The phrase "authoritative research" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to research that is considered reliable, credible, and respected in a particular field.
Example: "The findings of the study were based on authoritative research conducted by leading experts in the field."
Alternatives: "reliable research" or "credible research."
It was founded nearly thirty years ago with the remit of providing researchers, instructors and students with timely and authoritative research syntheses from all fields of archaeology.
The institute, even with (transparent) industry support, has developed and sustained a reputation for independent and authoritative research.
But not only did nothing change, according to authoritative research, the number of children being called to give evidence in criminal courts is soaring.
The IPCC report, looking specifically at the impacts of climate change, is a selection of the most authoritative research by 309 scientists from 70 countries.
This brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years' authoritative research, including extensive interviews with those in power.
The facts in the briefings and the scenario are grounded in science, but they are not intended to substitute for the most authoritative research.
When Professor Robin Alexander edited the final report of the authoritative, research-based Cambridge Primary Review, 'Children, their World, their Education', in early 2010, he ended with these words: "The politicisation of primary education has gone too far.
Risk managers need up-to-date, authoritative, research-based, and geo-localized information in order to improve their ability to prepare and deal with critical ongoing or expected events, under specific static and dynamic environmental conditions.
Barchers suggests that Larsen create and post online an authoritative, research-backed white paper that explains how music combined with movement not only fulfills a school's music standards but also helps children become better communicators.
German linguist who gained a position of preeminence in comparative Indo-European linguistics during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a result of his comprehensive and still-authoritative research in this field.
According to authoritative 2001 research, the Great Fire's actual death toll almost certainly amounted to several thousand.
