A Turai, Gibbs an shigar da matsayin girmamawa memba na London Mathematical Society a 1892 da kuma zabe waje Member na Royal Society a 1897. An zabe shi a matsayin mai dacewa memba na Prussian da Faransa Academies of Science da kuma samu girmamawa doctorates daga jami'o'i na Dublin, Erlangen, da kuma Christiania (yanzu Oslo). The Royal Society girmama Gibbs a 1901 da Copper Medal, sa'an nan dauke da mafi girma a duniya lambar yabo a kimiyyar halitta, ya ba da aka zaba a cikin National Academy of Sciences a 1879 da kuma samu 1880 Rumford Prize daga American Academy of Arts da kuma Sciences domin aikinsa a kan sinadaran thermodynamics. Ya kuma aka bayar da doctorates girmamawa da Princeton University da kuma Williams College. A Turai, Gibbs aka shigar a matsayin memba na girmamawa na London Mathematical Society a 1892 da kuma zabe waje Member na Royal Society a 1897. Ya aka zaba a matsayin mai dacewa memba na Prussian da Faransa Academies of Science da kuma samu doctorates girmamawa daga jami'o'i na Dublin, Erlangen, da kuma Christiania (yanzu Oslo). Royal Society girmama Gibbs a 1901 da Cop
sinadaran thermodynamics