en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Source Sans Pro;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:107%">Incentives to scientific products have become an important tool to increase research productivity in universities around the world, usually through financial incentives policies aimed to foster publications or citations. In this paper, we study the preferences of researchers regarding research incentives in Mexican private universities. Through statistical methods, including z-tests for differences in proportions and correlation tests, we analyzed the results of a survey applied to researchers of business and engineering areas. Results suggest that demographic aspects like age, rather than salary range and years of experience, influence researcher&rsquo;s incentive preferences, and that non-financial incentives are significant to young researchers. We also find that timing for receiving incentives is a significant factor that might drive researchers&rsquo; decisions. This study contributes to identifying the right incentives for researchers, considering that in Mexico these incentive programs are entirely financed by universities. The relevance of this research is that it allows policymakers to design comprehensive research policies including not only university research goals, but also researchers&rsquo; preferences to ensure their commitment and motivation.</span></span></span></span></div> Financial Incentives, Non-Financial Incentives, Delay-Reward, Reward Schemes, Research Policy 113 132 http://johepal.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-682-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Alejandra Núñez-Acosta 10031947532846002221 10031947532846002221 Yes Universidad Panamericana Jacqueline Y. Sánchez-García 10031947532846002222 10031947532846002222 No Universidad Panamericana Adrian Ramirez-Nafarrate 10031947532846002223 10031947532846002223 No Tecnologico de Monterrey