The phrase "research lacks" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe an inadequate or lacking amount of research, for example: "The research lacks sufficient detail to validate these claims".
Context: Many researchers argue that Software Engineering (SE) research lacks connection with practice.
Though androgens alter muscle function and composition, this area of research lacks mechanistic characterization and several researchers believe that androgens act through other anabolic pathways like insulin like growth factor-1 to promote muscle growth[36].
But what Preti's research lacks in economic scale it makes up for in practical application.
The results show that DOD energy research lacks a unifying structure and guiding framework.
Besides, prior research lacks a rigid psychometric test in developing and validating scales.
Air traffic management research lacks a framework for modelling the cost of resilience during disturbance.
But until now, such research lacked unifying principles to guide the selection of materials based on their fundamental characteristics.
Not only this, but the very issue of land use-transport integration seems to be a long-standing mantra in planning and transport research, lacking scientific evidence.
Comparison of our study with others conducted in populations exposed to the Chornobyl fallout during childhood is generally difficult because previous research lacked individual dose estimates.
Although the campaign motivated more than 1,000 adults to undergo screening, the research lacked measures of the mechanisms responsible for the campaign's success.
But her account, while impeccably researched, lacks psychological acumen.
