The phrase "a research deficit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a lack of sufficient research or knowledge in a particular area or topic.
Example: "The study highlighted a research deficit in understanding the long-term effects of climate change on local ecosystems."
Alternatives: "a lack of research" or "an absence of research".
Although many questions remain to be answered about how DAs work in different settings [ 39], this paper contributes to addressing an important research deficit.
This paper makes a contribution to addressing this research deficit, by reporting on a project which uncovered connections between the way three groups of health service providers 'positioned' carers and their perceptions of carers' decision support needs.
To help turn this "research deficit" into a surplus, Winklhofer suggests that Austria press harder for EU officials in Brussels to help pay for proposed scientific research centers in Austria.
3 10 Arguably this research deficit is a symptom of low levels of interest from policy makers on understanding and resolving patient safety concerns in primary care compared with acute hospitals, although recent UK and European initiatives are encouraging.
A growing body of literature exploring EBP teaching and learning confirms the research deficit in undergraduate EBP education and calls for further work within this area.
This research deficit is all the more regrettable as – specifically in the field of oncology – it can be demonstrated that the benefit provided by the services of palliative care teams is very large, especially for patients with a particularly unfavorable course of the disease.
The research deficit could be explained with the lack of randomized controlled trials, comparing two or more exercise regimes regarding clinically relevant outcomes.
The observed lack of consensus regarding the most beneficial exercise therapy treatment observed may partly be due to substantial research deficit in this field [ 7, 8, 12].
On the basis of opioid withdrawal related neural cascade and earlier research deficits in working memory, episodic memory, and in executive function were expected.
Moody's Analytics said in a research report that the deficit reflected a lull in exports leaving Chinese docks as many factories closed for much of February to observe Chinese New Year, while imports continued to grow.
