 He was a member of the "Institut Universitaire de France".He was also at the initiative of the Chemistry Ambition, a group that includes seven players in chemistry of France aimed at enhancing the image of the discipline to the public.Gerard Férey published 605 articles in international journals, including the Journal of Solid State Chemistry, the Solid State Sciences, the Chemistry of Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, four book chapters and one book (Crystal Chemistry, World Scientific Publishing, 2016).