Identifying strategies for researchers has been a problem investigated from different perspectives, such as choosing research topics or the effect of partner selection. Its importance lies in the effect these choices have in the long term and the importance of taking them into account at the beginning of the scientific career. This study aims to identify publication strategies through behavioral observations for researchers belonging to the engineering area. We analyzed 3,156 researchers affiliated to Mexican National Researchers System with publication data from 2007 to 2016. Publication strategies are defined as a combination of two-year productivity and collaboration indicators, and their success is reflected in terms of citations received in a three-year time window. Using clustering techniques, we identified differentiated patterns aligned with a given citation level. As a result of our case study, we identified low-impact and high-impact publication strategies used by Mexican researchers, which in turn can be used for designing long-term strategies for researchers. Our methodology can be used to discover publication strategies in other areas and geographical regions.

确定研究人员的策略一直是从不同角度研究的问题，例如选择研究主题或合作伙伴选择的效果。它的重要性在于这些选择的长期影响以及在科学生涯开始时将它们考虑在内的重要性。本研究旨在通过对属于工程领域的研究人员的行为观察来确定发表策略。我们使用 2007 年至 2016 年的出版数据分析了隶属于墨西哥国家研究人员系统的 3,156 名研究人员。出版策略被定义为两年生产力和协作指标的组合，它们的成功反映在三年时间窗口内收到的引用。使用聚类技术，我们确定了与给定引用级别一致的差异化模式。作为案例研究的结果，我们确定了墨西哥研究人员使用的低影响和高影响发表策略，这些策略反过来可用于为研究人员设计长期策略。我们的方法可用于发现其他地区和地理区域的出版策略。