| Mr | Zheng | Lü | China Foreign Exchange Trade System | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Monetary Policy Theory and Practice | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zheng | Li | College of environmental sciences and engineering | China | Environmental Science | Environmental planning and management; Control of water environmental pollutants | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Zhen-Zhong | Yang | China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China | Engineering | Underground space | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhen | YU | City University of Hong Kong | China | Engineering | Solar-driven seawater desalination | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | zhen | cong | 大连理工大学 | China | Energy | sustainable development；innovation management；supply chain；low carbon development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Zhe | Zhang | Texas A&M University | United States | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | ZHAO | XIAOFEI | South-Central University for Nationalities | China | Business, Management and Accounting | Agro-food supply chain management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr | zhao | lichun | Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | Pharmacological research on traditional Chinese medicine/minerals containing rubidium | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhang | Hailong | North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power | China | Materials Science | Polymer Materials | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhang | Hu | Yangzhou University | China | Environmental Science | Environmental Science, Environmental Pollution | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Zhang | Tao | Changsha University of Science & Technology | China | Energy | rock | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhandos | Shynybay | Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeyev | Kazakhstan | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agricultural Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhaleh | Memari | Alzahra University | Iran | Social Sciences | sport management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zézouma Anselme | DAO | Université Joseph KI-ZERBO | Burkina Faso | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Entomology, Ecology, Plant-insect interactions | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | ZEXIA | GAO | Huazhong Agricultural University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Aquaculture, Genomics, Molecular Breeding | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zewdie | Shikur | Wolaita Sodo University | Ethiopia | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Insitutional Economics | Research and Development Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Zengmi | Shi | China Three Gorges University(CTGU) | China | Materials Science | Metallic Materials, Ceramic Materials and Their Forming Technologies | Best Academic Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | zenghui | qiu | Beijing University of Chemical Technology | China | Energy | Electrochemical energy storage and conversion | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Zenghao | Hou | University of California, Davis | United States | Engineering | Transportation Health | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Zeng | Qingtian | Shandong University of Science and Technology | China | Computer Science | Petri nets, process mining, and knowledge management Internet information services, IoT applications | Best Researcher Award | |