In 560 articles reviewed by Mendeley Statistics, Righetti scores 26.680 citations, with an average of 47 citations/article and with a H-index of 81. During the years 2005-2013 he has received 1000 to 1200 citations per year. He has won the CaSSS and the Csaba Horvath Medal awards, on April 15, 2008 at Yale University. In 2011, he has been nominated honorary member of the Spanish proteomics society and in 2012 he has won the Beckman award and gold medal. In 2014 in Madrid, he has been given the HuPO award for proteomic research and, in Atlanta, the American Electrophoresis Society award.