Dr Gan has been listed in the Top 2% Scientists 2026 (both single year and career), made by Stanford University and Elsevier [Ioannidis, 2026]. Stanford University has recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in the sub-field based on Scopus data provided by Elsevier.

References: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), “August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Elsevier Data Repository, V9, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.9