"been devoted to identifying" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
It is typically used as part of the past perfect tense. For example, "The research team had been devoted to identifying the cause of the outbreak."
Moreover, substantial investigations have been devoted to identifying gene-drug interactions that affect the response to antidepressant medications by modulating their pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic properties.
Since fermentation is frequently the rate-determining step in the brewing process, much effort has been devoted to identifying ways of increasing productivity.
Tremendous efforts have been devoted to identifying key regulators in plant drought response through genetic, molecular, and biochemical studies using, in most cases, the model species Arabidopsis thaliana.
Seventeen Xia kings are listed in the Shiji, a comprehensive history written during the 1st century bce, and much ingenuity has been devoted to identifying certain Late Neolithic fortified sites such as Wangchenggang ("Mound of the Royal City") in north-central Henan and Dengxiafeng in Xia county (possibly the site of Xiaxu, "Ruins of Xia"?), southern Shanxi as early Xia capitals.
Many efforts have been devoted to identifying NIR-II emitting agents for in vivo imaging applications.
Nevertheless, very few efforts have been devoted to identifying which kind of attack has been carried out, especially due to the large data required for this task.
However, little research has been devoted to identify the flow systems in such a site.
Therefore, a large effort has been devoted to identify structural types, details and materials commonly adopted during the reference period.
Most experimental work has been devoted to identify the variables involved in depassivation: type of cement, water/cement (w/c) ratio, pore humidity, type of steel, etc. Present situation considers a comparative value, in general, of 0.4% by weight of cement.
Consequently, much effort has been devoted to identify factors that can effectively induce β-cell expansion.
A substantial part of the analyses in this paper has been devoted to identify the relevant determinants of acreage supply for each crop and country.
