Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics Chair Prof. Dr. Mehmet Balcılar appears among the most influential researchers in the ranking of "Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)", which is considered to be the world's most important publication and researcher database in the field of economics.  Having been ranked 163rd in the said ranking, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Balcılar appeared in the 0.27% segment according to the publications within the last ten years.

The list featuring the ranking of the registered departments and researchers on the IDEAS site of RePEc, which has more than 60 thousand registered members as of 24 September 2020 is considered to be the most important ranking in the field of economics. Taking into account all years,  Prof. Dr. Balcılar ranks 1504th and appears within the top 2,5%.

The said RePEc rankings are available at https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.person.all10.html