industrial Science & Technology/ Dongguan University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Xinyang | Yao | Xinjiang Key Laboratory for Geodynamic Processes and Metallogenic Prognosis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Saike | Yang | State Grid Hebei Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Hebei Electric Power Supply Co., Ltd. | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Bo | Yang | South China Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Kai | Yang | College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Ms | Chengshuyu | Yang | Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology&Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Shi | Yang | Boston University Medical Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof. Dr | Chaowei | Yang | George Mason Univ. | United States | Excellence in Research Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Yerang | Yang | Korea Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof | Tatsuya | Yamasoba | Tokyo Teishin Hospital | Japan | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Mohammed | Yahya | Toronto Metropolitan University | Canada | Research Excellence Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Elaheh | Yaghoubi | Karabuk university | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | yongcaho | XUE | China University of Petroleum （Beijing）） | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |