The phrase "a recent study acknowledged" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to findings or conclusions drawn from a study that has been conducted recently.
Example: "A recent study acknowledged the significant impact of climate change on biodiversity."
Alternatives: "a recent study recognized" or "a recent study noted".
As observed in a recent study, only 2.5% of women acknowledged symptoms of major depression within the first two days of delivery [ 26].
A recent study commissioned by the European Council acknowledges the urgent need for action to be taken by the European Union to ensure a profitable and sustainable future for sheep and goat farming in the EU (Ernst and Young et al. 2008).
A recent study by Yue et al. (2015) acknowledged the need for longer period of corrosion of magnesium stents which can shed light on the incidence of late thrombosis and the extent of late lumen loss.
Also on the list of accomplishments: A recent study by Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research that "acknowledged Kodak's brand strength" and several awards at the recent Consumer Electronics Show for its cameras.
A recent study by Hamilton et al. [42] acknowledged the role of seascape variability at large spatial scales over which marine networks may operate.
10 The UK studies on home birth have suggested favourable or at least comparable outcomes in terms of mortality and morbidity, 17 18 except for a recent study published in the BJOG, 19 which acknowledged that its findings had to be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies in recorded data.
We need to acknowledge that according to a recent study, men are raped about as often as women.
Depression is the best acknowledged psychiatric comorbidity in this headache; a recent study concluded that CH patients were 5.6 times more likely to develop depression than the control population [23].
A recent study on the same population of detainees found that 73% acknowledged a risk for reoffending if released, and 69% were critical of the rehabilitation offered and saw no crime-preventive effect [ 6].
According to a recent study by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), over 80percentt of divorce attorneys acknowledge that the amount of cases utilizing social networking evidence have increased significantly since 2006.
