| Prof | Weiqing | Yan | Yantai University | China | Innovative Leadership | Innovation Research | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yorihide | Yanagita | Nagasaki University | Japan | Team Building and Team Management | Perioperative respiratory surgery | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Prof | Chun | Yang | Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University | Hong Kong | Innovative Leadership | Economic Geography | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Ying | Yang | Binzhou Medical University | China | Innovative Leadership | Auditory Neuroscience | Outstanding Scientist Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Chaohua | Yang | The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University | China | Servant Leadership | spinal cord injury | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Mrs | Xi | Yang | ChongQing Academy of Animal Sciences | China | Innovative Leadership | life sciences | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Prof | Ming | Yang | Guizhou University | China | Team Building and Team Management | Building Structure Health Monitoring | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Haijiang | Yang | Lanzhou University | China | Strategic Leadership | Ecosystem Services, Human-Environment Relationship and Regional Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Meryem | YANKOL SCHALCK | IPAG Business School | France | Decision-making and Problem-solving | Insurance and Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Stanislav | Yankovsky | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Innovative Leadership | Geothermal energy/electricity/population | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Ms | Farhana | Yasmin | Barishal University | Bangladesh | Others | Sociology | Women Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Li | YE | China University of Mining an Technology | United Kingdom | Others | the BestResearcher Award | Women Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Mao | Ye | Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Innovative Leadership | Remediation of contaminated soil and biological treatment of solid waste. | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Prof Dr | Chi-Tai | Yeh | Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital | Taiwan | Innovative Leadership | Translation Research | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ji-Young | Yeo | Hanyang University, Nursing XR | South Korea | Innovative Leadership | Edu-tech | Best Innovation Award | |
| Dr | Laxmi | Yeruva | Microbiome and Metabolism Research Unit (MMRU), USDA-ARS | United States | Team Building and Team Management | Servant Leadership | Women Researcher Award | |
| Mr | yan | yin | Changchun University of Technology | China | Decision-making and Problem-solving | Artificial intelligence, autonomous decision making, reinforcement learning | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Prof Dr | Jiang | Yingjie | School of Psychology, Northeast Normal University | China | Transformational Leadership | psychology | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | dilek | yıldırım gürkan | yozgat bozok university | Turkey | Communication in Leadership | Best Researcher Award | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Taşkın Deniz | Yıldız | Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University, Department of Mining Engineering | Turkey | Others | mineral economics, mining engineering | Outstanding Scientist Award | |