| Dr | David | López-Peña | Universitat de València (Estudi General) | Spain | Biology and Life Sciences | Entomología | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Xiaoqiang | Liu | Northwest A&F University | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Agriculture Soil and Water Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Xinli | Liu | School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University | China | Engineering | Refractory metals, powder metallurgy | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yong-Nan | Liu | Central South University of Forestry and Technology | China | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | macrofungi；mushroom | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Liu | Liu | Quzhou University | China | Engineering | thermoacoustic cycle | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yuanming | Liu | Taiyuan University of Technology | China | Engineering | mechanical engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jun | Liu | North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power | China | Engineering | CO2 capture | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Xu | Liu | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | China | Mathematics | Statistics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Jianghong | Liu | Shanghai Maritime University | China | Engineering | Safety Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Dazhao | Liu | Anhui Polytechnic University | China | Advanced Materials Engineering | ceramic composite | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Chongshui | Liu | Shihezi University | China | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence | Computer graphics, geometric modeling | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Rui | Liu | Huazhong Agriculture University | China | Others | Food Science and Technology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pibo | Liu | Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Chemistry and Materials Science | Methodological studies on high-performance polymer synthesis | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Shanshan | Liu | Handan University | China | Nanotechnology | Environmental monitoring | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Wei | Liu | University of Jinan | China | Chemical Engineering | Rare earth luminescent material | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yurou | Liu | southwest Jiaotong University | China | Business, Management and Accounting | Earnings management, Tax avoidance; Law and finance | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Yun | Liu | Beihua University | China | Others | Polymer weatherability | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Heng | Liu | Qingdao University of Science and Technology | China | Environmental and Sustainable Materials | waste tires | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Wei-Hong | Lin | National Health Research Institutes | Taiwan | Environmental Science | Emerging Contaminants | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof Dr | Valery | Likhvantsev | Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology | Russia | Medicine and Health Sciences | Anaesthesiology and Critical Care | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |