'commit research' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to the action of researching or studying something in a dedicated or focused way. For example, "She was determined to commit research into the effects of climate change."
"They suspect you have been committing research fraud".
The panel also found that Dr. Kuklo had committed research misconduct in connection with representations he made about another study.
In three hours of testimony at the wrongful termination trial, Mr. Churchill also denied the conclusion by a faculty committee that he had committed research misconduct, accusations that emerged from other scholars after the uproar over his remarks about Sept. 11.
Hauser reached a voluntary settlement with ORI in which he neither admitted nor denied committing research misconduct.
The ORI report states that Hauser "neither admits nor denies committing research misconduct but accepts ORI has found evidence of research misconduct".
A RIKEN investigative panel documented plagiarism, image falsification, and other problems with the papers and concluded that Obokata had committed research misconduct.
The panel "found substantial evidence that Kajstura may have committed research misconduct acting alone," according to the court document, and recommended a full investigation of Anversa and Leri "on the theory that they negligently failed to investigate Kajstura's misconduct".
Fang Shimin, the self-styled watchdog of academic corruption in China said Li is a small fry among those alleged to have committed research fraud: "It's much harder to punish those with higher ranks," Fang told Southern Daily newspaper.
The University of Pennsylvania has found no merit to an allegation that two of its psychiatry faculty committed research misconduct when they co-authored a 2001 paper written with help from writers hired by a drug company.
