The phrase "concept was first introduced" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The concept of sustainability was first introduced in the 1980s as a way to address the environmental impacts of human activities.
The concept was first introduced by a number of UN institutions in the 2009 report, Blue Carbon: the role of healthy oceans in binding carbon.
That pay-as-you-go business concept was first introduced by a U.S. company called Helix, but it has yet to prove clearly successful (see "10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: DNA App Store").
Since the concept was first introduced, there have been numerous suggestions regarding the means by which self-efficacy may be enhanced in clinical settings, but very little by way of empirical tests of those suggestions.
The concept was first introduced in Gindy et al.
Cross-employment as a specific term and concept was first introduced by Campbell (2011 and 2013).
The Intersect concept was first introduced in Tokyo in 2013 with a Dubai location following two years later.
The technologies of the concept are first introduced and discussed.
The concept is first introduced and explained in the context of human exploration of Mars and the development time frames associated with current and future research.
Key concepts are first introduced in terms of general requirements of structural crashworthiness and occupant safety.
Concept drift was first introduced by Wdimer and Kubat [1], where they noticed that the concept (the classification boundary or clustering centers) continuously changes with time elapsing.
Bowie later rocked Wall Street in 1997 when he issued what was coined 'celebrity bonds', a concept that was first introduced by David Pullman, an investment banker.
