 Dr. Weissleder has published over 940 publications in peer reviewed journals, has authored and co-authored several textbooks and holds 68 patents.His work has been cited over 161,000 times and he has an h-index of 190.He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) 
His work has also been honored with numerous awards including the Millennium Pharmaceuticals Innovator Award (2003), the J. Taylor International Prize in Medicine (2004), the AUR Memorial Award, the ARRS President's Award, The Society for Molecular Imaging Lifetime Achievement Award, the Academy of Molecular Imaging 2006 Distinguished Basic Scientist Award, the 2008 RSNA Outstanding Researcher Award and the 2011 European Society of Radiology Gold Medal.