Alini is a 2015 recipient of the Marshall R. Urist Award from the Orthopedic Research Society (USA) for his excellence in cutting-edge research in musculoskeletal regenerative medicine. He gave the Ian Macnab lecture (Canadian Orthopaedic Association) in 2019, and is a Fellow of International Orthopaedic Research Society (FIOR), a Fellow of the Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine Society (FTERM) and a Fellow of the Orthopaedic Research Society (USA).
He has published over 330 papers, 14 book chapters, 7 patents, and has an h-Index of 89, with more than 26,000 citations. In addition, he is Editor-in-Chief of JOR Spine and member of the editorial board of five journals, including eCM Journal.