| 1953- 54 | Grolier Society Fellow, Columbia University |
| 1966 | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1966 | Fellow, Institute of Information Scientists |
| 1975 | Award of Merit, American Society of Information Science |
| 1977 | Herman Skolnick Award, American Chemical Society |
| 1977 | Hall of Fame Award, Information Industry Association |
| 1978 | American Society for Information Science Book Award for Best Information Science Book of 1977 (Essays of an Information Scientist, Vol: 1&2, 1962-1976 |
| 1980 | Award, Chemical Notation Society |
| 1983 | Patterson-Crane Award, American Chemical Society |
| 1983 | John Price Wetherill Medal, Franklin Institute |
| 1984 | Derek J. de Solla Price Memorial Medal, Scientometrics |
| 1986 | John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia |
| 1987 | Distinguished Alumni Award, Columbia University, School of Library Service, New York |
| 1988 | Dr. honoris causa, Vrije University, Brussels Belgium |
| 1990 | Ph.D. (honorary), State University of New York, Albany |
| 1991 | Honorary Fellow, Society for Technical Communication |
| 1991 | Ph.D. (honorary), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia |
| 1993 | Honorary Foreign Member, Institute of Marine Biology , Vladivostok, Russia |
| 1993 | Honorary Fellow, Medical Libraries Association |
| 1993 | M.D. (hon. caus.), University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy |
| 1995 | M.D. (hon. caus.), Charles University, Czech Republic |
| 1997 | Honorary Degree from Far Eastern University, Vladivostok, Russia |
| 1997 | Honorary Membership in the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia |
| 1999 | Avenue of Technology Award, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2000 | Professor Kaula Award for Library & Information Science, India |
| 2001 | Winifred Sewell Prize for Innovation in Information Technologies in
Biomedical & Life Sciences Librarianship.
Awarded by Special Libraries Association Biomedical and Life Sciences Division |
| 2004 | Ph. D. (Honorary) Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Chapter -American Society for Information Science &Technology (ASIST)- Visionary Leader - Contributions to Information Science |
| 2005 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow |
| 2007 | The Chemical Heritage Foundation - Richard J. Bolte, Sr. Award for Supporting Industries |
| 2007 | Honorary Degree from Real Academia de Medicina Del Distrito de Granada (Andalucia Oriental) Spain. |
| 2007 | American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA. - Member |