"research document" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a document containing research. For example, "The professor asked us to read through the research document before the class discussion."
In 2008, a close University of Nottingham colleague came across a research document in my office, sent to me by an MA researcher I was assisting with a PhD proposal on radical Islam.
About then, the European Commission published a research document showing that social advance depends on vital individual "change-agent" women.
Saggy green Cricket in Australia was condemned as "pale, male and stale" by a recent research document.
It seems that the notion of AfL comes from a research document written by Dylan Wiliam and Paul Black, Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment.
"We have a lot of work to do, including legal research, document review and a discussion with my client of what we have," he said.
In a largely unreported research document the global economic think tank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has argued that what it dubs 'underdeveloped' regions have potentially significant contributions to make to securing national economic growth.
The collection offers a diverse range of material including correspondence, research documents, manuscripts and cuttings.
As early as 1787, Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, conducting earth sciences research, documented mountain sickness there.
Recent research documents a growing wage gap between graduates and postgraduates.
In her profile, according to Ford's internal research documents, Ashley's "friends are part of her family".
PAGE C1 Salomon Subpoenaed New York State's attorney general has issued a subpoena to Salomon Smith Barney for all research documents from a star analyst.
