| Dr | Wafa | Adel Alhalabi | Sao Paulo University | Brazil | Paleozoology | Cretaceous vertebrate fossils | Women Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Prof | Wenjuan | Yao | Nantong University | China | Diseases | cardiovascular pharmacology | Research Excellence Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Prof | Xiaoguang | Ouyang | Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) | China | Biodiversity and conservation | mangrove ecology | Best Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Prof | Xin | Zong | Zhejiang university | China | Animal Communication | Animal nutrition | Animal Science Innovator Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Dr | xuezheng | yu | beihang university | China | Biodiversity and conservation | microbiological | Best Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yanjun | Chai | Key Laboratory of Recycling and Ecotreatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology | China | Ecosystem | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Dr | Yaser | Mohammadi | Bu-Ali Sina University | Iran | Environmental Studies | agricultural sustainability | Best Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Dr | Yeshitla Merene | Abebe | ARARI | Ethiopia | Invertebrate Zoology | Insect taxonomy | Best Research Article Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yongcun | Li | Hunan University of Science and Technology | China | Environmental Studies | Energy application | Editorial Board Member | |
| Dr | You | Zhai | Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medica | China | Diseases | Immunotherapy | Best Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Dr | Yunlong | Liu | Tiangong university | China | Diseases | The structure and function of disease-related proteins | Best Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Prof | Zeb | Saddiqe | Government Queen Mary Graduate College | Pakistan | Diseases | Phytochemistry | Best Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Dr | Zhong-Yi | Dong | Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University | China | Diseases | oncology | Best Researcher Award | zoologyhonour.com |
| Dr | Zwannda | Nethavhani | Agricultural Research Council | South Africa | Biodiversity and conservation | Insects | Young Scientist Award | zoologyhonour.com |